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3 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.
3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Saviour, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
Ruth 4 Boaz Marries Ruth4 Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer[a] he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
2 Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so. 3 Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek. 4 I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you[b] will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to do it except you, and I am next in line.”
“I will redeem it,” he said.
5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the[c] dead man’s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.”
6 At this, the guardian-redeemer said, “Then I cannot redeem it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.”
7 (Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel.)
8 So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.
9 Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!”
11 Then the elders and all the people at the gate said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. 12 Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.”
Naomi Gains a Son
13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14 The women said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! 15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
16 Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. 17 The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.
The Genealogy of David
18 This, then, is the family line of Perez:
Perez was the father of Hezron,
19 Hezron the father of Ram,
Ram the father of Amminadab,
20 Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,[d]
21 Salmon the father of Boaz,
Boaz the father of Obed,
22 Obed the father of Jesse,
and Jesse the father of David.
Footnotes:
21st March 2021 - "Into All The World" - Matthew 28:16-20
14 March 2021 - "Choose Your Friends Wisely" - James 4:1-12
28th Feb 2021 - "Find True Wisdom" - James 3:13-18
21 Feb 2021 - "Your Words Matter" - James 3:1-12
14th Feb 2021 - "Genuine or False Faith" - James 2:14-26
7th Feb 2021 - "SEEING JESUS, SEEING GOD" - Mark 2:1-12
31st Jan 2021 - "God Has No Favourites" - James 2:1-13
24th Jan 2021 - "Remember To Listen" - James 1:19-27
17th Jan 2021 - "Remember the Goodness of God" - James 1:12-18
10 Jan 2021 - "Don't Waste Your Pain" - James 1:1-11
3rd Jan 2021 - "Ruth Marries Boaz" - Ruth 4:11-22
27th Dec 2020 - "Mary Visits Elizabeth" - Luke 1:39-56
20th Dec 2020 - "The Birth of Jesus" - Luke 2:1-7
13th Dec 2020 - "The Birth of Jesus Foretold" - Luke 1:26-38
6th Dec 2020 - "Imitating Christ's Humility" - Philippians 2:1-11
29th Nov 2020 - "Let your manner of life be worthy of the Gospel" - Philippians 1:27-30
15th Nov 2020 - "The Willing Redeemer" - Ruth 3
8th Nov 2020 - "Shelter From The Storm" - Ruth 2
1st Nov 2020 - "Lost and Found" - Luke 15:1-7
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