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unfeeling, implacable, slanderers, profligates, brutes, haters of good,(A)

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without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,

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18 for they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, indulging their own ungodly lusts.”(A)

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18 They said to you, “In the last times(A) there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”(B)

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31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.(A)

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31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love,(A) no mercy.

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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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21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents(A) and have them put to death.(B)

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14 They have eyes full of adultery,[a] insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

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  1. 2.14 Gk adulteress; or longing for an adulteress

14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce(A) the unstable;(B) they are experts in greed(C)—an accursed brood!(D)

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11 Women[a] likewise must be serious, not slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.

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  1. 3.11 Or Women deacons or Wives

11 In the same way, the women[a] are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers(A) but temperate(B) and trustworthy in everything.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 3:11 Possibly deacons’ wives or women who are deacons

The Testing of Jesus

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil.

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Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness(A)

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a](B) by the devil.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:1 The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.

23 At the end of their rule,
    when the transgressions have reached their full measure,
a king of bold countenance shall arise,
    skilled in intrigue.

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23 “In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise.

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And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly amazed.(A)

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I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people,(A) the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

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because they shed the blood of saints and prophets,
    you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”

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for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,(A)
    and you have given them blood to drink(B) as they deserve.”

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17 so that no one can buy or sell who does not have the brand, that is, the name of the beast or the number for its name.(A)

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17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark,(A) which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.(B)

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15 and it was allowed to give breath[a] to the image of the beast so that the image of the beast could even speak and cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

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  1. 13.15 Or spirit

15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship(A) the image to be killed.(B)

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16 These are grumblers and malcontents; they indulge their lusts;[a] their mouths utter bombastic nonsense, flattering people to their own advantage.(A)

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  1. 16 Other ancient authorities read their own lusts

16 These people are grumblers(A) and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires;(B) they boast(C) about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

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