Galatians 5:13
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13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only (A)do not use liberty as an (B)opportunity for the flesh, but (C)through love serve one another.
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1 Peter 2:16
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16 (A)as free, yet not (B)using liberty as a cloak for [a]vice, but as bondservants of God.
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- 1 Peter 2:16 wickedness
1 Corinthians 9:19
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Serving All Men
19 For though I am (A)free from all men, (B)I have made myself a servant to all, (C)that I might win the more;
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1 Corinthians 8:9
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9 But (A)beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become (B)a [a]stumbling block to those who are weak.
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- 1 Corinthians 8:9 cause of offense
Galatians 5:14
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14 For (A)all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: (B)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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Romans 15:1-2
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Bearing Others’ Burdens
15 We (A)then who are strong ought to bear with the [a]scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 (B)Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to [b]edification.
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- Romans 15:1 weaknesses
- Romans 15:2 building up
Ephesians 5:21
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21 (A)submitting to one another in the fear of [a]God.
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- Ephesians 5:21 NU Christ
Galatians 6:2
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2 (A)Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill (B)the law of Christ.
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Romans 6:18-22
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18 And (A)having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness [a]for holiness.
20 For when you were (B)slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 (C)What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For (D)the end of those things is death. 22 But now (E)having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit [b]to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.
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- Romans 6:19 unto sanctification
- Romans 6:22 unto sanctification
Galatians 4:5-7
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5 (A)to redeem those who were under the law, (B)that we might receive the adoption as sons.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth (C)the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, [a]“Abba, Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, (D)and if a son, then an heir [b]of God [c]through Christ.
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- Galatians 4:6 Lit., in Aram., Father
- Galatians 4:7 NU through God
- Galatians 4:7 NU omits through Christ
1 John 3:16-19
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The Outworking of Love
16 (A)By this we know love, (B)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But (C)whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
18 My little children, (D)let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And by this we [a]know (E)that we are of the truth, and shall [b]assure our hearts before Him.
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- 1 John 3:19 NU shall know
- 1 John 3:19 persuade, set at rest
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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4 (A)Love suffers long and is (B)kind; love (C)does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not [a]puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, (D)does not seek its own, is not provoked, [b]thinks no evil; 6 (E)does not rejoice in iniquity, but (F)rejoices in the truth; 7 (G)bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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- 1 Corinthians 13:4 arrogant
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 keeps no accounts of evil
Isaiah 61:1
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The Good News of Salvation
61 “The (A)Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord (B)has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me (C)to [a]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim (D)liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
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- Isaiah 61:1 Lit. bind up
Jude 4
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4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord [a]God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- Jude 1:4 NU omits God
James 2:15-17
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15 (A)If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and (B)one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
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2 Peter 2:19
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19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of [a]corruption; (A)for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into [b]bondage.
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- 2 Peter 2:19 depravity
- 2 Peter 2:19 slavery
Galatians 5:22
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22 But (A)the fruit of the Spirit is (B)love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, (C)goodness, (D)faithfulness,
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2 Corinthians 4:5
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5 (A)For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and (B)ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake.
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Acts 20:35
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35 I have shown you in every way, (A)by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
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Jude 10-12
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10 (A)But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way (B)of Cain, (C)have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished (D)in the rebellion of Korah.
Apostates Depraved and Doomed
12 These are [a]spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried [b]about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;
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John 13:14-15
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14 (A)If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, (B)you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For (C)I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.
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John 8:32-36
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32 And you shall know the (A)truth, and (B)the truth shall make you free.”
33 They answered Him, (C)“We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”
34 Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (D)whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 And (E)a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. 36 (F)Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
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Luke 4:18
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18 “The(A) Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me [a]to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To (B)set at liberty those who are [b]oppressed;
Mark 10:43-45
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43 (A)Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. 44 And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. 45 For even (B)the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and (C)to give His life a ransom for many.”
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Galatians 4:22-5:1
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22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: (A)the one by a bondwoman, (B)the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman (C)was born according to the flesh, (D)and he of the freewoman through promise, 24 which things are symbolic. For these are [a]the two covenants: the one from Mount (E)Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— 25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— 26 but the (F)Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written:
(G)“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”
28 Now (H)we, brethren, as Isaac was, are (I)children of promise. 29 But, as (J)he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, (K)even so it is now. 30 Nevertheless what does (L)the Scripture say? (M)“Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for (N)the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
Christian Liberty
5 (O)Stand[b] fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a (P)yoke of bondage.
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- Galatians 4:24 NU, M omit the
- Galatians 5:1 NU For freedom Christ has made us free; stand fast therefore, and
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