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18 As surely as God is faithful, our word to you is not[a] “Yes and No.”

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  1. 1.18 Other ancient authorities read was not

18 But as surely as God is faithful,(A) our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

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God is faithful, by whom you were called into the partnership of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.(A)

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God is faithful,(A) who has called you(B) into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.(C)

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The Message to Laodicea

14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin[a] of God’s creation:(A)

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  1. 3.14 Or beginning

To the Church in Laodicea

14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea(A) write:

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,(B) the ruler of God’s creation.(C)

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The Message to Philadelphia

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:

These are the words of the Holy One, the True One,
    who has the key of David,
    who opens and no one will shut,
        who shuts and no one opens:(A)

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To the Church in Philadelphia

“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia(A) write:

These are the words of him who is holy(B) and true,(C) who holds the key of David.(D) What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

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20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true;[a] and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(A)

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  1. 5.20 Other ancient authorities read know the true God

20 We know also that the Son of God has come(A) and has given us understanding,(B) so that we may know him who is true.(C) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(D)

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31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus (blessed be he forever!) knows that I do not lie.(A)

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31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever,(A) knows(B) that I am not lying.

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17 For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many,[a] but as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God, we are speaking in Christ before God.(A)

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  1. 2.17 Other ancient authorities read like the rest

17 Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit.(A) On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity,(B) as those sent from God.(C)

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23 But I call on God as witness against me: it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.(A)

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23 I call God as my witness(A)—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you(B) that I did not return to Corinth.

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26 I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.”(A)

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26 “I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy,(A) and what I have heard from him I tell the world.”(B)

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28 Then Jesus cried out as he was teaching in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I am from. I have not come on my own. But the one who sent me is true, and you do not know him.(A)

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28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,(A) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.(B) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.(C) You do not know him,

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