2 Corinthians 12:20
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20 For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that (A)I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;
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1 Peter 2:1
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Our Inheritance Through Christ’s Blood
2 Therefore, (A)laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
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Galatians 5:19-21
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19 Now (A)the works of the flesh are evident, which are: [a]adultery, [b]fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, [c]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (B)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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- Galatians 5:19 NU omits adultery
- Galatians 5:19 sexual immorality
- Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders
Galatians 5:15
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15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
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1 Corinthians 1:11
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11 For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are [a]contentions among you.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:11 quarrels
Romans 1:29
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29 being filled with all unrighteousness, [a]sexual immorality, wickedness, [b]covetousness, [c]maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
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- Romans 1:29 NU omits sexual immorality
- Romans 1:29 greed
- Romans 1:29 malice
Jude 16
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Apostates Predicted
16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they (A)mouth great swelling words, (B)flattering people to gain advantage.
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2 Corinthians 12:21
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21 lest, when I come again, my God (A)will humble me among you, and I shall mourn for many (B)who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, (C)fornication, and lewdness which they have practiced.
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Proverbs 16:28
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28 A perverse man sows strife,
And (A)a whisperer separates the best of friends.
2 Peter 2:18
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Deceptions of False Teachers
18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who [a]have actually escaped from those who live in error.
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- 2 Peter 2:18 NU are barely escaping
James 4:1-5
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Pride Promotes Strife
4 Where do [a]wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure (A)that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and [b]war. [c]Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 (B)You ask and do not receive, (C)because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4 [d]Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that (D)friendship with the world is enmity with God? (E)Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, (F)“The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?
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James 3:14-16
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14 But if you have (A)bitter envy and [a]self-seeking in your hearts, (B)do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 (C)This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. 16 For (D)where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
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- James 3:14 selfish ambition
Ephesians 4:31-32
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31 (A)Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, [a]clamor, and (B)evil speaking be put away from you, (C)with all malice. 32 And (D)be kind to one another, tenderhearted, (E)forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
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- Ephesians 4:31 loud quarreling
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