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Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, 'My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure';.

The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this:. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.

So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands. Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. He was in the beginning with God.

Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him.

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him In love. But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?

Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate. God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

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For thus says the Lord GOD, "My people went down at the first into Egypt to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert. Confirming the word of His servant And performing the purpose of His messengers It is I who says of Jerusalem, 'She shall be inhabited! Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins, They will raise up the former devastations; And they will repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations.

And it was so. And God saw that it was good.

He also made the stars. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground. They will be yours for food. And there was evening, and there was morning —the sixth day. All rights reserved worldwide. You'll get this book and many others when you join Bible Gateway Plus.

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Try it free for 30 days! In Psalm 34 the current final verse, 23, does fit verse 22 in content, but adds an additional line to the poem. In Psalms 37 and the numbering of verses and the division into lines are interfering with each other; as a result in Psalm 37, for the letters Daleth and Kaph there is only one verse, and the letter Ayin is not represented. Psalm and have 22 lines, but 10 verses. Psalm does not represent the letter Nun, having 21 one verses, but one Qumran manuscript of this Psalm does have that missing line, which agrees with the Septuagint.

Acrostics are common in medieval literature, where they usually serve to highlight the name of the poet or his patron, or to make a prayer to a saint.

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They are most frequent in verse works but can also appear in prose. The Middle High German poet Rudolf von Ems for example opens all his great works with an acrostic of his name, and his world chronicle marks the beginning of each age with an acrostic of the key figure Moses, David, etc. In chronicles, acrostics are common in German and English but rare in other languages. Often the ease of detectability of an acrostic can depend on the intention of its creator. In some cases an author may desire an acrostic to have a better chance of being perceived by an observant reader, such as the acrostic contained in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili where the key capital letters are decorated with ornate embellishments.

However, acrostics may also be used as a form of steganography , where the author seeks to conceal the message rather than proclaim it. This might be achieved by making the key letters uniform in appearance with the surrounding text, or by aligning the words in such a way that the relationship between the key letters is less obvious. This is referred to as null ciphers in steganography, using the first letter of each word to form a hidden message in an otherwise innocuous text. This was one of the hereditary titles of William of Orange William the Silent , who introduces himself in the poem to the Dutch people.

Vladimir Nabokov 's short story " The Vane Sisters " is famous for its acrostic final paragraph, which contains a message from beyond the grave. E lizabeth it is in vain you say " L ove not"—thou sayest it in so sweet a way: I n vain those words from thee or L. Z antippe's talents had enforced so well: E ndymion, recollect, when Luna tried T o cure his love—was cured of all beside— H is follie—pride—and passion—for he died.

A boat, beneath a sunny sky L ingering onward dreamily I n an evening of July - C hildren three that nestle near, E ager eye and willing ear, P leased a simple tale to hear - L ong has paled that sunny sky: E choes fade and memories die: A utumn frosts have slain July.

S till she haunts me, phantomwise, A lice moving under skies N ever seen by waking eyes.

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C hildren yet, the tale to hear, E ager eye and willing ear, L ovingly shall nestle near. I n a Wonderland they lie, D reaming as the days go by, D reaming as the summers die: E ver drifting down the stream - L ingering in the golden gleam - L ife, what is it but a dream?

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