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1 Kings 18:21
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1 Kings 18:21
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21 And Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long (A)will you go limping between two different opinions? (B)If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” And the people did not answer him a word.
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1 Kings 18:21
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1 Kings 18:21
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21 Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver(A) between two opinions? If the Lord(B) is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.”
But the people said nothing.
Matthew 6:24
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Matthew 6:24
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24 (A)“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and (B)money.[a]
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- Matthew 6:24 Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions
Matthew 6:24
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Matthew 6:24
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24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.(A)
Joshua 24:15
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Joshua 24:15
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Joshua 24:15
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Joshua 24:15
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15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites,(A) in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household,(B) we will serve the Lord.”(C)
1 Corinthians 10:21-22
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1 Corinthians 10:21-22
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21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.(A) 22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy?(B) Are we stronger than he?(C)
2 Corinthians 6:14-16
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2 Corinthians 6:14-16
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The Temple of the Living God
14 (A)Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For (B)what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or (C)what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 (D)What accord has Christ with Belial?[a] Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For (E)we are the temple of the living God; as God said,
(F)“I will make my dwelling among them and (G)walk among them,
and (H)I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
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- 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar
2 Corinthians 6:14-16
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2 Corinthians 6:14-16
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Warning Against Idolatry
14 Do not be yoked together(A) with unbelievers.(B) For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?(C) 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[a]?(D) Or what does a believer(E) have in common with an unbeliever?(F) 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?(G) For we are the temple(H) of the living God.(I) As God has said:
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- 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar, a variant of Belial
- 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lev. 26:12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27
2 Kings 17:41
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2 Kings 17:41
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41 (A)So these nations feared the Lord and also served their carved images. Their children did likewise, and their children's children—as their fathers did, so they do to this day.
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2 Kings 17:41
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2 Kings 17:41
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41 Even while these people were worshiping the Lord,(A) they were serving their idols. To this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their ancestors did.
1 Samuel 7:3
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1 Samuel 7:3
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Samuel Judges Israel
3 And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, (A)“If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then (B)put away the foreign gods and the (C)Ashtaroth from among you and (D)direct your heart to the Lord (E)and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
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1 Samuel 7:3
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1 Samuel 7:3
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3 So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning(A) to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid(B) yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths(C) and commit(D) yourselves to the Lord and serve him only,(E) and he will deliver(F) you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
Revelation 3:15-16
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Revelation 3:15-16
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15 “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. (A)Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.
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Revelation 3:15-16
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Revelation 3:15-16
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Deuteronomy 4:35
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Deuteronomy 4:35
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35 To you it was shown, (A)that you might know that the Lord is God; (B)there is no other besides him.
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Deuteronomy 4:35
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Deuteronomy 4:35
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35 You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other.(A)
Zephaniah 1:5
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Zephaniah 1:5
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5 (A)those who bow down on the roofs
to the host of the heavens,
(B)those who bow down and swear to the Lord
and yet swear by (C)Milcom,[a]
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- Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king
Zephaniah 1:5
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Zephaniah 1:5
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Psalm 100:3
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Psalm 100:3
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3 Know that (A)the Lord, he is God!
It is he who (B)made us, and (C)we are his;[a]
we are his (D)people, and (E)the sheep of his pasture.
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- Psalm 100:3 Or and not we ourselves
Psalm 100:3
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Psalm 100:3
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Joshua 24:23-24
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Joshua 24:23-24
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23 He said, “Then (A)put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord, the God of Israel.” 24 And the people said to Joshua, “The Lord our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey.”
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Joshua 24:23-24
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Joshua 24:23-24
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23 “Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods(A) that are among you and yield your hearts(B) to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
24 And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”(C)
Romans 6:16-22
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Romans 6:16-22
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16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves (A)to anyone as obedient slaves,[a] you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But (B)thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the (C)standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, (D)having been set free from sin, (E)have become slaves of righteousness. 19 (F)I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For (G)just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members (H)as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
20 (I)For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 (J)But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things (K)of which you are now ashamed? (L)For the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you (M)have been set free from sin and (N)have become slaves of God, (O)the fruit you get leads to sanctification and (P)its end, eternal life.
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- Romans 6:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; twice in this verse; also verses 17, 19 (twice), 20
Romans 6:16-22
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Romans 6:16-22
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16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey(A)—whether you are slaves to sin,(B) which leads to death,(C) or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God(D) that, though you used to be slaves to sin,(E) you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching(F) that has now claimed your allegiance. 18 You have been set free from sin(G) and have become slaves to righteousness.(H)
19 I am using an example from everyday life(I) because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness(J) leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin,(K) you were free from the control of righteousness.(L) 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!(M) 22 But now that you have been set free from sin(N) and have become slaves of God,(O) the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.(P)
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