2 Corinthians 7:1
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The Corinthians’ Repentance
7 Therefore,(A) having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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1 Thessalonians 4:7
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7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, (A)but in holiness.
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Proverbs 8:13
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13 (A)The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
(B)Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And (C)the perverse mouth I hate.
James 4:8
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8 (A)Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (B)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (C)purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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1 Peter 2:11
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Living Before the World
11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts (A)which war against the soul,
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Psalm 51:10
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10 (A)Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Ezekiel 36:25-26
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25 (A)Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you (B)from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a (C)new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
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1 John 3:3
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3 (A)And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
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2 Peter 1:4-8
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4 (A)by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be (B)partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the [a]corruption that is in the world through lust.
Fruitful Growth in the Faith
5 But also for this very reason, (C)giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue (D)knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control [b]perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and (E)to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither [c]barren (F)nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- 2 Peter 1:4 depravity
- 2 Peter 1:6 patience
- 2 Peter 1:8 useless
1 Thessalonians 5:23
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Blessing and Admonition
23 Now may (A)the God of peace Himself (B)sanctify[a] you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body (C)be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:23 set you apart
1 Peter 1:22
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The Enduring Word
22 Since you (A)have purified your souls in obeying the truth [a]through the Spirit in [b]sincere (B)love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
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- 1 Peter 1:22 NU omits through the Spirit
- 1 Peter 1:22 Lit. unhypocritical
2 Corinthians 6:17-18
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17 Therefore
(A)“Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”
18 “I (B)will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My (C)sons and daughters,
Says the Lord Almighty.”
Hebrews 4:1
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The Promise of Rest
4 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, (A)let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.
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Philippians 3:12-15
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Pressing Toward the Goal
12 Not that I have already (A)attained,[a] or am already (B)perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have [b]apprehended; but one thing I do, (C)forgetting those things which are behind and (D)reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 (E)I press toward the goal for the prize of (F)the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Therefore let us, as many as are (G)mature, (H)have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, (I)God will reveal even this to you.
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- Philippians 3:12 obtained it
- Philippians 3:13 laid hold of it
Ezekiel 18:30-32
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30 (A)“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord God. (B)“Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. 31 (C)Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a (D)new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? 32 For (E)I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and (F)live!”
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Isaiah 55:7
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7 (A)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (B)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(C)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
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- Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity
Proverbs 16:6
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6 (A)In mercy and truth
Atonement is provided for iniquity;
And (B)by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.
1 Corinthians 6:20
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20 For (A)you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body [a]and in your spirit, which are God’s.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:20 NU omits the rest of v. 20.
1 John 1:7
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7 But if we (A)walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and (B)the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
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1 Peter 5:10
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10 But [a]may the God of all grace, (A)who called [b]us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, [c]perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
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- 1 Peter 5:10 NU the God of all grace,
- 1 Peter 5:10 NU, M you
- 1 Peter 5:10 NU will perfect
Hebrews 12:28
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28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we [a]may (A)serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
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- Hebrews 12:28 M omits may
1 Thessalonians 3:13
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13 so that He may establish (A)your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
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Ephesians 2:3
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3 (A)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in (B)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and (C)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
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2 Corinthians 1:20
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20 (A)For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.
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Romans 5:20-6:11
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20 Moreover (A)the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace (B)abounded much more, 21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Dead to Sin, Alive to God
6 What shall we say then? (C)Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! How shall we who (D)died to sin live any longer in it? 3 Or do you not know that (E)as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus (F)were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were (G)buried with Him through baptism into death, that (H)just as Christ was raised from the dead by (I)the glory of the Father, (J)even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 (K)For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that (L)our old man was crucified with Him, that (M)the body of sin might be [a]done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For (N)he who has died has been [b]freed from sin. 8 Now (O)if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that (P)Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, (Q)He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, (R)He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, [c]reckon yourselves to be (S)dead indeed to sin, but (T)alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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- Romans 6:6 rendered inoperative
- Romans 6:7 cleared
- Romans 6:11 consider
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