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12And there is no salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, by which it is necessary for us to be saved.”
1A good name is better than many riches. And good esteem is above silver and gold.
17Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches. To him who prevails, I will give the hidden manna. And I will give to him a white emblem, and on the emblem, a new name has been written, which no one knows, except the one who receives it.
21And she shall give birth to a son. And you shall call his name JESUS. For he shall accomplish the salvation of his people from their sins.”
1And now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are mine.
15And God said again to Moses: “Thus shall you say to the sons of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is the name for me in eternity, and this is my memorial from generation to generation.
3To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.
9Because of this, God has also exalted him and has given him a name which is above every name, 10so that, at the name of Jesus, every knee would bend, of those in heaven, of those on earth, and of those in hell, 11and so that every tongue would confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.
12Whoever prevails, I will set him as a column in the temple of my God, and he shall not depart from it anymore. And I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that descends out of heaven from my God, and my new name.
7You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not hold harmless one who takes the name of the Lord his God falsely.
28But he said, “Your name will not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if you have been strong against God, how much more will you prevail against men?”
9Because of this, God has also exalted him and has given him a name which is above every name, 10so that, at the name of Jesus, every knee would bend, of those in heaven, of those on earth, and of those in hell,
19Therefore, the Lord God, having formed from the soil all the animals of the earth and all the flying creatures of the air, brought them to Adam, in order to see what he would call them. For whatever Adam would call any living creature, that would be its name. 20And Adam called each of the living things by their names: all the flying creatures of the air, and all the wild beasts of the land. Yet truly, for Adam, there was not found a helper similar to himself.
31Behold, you shall conceive in your womb, and you shall bear a son, and you shall call his name: JESUS.
5No longer will your name be called Abram. But you will be called Abraham, for I have established you as the father of many nations.
19Therefore, the Lord God, having formed from the soil all the animals of the earth and all the flying creatures of the air, brought them to Adam, in order to see what he would call them. For whatever Adam would call any living creature, that would be its name.
2And the Gentiles will see your Just One, and all the kings will see your Renowned One. And you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord will choose.
12Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.
17Then the Lord said to Moses: “This word also, which you have spoken, I will do. For you have found grace before me, and I have known you by name.”
6But Peter said: “Silver and gold is not mine. But what I have, I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, rise up and walk.”