13 (A)In return (I speak (B)as to children) widen your hearts also.

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I have no greater joy than to hear that (A)my children are walking in the truth.

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14 And this is (A)the confidence that we have toward him, that (B)if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

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18 Little children, let us not (A)love in word or talk but in deed and (B)in truth.

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Little children, (A)let no one deceive you. (B)Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

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12 I am writing to you, little children,
    because (A)your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
13 I am writing to you, fathers,
    because you know (B)him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
    because (C)you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, children,
    because (D)you know the Father.
14 I write to you, fathers,
    because you know (E)him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
    because (F)you are strong,
    and the word of God abides in you,
    and you have overcome the evil one.

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Christ Our Advocate

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, (A)we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

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And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

(A)“My son, (B)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
    nor be weary when reproved by him.
For (C)the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
    and chastises every son whom he receives.”

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11 For you know how, (A)like a father with his children,

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19 (A)my little children, (B)for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ (C)is formed in you!

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12 Brothers,[a] (A)I entreat you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. (B)You did me no wrong.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:12 Or Brothers and sisters; also verses 28, 31

14 I do not write these things (A)to make you ashamed, but to admonish you (B)as my beloved children. 15 For (C)though you have countless[a] guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For (D)I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 4:15 Greek you have ten thousand

24 Therefore I tell you, (A)whatever you ask in prayer, (B)believe that you (C)have received[a] it, and it will be yours.

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  1. Mark 11:24 Some manuscripts are receiving

And Jesus said to them, (A)“A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.” And (B)he could do no mighty work there, except that (C)he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. And (D)he marveled because of their unbelief.

(E)And he went about among the villages teaching.

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19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20 He said to them, (A)“Because of your little faith. For (B)truly, I say to you, (C)if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, (D)you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and (E)nothing will be impossible for you.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 17:20 Some manuscripts insert verse 21: But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting

28 When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” 29 (A)Then he touched their eyes, saying, (B)“According to your faith be it done to you.”

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10 (A)I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
    (B)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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The Death of Elisha

14 Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, (A)“My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” 15 And Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and arrows.” So he took a bow and arrows. 16 Then he said to the king of Israel, “Draw the bow,” and he drew it. And Elisha laid his hands on the king's hands. 17 And he said, “Open the window eastward,” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot,” and he shot. And he said, “The Lord's arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Syria! For you shall fight the Syrians in (B)Aphek until you have made an end of them.” 18 And he said, “Take the arrows,” and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground with them.” And he struck three times and stopped. 19 Then (C)the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only (D)three times.”

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But (A)let him ask in faith, (B)with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like (C)a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

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