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Luke 18:7
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
Luke 18:7 · Berean Standard Bible
Luke 18:7 in other translations
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
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In context
4 For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
5 yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”
6 And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.
7 Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
8 I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
9 To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
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