Romans 12:2
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2 (A)Do not be conformed to this world,[a] but be transformed by (B)the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may (C)discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[b]
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- Romans 12:2 Greek age
- Romans 12:2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God
1 Peter 1:14
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14 As obedient children, (A)do not be conformed to the passions (B)of your former ignorance,
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Ephesians 4:22-24
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22 to (A)put off (B)your old self,[a] which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through (C)deceitful desires, 23 and (D)to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on (E)the new self, (F)created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
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- Ephesians 4:22 Greek man; also verse 24
2 Corinthians 5:17
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17 Therefore, if anyone is (A)in Christ, he is (B)a new creation.[a] (C)The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
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- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or creature
1 John 2:15-17
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Do Not Love the World
15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—(C)the desires of the flesh and (D)the desires of the eyes and pride of life[a]—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And (E)the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
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- 1 John 2:16 Or pride in possessions
Ephesians 5:17
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17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what (A)the will of the Lord is.
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Ezekiel 36:26
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26 And I will give you (A)a new heart, and (B)a new spirit I will put within you. (C)And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
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1 Peter 4:2
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2 (A)so as to live for (B)the rest of the time in the flesh (C)no longer for human passions but (D)for the will of God.
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Romans 12:1
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A Living Sacrifice
12 (A)I appeal to you therefore, brothers,[a] by the mercies of God, (B)to present your bodies (C)as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.[b]
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- Romans 12:1 Or brothers and sisters
- Romans 12:1 Or your rational service
John 15:19
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19 (A)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because (B)you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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Psalm 51:10
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- Psalm 51:10 Or steadfast
Romans 13:14
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14 But (A)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, (B)to gratify its desires.
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Titus 3:5
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5 he saved us, (A)not because of works done by us in righteousness, but (B)according to his own mercy, by (C)the washing of regeneration and (D)renewal of the Holy Spirit,
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James 4:4
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4 (A)You adulterous people![a] Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? (B)Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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- James 4:4 Or You adulteresses!
Proverbs 3:1-4
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Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart
3 (A)My son, do not forget my teaching,
(B)but let your heart keep my commandments,
2 for (C)length of days and years of life
and (D)peace they will add to you.
3 Let not (E)steadfast love and (F)faithfulness forsake you;
(G)bind them around your neck;
(H)write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 So you will (I)find favor and (J)good success[a]
in the sight of God and man.
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- Proverbs 3:4 Or repute
Ephesians 4:17-20
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The New Life
17 Now this I say and (A)testify in the Lord, (B)that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, (C)in the futility of their minds. 18 They (D)are darkened in their understanding, (E)alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to (F)their hardness of heart. 19 They (G)have become callous and (H)have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. 20 But that is not the way you (I)learned Christ!—
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John 17:14
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14 (A)I have given them your word, and (B)the world has hated them (C)because they are not of the world, (D)just as I am not of the world.
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Psalm 19:7-11
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7 (A)The law of the Lord is perfect,[a]
(B)reviving the soul;
(C)the testimony of the Lord is (D)sure,
(E)making wise (F)the simple;
8 (G)the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is (H)pure,
(I)enlightening the eyes;
9 the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules[b] of the Lord are (J)true,
and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than (K)gold,
even much (L)fine gold;
(M)sweeter also than honey
and drippings of (N)the honeycomb.
11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
(O)in keeping them there is great reward.
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- Psalm 19:7 Or blameless
- Psalm 19:9 Or just decrees
2 Peter 1:4
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4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become (A)partakers of the divine nature, (B)having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
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James 1:27
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27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: (A)to visit (B)orphans and widows in their affliction, and (C)to keep oneself (D)unstained from the world.
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Ezekiel 18:31
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31 (A)Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and (B)make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! (C)Why will you die, O house of Israel?
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