2 Peter 1:4
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4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become (A)partakers of the divine nature, (B)having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
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Ephesians 4:23-24
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23 and (A)to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on (B)the new self, (C)created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
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Ezekiel 36:25-27
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25 (A)I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from (B)all your uncleannesses, and (C)from all your idols (D)I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you (E)a new heart, and (F)a new spirit I will put within you. (G)And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 (H)And I will put my Spirit within you, (I)and cause you to walk in my statutes and (J)be careful to obey my rules.[a]
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- Ezekiel 36:27 Or my just decrees
Hebrews 12:10
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10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, (A)that we may share his holiness.
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2 Corinthians 3:18
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18 And we all, with unveiled face, (A)beholding (B)the glory of the Lord,[a] (C)are being transformed into the same image (D)from one degree of glory to another.[b] For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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- 2 Corinthians 3:18 Or reflecting the glory of the Lord
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 Greek from glory to glory
1 John 3:2
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2 Beloved, we are (A)God's children (B)now, and what we will be (C)has not yet appeared; but we know that (D)when he appears[a] (E)we shall be like him, because (F)we shall see him as he is.
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- 1 John 3:2 Or when it appears
2 Corinthians 6:17-7:1
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17 Therefore (A)go out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,
18 (B)and I will be a father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”
7 Since we have these promises, beloved, (C)let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body[a] and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
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- 2 Corinthians 7:1 Greek flesh
2 Peter 2:18-20
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18 For, (A)speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely (B)escaping from those who live in error. 19 They promise them (C)freedom, (D)but they themselves are slaves[a] of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. 20 For if, (E)after they have escaped the defilements of the world (F)through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, (G)the last state has become worse for them than the first.
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- 2 Peter 2:19 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Galatians 6:8
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8 For (A)the one who sows to his own flesh (B)will from the flesh reap corruption, but (C)the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
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Hebrews 8:6-12
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6 But as it is, Christ[a] has obtained a ministry that is (A)as much more excellent than the old as (B)the covenant (C)he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. 7 (D)For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.
8 For he finds fault with them when he says:[b]
(E)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah,
9 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers
on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
For they did not continue in my covenant,
and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.
10 (F)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws into their minds,
and (G)write them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
11 And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor
and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
for they shall (H)all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
(I)and I will remember their sins no more.”
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- Hebrews 8:6 Greek he
- Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts For finding fault with it he says to them
1 John 2:25
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25 And this is the promise that he made to us[a]—(A)eternal life.
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- 1 John 2:25 Some manuscripts you
2 Peter 1:1
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Greeting
1 Simeon[a] Peter, a servant[b] and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have obtained (A)a faith of equal standing with ours (B)by the righteousness of our (C)God and Savior Jesus Christ:
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- 2 Peter 1:1 Some manuscripts Simon
- 2 Peter 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
1 Peter 4:2-3
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2 (A)so as to live for (B)the rest of the time in the flesh (C)no longer for human passions but (D)for the will of God. 3 For the time that is past (E)suffices (F)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
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1 John 2:15-16
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Do Not Love the World
15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—(C)the desires of the flesh and (D)the desires of the eyes and pride of life[a]—is not from the Father but is from the world.
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- 1 John 2:16 Or pride in possessions
James 4:1-3
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Warning Against Worldliness
4 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions[a] are (A)at war within you?[b] 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask (B)wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
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Hebrews 9:15
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15 Therefore he is (A)the mediator of a new covenant, so that (B)those who are called may (C)receive the promised eternal inheritance, (D)since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.[a]
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- Hebrews 9:15 The Greek word means both covenant and will; also verses 16, 17
Galatians 3:16
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16 Now (A)the promises were made (B)to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, (C)“And to your offspring,” who is Christ.
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2 Corinthians 1:20
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20 For (A)all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our (B)Amen to God for his glory.
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