Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

LSB #585 "Lord Jesus Christ, with Us Abide"

Biblical citations in the hymnal:  Luke 24:29, John 8:31-32, Colossians 2:8, 1 John 2:28

Luke 24:29:  "but they urged him strongly, saying, 'Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.'  So he went in to stay with them."

John 8:31-32:  "31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, 'If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.'"

Colossians 2:8:  "See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ."

1 John 2:28:  "And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming."

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Luke 24:29 appears in both the first verse ("Lord Jesus Christ, with us abide") and the last verse ("Stay with us, Lord, and keep us true").

John 8:31-32 and 1 John 2:28 are difficult to find.  They could be cited along with Luke 24:29 (although "'stay with us'" and "'abide in my word'" seem to be looking from opposite directions), or they might appear in the line "Great us, dear Lord, true steadfastness" in the second verse.

Colossians 2:8 is in the second half of the second verse ("That we keep pure till life is spent / Your holy Word and Sacrament") and the entirety of the fifth.

"Speak tongues of fire" in the third verse comes from Acts 2, specifically verse 3:  "And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them [the apostles] and rested on each one of them."