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28 Examine yourselves, and only then eat of the bread and drink of the cup.(A)

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28 Everyone ought to examine themselves(A) before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.

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All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their neighbor’s work, will become a cause for pride.(A)

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Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone,(A) without comparing themselves to someone else,(B)

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Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless, indeed, you fail to meet the test!(A)

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Examine yourselves(A) to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.(B) Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you(C)—unless, of course, you fail the test?

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40 Let us test and examine our ways
    and return to the Lord.(A)

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40 Let us examine our ways and test them,(A)
    and let us return to the Lord.(B)

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23 So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you,(A) 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.

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23 “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.

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31 But if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged.(A)

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31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment.(A)

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“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared.

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This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(A) to your ways.

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Now therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared.(A)

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Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(A) to your ways.

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Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
    test my heart and mind.(A)
For your steadfast love is before my eyes,
    and I walk in faithfulness to you.[a](B)

I do not sit with the worthless,
    nor do I consort with hypocrites;(C)
I hate the company of evildoers
    and will not sit with the wicked.(D)

I wash my hands in innocence
    and go around your altar, O Lord,(E)
singing aloud a song of thanksgiving
    and telling all your wondrous deeds.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 26.3 Or in your faithfulness

Test me,(A) Lord, and try me,
    examine my heart and my mind;(B)
for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love(C)
    and have lived(D) in reliance on your faithfulness.(E)

I do not sit(F) with the deceitful,
    nor do I associate with hypocrites.(G)
I abhor(H) the assembly of evildoers
    and refuse to sit with the wicked.
I wash my hands in innocence,(I)
    and go about your altar, Lord,
proclaiming aloud your praise(J)
    and telling of all your wonderful deeds.(K)

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20 whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God,

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20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends,(A) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God(B)

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“Say to all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth month and in the seventh for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted?(A) And when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink only for yourselves? Were not these the words that the Lord proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, along with the towns around it, and when the Negeb and the Shephelah were inhabited?”

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“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted(A) and mourned in the fifth and seventh(B) months for the past seventy years,(C) was it really for me that you fasted? And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves?(D) Are these not the words the Lord proclaimed through the earlier prophets(E) when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were at rest(F) and prosperous, and the Negev and the western foothills(G) were settled?’”(H)

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10 “Speak to the Israelites, saying: Anyone of you or your descendants who is unclean through touching a corpse or is away on a journey shall still keep the Passover to the Lord. 11 In the second month on the fourteenth day, at twilight,[a] they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.(A) 12 They shall leave none of it until morning nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it.(B) 13 But anyone who is clean and is not on a journey and yet refrains from keeping the Passover shall be cut off from the people for not presenting the Lord’s offering at its appointed time; such a one shall bear the consequences for the sin.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 9.11 Heb between the two evenings

10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body(A) or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate(B) the Lord’s Passover, 11 but they are to do it on the fourteenth day of the second month(C) at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.(D) 12 They must not leave any of it till morning(E) or break any of its bones.(F) When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.(G) 13 But if anyone who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, they must be cut off from their people(H) for not presenting the Lord’s offering at the appointed time. They will bear the consequences of their sin.

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