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this means understanding that the law is laid down not for the righteous but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers,(A)

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18 And

“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved,
    what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”

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The Purpose of the Law

19 Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring[a] would come to whom the promise had been made, and it was ordained through angels by a mediator.(A)

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  1. 3.19 Gk seed

10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the things written in the book of the law.”(A) 11 Now it is evident that no one is reckoned as righteous before God by the law, for “the one who is righteous will live by faith.”[a](B) 12 But the law does not rest on faith; on the contrary, “Whoever does the works of the law[b] will live by them.”(C) 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”(D) 14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.(E)

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  1. 3.11 Or The one who is righteous through faith will live
  2. 3.12 Gk does them

20 But law came in, so that the trespass might increase, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,(A)

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23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

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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)

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14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.(A)

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16 They profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.(A)

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30 slanderers, God-haters,[a] insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, rebellious toward parents,(A)

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  1. 1.30 Or God-hated

For your own lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning: from every animal I will require it and from human beings, each one for the blood of another, I will require a reckoning for human life.(A)

Whoever sheds the blood of a human,
    by a human shall that person’s blood be shed,
for in his own image
    God made humans.(B)

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15 Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral[a] and murderers and idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.(A)

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  1. 22.15 Or prostitutes

But as for the cowardly, the faithless,[a] the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral,[b] the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”(A)

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  1. 21.8 Or the unbelieving
  2. 21.8 Or prostitutes

20 who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight lives, were saved through water.(A)

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31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient,[a] because she had received the spies in peace.(A)

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  1. 11.31 Or unbelieving

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus[a] will destroy[b] with the breath of his mouth, annihilating him by the manifestation of his coming.(A)

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  1. 2.8 Other ancient authorities lack Jesus
  2. 2.8 Other ancient authorities read consume

God’s Promise Realized through Faith

13 For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith.(A)

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21 Sibling will betray sibling to death and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,

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25 As for you, vile, wicked prince of Israel,
    you whose day has come,
    the time of final punishment,(A)

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11 Both prophet and priest are ungodly;
    even in my house I have found their wickedness,
            says the Lord.(A)

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17 The eye that mocks a father
    and scorns to obey a mother
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley
    and eaten by the vultures.(A)

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11 There are those who curse their fathers
    and do not bless their mothers.(A)

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24 Anyone who robs father or mother
    and says, “That is no crime,”
    is partner to a thug.(A)

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17 If someone is burdened with the blood of another,
    let that killer be a fugitive until death;
    let no one offer assistance.(A)

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20 If you curse father or mother,
    your lamp will go out in utter darkness.(A)

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