1 John 2:5-6
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5 But if anyone obeys his word,(A) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(B) This is how we know(C) we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(D)
Footnotes
- 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love
1 John 4:17
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17 This is how love is made complete(A) among us so that we will have confidence(B) on the day of judgment:(C) In this world we are like Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 1:6
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6 You became imitators of us(A) and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering(B) with the joy(C) given by the Holy Spirit.(D)
1 Peter 2:21
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21 To this(A) you were called,(B) because Christ suffered for you,(C) leaving you an example,(D) that you should follow in his steps.
Philippians 2:3-8
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3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.(A) Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,(B) 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.(C)
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:(D)
6 Who, being in very nature[a] God,(E)
did not consider equality with God(F) something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing(G)
by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,(H)
being made in human likeness.(I)
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death(J)—
even death on a cross!(K)
Footnotes
- Philippians 2:6 Or in the form of
- Philippians 2:7 Or the form
Colossians 2:2-3
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2 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart(A) and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery(B) of God, namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.(C)
Romans 16:19
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19 Everyone has heard(A) about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.(B)
1 Corinthians 14:20
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20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children.(A) In regard to evil be infants,(B) but in your thinking be adults.
Matthew 10:16
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16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.(A) Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.(B)
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