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But since we belong to the day, let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love and for a helmet the hope of salvation.(A)

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12 the night is far gone; the day is near. Let us then throw off[a] the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;(A) 13 let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.(B)

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  1. 13.12 Other ancient authorities read lay aside

A Call to Holy Living

13 Therefore prepare your minds for action;[a] discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.(A)

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  1. 1.13 Gk gird up the loins of your mind

11 put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

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17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate
    and a helmet of salvation on his head;
he put on garments of vengeance for clothing
    and wrapped himself in fury as in a mantle.(A)

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19 We have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters the inner shrine behind the curtain,(A)

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35 Do not, therefore, abandon that boldness of yours; it brings a great reward. 36 For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what was promised.(A)

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for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.

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13 And now faith, hope, and love remain, these three, and the greatest of these is love.

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but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.(A)

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13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on the evil day and, having prevailed against everything, to stand firm.(A) 14 Stand, therefore, and belt your waist with truth and put on the breastplate of righteousness(B) 15 and lace up your sandals in preparation for the gospel of peace. 16 With all of these,[a] take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one.(C) 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.(D) 18 Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints.(E)

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  1. 6.16 Or In all circumstances

through whom we have obtained access[a] to this grace in which we stand, and we[b] boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.(A) And not only that, but we[c] also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance,(B) and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.(C)

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  1. 5.2 Other ancient authorities add by faith
  2. 5.2 Or let us
  3. 5.3 Or let us

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[a] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(A)

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  1. 2.9 Gk a people for his possession

for once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light,(A) for the fruit of the light[a] is found in all that is good and right and true.

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  1. 5.9 Other ancient authorities read of the Spirit

truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;(A)

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26 It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.(A)

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A Living Hope

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead(A) and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.(B)

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16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,

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23 Peace be to the brothers and sisters and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.(A)

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For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.(A)

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24 For in[a] hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what one already sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

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  1. 8.24 Or by

Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
    my help and my God.(A)

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11 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
    my help and my God.(A)

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Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
    my help(A)

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23 “O that my words were written down!
    O that they were inscribed in a book!(A)
24 O that with an iron pen and with lead
    they were engraved on a rock forever!(B)
25 For I know that my vindicator[a] lives
    and that in the end he will stand upon the earth;(C)
26 and after my skin has been destroyed,
    then in my flesh I shall see God,(D)
27 whom I shall see on my side,
    and my eyes shall behold, and not another.
    My heart faints within me!(E)

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  1. 19.25 Or redeemer