21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

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21 but test them all;(A) hold on to what is good,(B)

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Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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On Denying the Incarnation

Dear friends,(A) do not believe every spirit,(B) but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.(C)

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And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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Do not conform(A) to the pattern of this world,(B) but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.(C) Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is(D)—his good, pleasing(E) and perfect will.

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Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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Love in Action

Love must be sincere.(A) Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.(B)

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57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

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57 “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

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10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

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10 and find out what pleases the Lord.(A)

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14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

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14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(A) but considers them foolishness,(B) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15 The person with the Spirit(C) makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments,

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11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

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11 I am coming soon.(A) Hold on to what you have,(B) so that no one will take your crown.(C)

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Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

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Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.(A) But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,(B) and you will not know at what time(C) I will come to you.

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16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

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16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

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11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

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11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica,(A) for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures(B) every day to see if what Paul said was true.(C)

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Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

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Remain in me, as I also remain in you.(A) No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

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23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

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23 Buy the truth and do not sell it—
    wisdom, instruction and insight as well.(A)

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