1 Peter 4:6
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6 For this is the reason the gospel was proclaimed even to the dead, so that, though they had been judged in the flesh as everyone is judged, they might live in the spirit as God does.
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Romans 8:2
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2 For the law of the Spirit[a] of life in Christ Jesus has set you[b] free from the law of sin and of death.(A)
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1 Peter 3:19
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19 in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison,
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Romans 8:9-11
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9 But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit,[a] since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.(A) 10 But if Christ is in you, then the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit[b] is life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus[c] from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through[d] his Spirit that dwells in you.(B)
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John 5:25-26
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25 “Very truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.(A) 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself,
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Titus 3:3-7
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3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.(A) 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,(B) 5 he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water[a] of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.(C) 6 This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.(D)
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- 3.5 Gk washing
Ephesians 2:3-5
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3 All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, doing the will of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else,(A) 4 but God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us(B) 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ[a]—by grace you have been saved—
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- 2.5 Other ancient authorities read in Christ
Galatians 5:25
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25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.
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1 Peter 4:1-2
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Good Stewards of God’s Grace
4 Since, therefore, Christ suffered in the flesh,[a] arm yourselves also with the same intention (for whoever has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin),(A) 2 so as to live for the rest of your time in the flesh no longer by human desires but by the will of God.(B)
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- 4.1 Other ancient authorities add for us or for you
Matthew 24:9
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Persecutions Foretold
9 “Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.(A)
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1 Corinthians 11:31-32
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31 But if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged.(A) 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined[a] so that we may not be condemned along with the world.(B)
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- 11.32 Or When we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord
Revelation 14:18
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18 Then another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.”(A)
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Galatians 2:19
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19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ,(A)
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