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16 That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are[a] being renewed every day.

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  1. 4:16 Greek our inner being is.

16 Therefore we do not lose heart.(A) Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly(B) we are being renewed(C) day by day.

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10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.

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10 and have put on the new self,(A) which is being renewed(B) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.(C)

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31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
    They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
    They will walk and not faint.

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31 but those who hope(A) in the Lord
    will renew their strength.(B)
They will soar on wings like eagles;(C)
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.(D)

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22 I love God’s law with all my heart.

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22 For in my inner being(A) I delight in God’s law;(B)

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29 He gives power to the weak
    and strength to the powerless.

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29 He gives strength(A) to the weary(B)
    and increases the power of the weak.

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Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

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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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Treasure in Fragile Clay Jars

Therefore, since God in his mercy has given us this new way,[a] we never give up.

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  1. 4:1 Or ministry.

Present Weakness and Resurrection Life

Therefore, since through God’s mercy(A) we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.(B)

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16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.

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16 I pray that out of his glorious riches(A) he may strengthen you with power(B) through his Spirit in your inner being,(C)

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he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.[a]

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  1. 3:5 Greek He saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.

he saved us,(A) not because of righteous things we had done,(B) but because of his mercy.(C) He saved us through the washing(D) of rebirth and renewal(E) by the Holy Spirit,

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23 Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.

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23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds;(A)

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You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.

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Rather, it should be that of your inner self,(A) the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.(B)

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26 My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak,
    but God remains the strength of my heart;
    he is mine forever.

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26 My flesh and my heart(A) may fail,(B)
    but God is the strength(C) of my heart
    and my portion(D) forever.

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15 I will gladly spend myself and all I have for you, even though it seems that the more I love you, the less you love me.

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15 So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well.(A) If I love you more,(B) will you love me less?

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