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2 Timothy 2:4
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2 Timothy 2:4
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4 Soldiers don’t get tied up in the affairs of civilian life, for then they cannot please the officer who enlisted them.
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2 Timothy 2:4
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2 Timothy 2:4
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4 No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.
2 Timothy 2:4
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2 Timothy 2:4
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4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
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Luke 8:14
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Luke 8:14
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14 The seeds that fell among the thorns represent those who hear the message, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares and riches and pleasures of this life. And so they never grow into maturity.
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Luke 8:14
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Luke 8:14
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14 The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches(A) and pleasures, and they do not mature.
Luke 8:14
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Luke 8:14
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14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 For we speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts.
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel.(A) We are not trying to please people(B) but God, who tests our hearts.(C)
1 Thessalonians 2:4
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
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2 Peter 2:20
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2 Peter 2:20
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20 And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before.
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2 Peter 2:20
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2 Peter 2:20
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20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing(A) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(B) and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.(C)
2 Peter 2:20
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2 Peter 2:20
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20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
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1 Corinthians 7:22-23
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1 Corinthians 7:22-23
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22 And remember, if you were a slave when the Lord called you, you are now free in the Lord. And if you were free when the Lord called you, you are now a slave of Christ. 23 God paid a high price for you, so don’t be enslaved by the world.[a]
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- 7:23 Greek don’t become slaves of people.
1 Corinthians 7:22-23
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1 Corinthians 7:22-23
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22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person;(A) similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.(B) 23 You were bought at a price;(C) do not become slaves of human beings.
1 Corinthians 7:22-23
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1 Corinthians 7:22-23
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22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
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2 Corinthians 5:9
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2 Corinthians 5:9
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9 So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him.
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2 Corinthians 5:9
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2 Corinthians 5:9
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9 So we make it our goal to please him,(A) whether we are at home in the body or away from it.
2 Corinthians 5:9
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2 Corinthians 5:9
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9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
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1 Corinthians 9:25-26
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1 Corinthians 9:25-26
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25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. 26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.
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1 Corinthians 9:25-26
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1 Corinthians 9:25-26
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25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown(A) that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.(B) 26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly;(C) I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.(D)
1 Corinthians 9:25-26
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1 Corinthians 9:25-26
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25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
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2 Timothy 4:10
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2 Timothy 4:10
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10 Demas has deserted me because he loves the things of this life and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus has gone to Dalmatia.
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2 Timothy 4:10
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2 Timothy 4:10
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10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
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Luke 9:59-62
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Luke 9:59-62
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59 He said to another person, “Come, follow me.”
The man agreed, but he said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.”
60 But Jesus told him, “Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead![a] Your duty is to go and preach about the Kingdom of God.”
61 Another said, “Yes, Lord, I will follow you, but first let me say good-bye to my family.”
62 But Jesus told him, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.”
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- 9:60 Greek Let the dead bury their own dead.
Luke 9:59-62
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Luke 9:59-62
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59 He said to another man, “Follow me.”(A)
But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”(B)
61 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”(C)
62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
Luke 9:59-62
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Luke 9:59-62
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59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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