12 in order that all may be condemned (A)who did not believe the truth but (B)had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.(A)

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32 Though they know (A)God's righteous decree that those who practice such things (B)deserve to die, they not only do them but (C)give approval to those who practice them.

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32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death,(A) they not only continue to do these very things but also approve(B) of those who practice them.

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For the mind that is set on the flesh is (A)hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; (B)indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

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The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(A) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh(B) cannot please God.

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16 (A)Whoever believes and is (B)baptized (C)will be saved, but (D)whoever (E)does not believe will be condemned.

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16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.(A)

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Marks of the True Christian

(A)Let love be genuine. (B)Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what 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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but for those who are self-seeking[a] and (A)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.

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  1. Romans 2:8 Or contentious

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,(A) there will be wrath and anger.(B)

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13 suffering wrong as (A)the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure (B)to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions,[a] while (C)they feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery,[b] (D)insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts (E)trained in greed. (F)Accursed children! 15 Forsaking the right way, (G)they have gone astray. They have followed (H)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved (I)gain from wrongdoing,

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  1. 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts love feasts
  2. 2 Peter 2:14 Or eyes full of an adulteress

13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.(A) They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.[a](B) 14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce(C) the unstable;(D) they are experts in greed(E)—an accursed brood!(F) 15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam(G) son of Bezer,[b] who loved the wages of wickedness.

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  1. 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts in their love feasts
  2. 2 Peter 2:15 Greek Bosor

For God has not destined us for (A)wrath, but (B)to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath(A) but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.(B)

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36 (A)Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; (B)whoever does not obey the Son shall not (C)see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

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36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,(A) but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

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By their evil (A)they make (B)the king glad,
    and the princes by their treachery.

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“They delight the king with their wickedness,
    the princes with their lies.(A)

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The Lord (A)tests the righteous,
    but (B)his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

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The Lord examines the righteous,(A)
    but the wicked, those who love violence,
    he hates with a passion.(B)

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For (A)certain people (B)have crept in unnoticed (C)who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert (D)the grace of our God into sensuality and (E)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Now I want (F)to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that (G)Jesus, who saved[a] a people out of the land of Egypt, (H)afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

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  1. Jude 1:5 Some manuscripts although you fully knew it, that the Lord who once saved

For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about[a] long ago have secretly slipped in among you.(A) They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.(B)

Though you already know all this,(C) I want to remind you(D) that the Lord[b] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.(E)

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  1. Jude 1:4 Or individuals who were marked out for condemnation
  2. Jude 1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus

19 (A)And this is the judgment: (B)the light has come into the world, and (C)people loved the darkness rather than the light because (D)their works were evil. 20 (E)For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, (F)lest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever (G)does what is true (H)comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

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19 This is the verdict: Light(A) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(B) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(C) 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

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