14 For we (A)will surely die and become like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not (B)take away a life; but He (C)devises means, so that His banished ones are not [a]expelled from Him.

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  1. 2 Samuel 14:14 cast out

14 Like water(A) spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die.(B) But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person(C) does not remain banished from him.

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(A)If You, Lord, should [a]mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could (B)stand?
But there is (C)forgiveness with You,
That (D)You may be feared.

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  1. Psalm 130:3 take note of

If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
    Lord, who could stand?(A)
But with you there is forgiveness,(B)
    so that we can, with reverence, serve you.(C)

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Free from Indwelling Sin

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, (A)who[a] do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For (B)the law of (C)the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from (D)the law of sin and death.

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  1. Romans 8:1 NU omits the rest of v. 1.

Life Through the Spirit

Therefore, there is now no condemnation(A) for those who are in Christ Jesus,(B) because through Christ Jesus(C) the law of the Spirit who gives life(D) has set you[a] free(E) from the law of sin(F) and death.

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  1. Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me

11 And such were (A)some of you. (B)But you were washed, but you were [a]sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:11 set apart

11 And that is what some of you were.(A) But you were washed,(B) you were sanctified,(C) you were justified(D) in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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12 in whom we have boldness and access (A)with confidence through faith in Him.

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12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God(A) with freedom and confidence.(B)

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22 let us (A)draw near with a true heart (B)in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for (C)He who promised is faithful.

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22 let us draw near to God(A) with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings,(B) having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience(C) and having our bodies washed with pure water.(D) 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope(E) we profess,(F) for he who promised is faithful.(G)

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