Acts 26:20

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²⁰but declared first ^(A)to those in Damascus, ^(B)then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also ^(C)to the Gentiles, that they should ^(D)repent and ^(E)turn to God, performing deeds ^(F)in keeping with their repentance.

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Acts 3:19

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¹⁹^(A)Repent therefore, and ^(B)turn back, that ^(C)your sins may be blotted out,

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Matthew 3:8

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⁸Bear fruit ^(A)in keeping with repentance.

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2 Timothy 2:25-26

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²⁵correcting his opponents ^(A)with gentleness. God ^(B)may perhaps grant them repentance ^(C)leading to a knowledge of the truth, ²⁶and they may come to their senses and escape from ^(D)the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

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Acts 2:38

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³⁸And Peter said to them, ^(A)“Repent and ^(B)be baptized every one of you ^(C)in the name of Jesus Christ ^(D)for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive ^(E)the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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Luke 19:8-9

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⁸And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods ^(A)I give to the poor. And if I have ^(B)defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it ^(C)fourfold.” ⁹And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since ^(D)he also is a son of Abraham.

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Matthew 9:13

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¹³Go and learn ^(A)what this means: ^(B)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For ^(C)I came not to call the righteous, ^(D)but sinners.”

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Revelation 3:3

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³^(A)Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, ^(B)I will come ^(C)like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.

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Revelation 2:5

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⁵Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do ^(A)the works you did at first. If not, ^(B)I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

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2 Peter 1:5-8

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⁵For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith ^(A)with virtue,^[a] and virtue ^(B)with knowledge, ⁶and knowledge with self-control, and self-control ^(C)with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, ⁷and godliness ^(D)with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection ^(E)with love. ⁸For if these qualities^[b] are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or ^(F)unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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2 Peter 1:5 Or excellence; twice in this verse
2 Peter 1:8 Greek these things; also verses 9, 10, 12

1 Peter 4:2-5

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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. ³For 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. ⁴With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of ^(G)debauchery, and ^(H)they malign you; ⁵but they will give account to him who is ready ^(I)to judge the living and the dead.

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1 Peter 2:9-12

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⁹But you are ^(A)a chosen race, ^(B)a royal ^(C)priesthood, ^(D)a holy nation, ^(E)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^(F)out of darkness into ^(G)his marvelous light. ¹⁰^(H)Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

¹¹Beloved, I urge you ^(I)as sojourners and exiles ^(J)to abstain from the passions of the flesh, ^(K)which wage war against your soul. ¹²^(L)Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, ^(M)they may see your good deeds and glorify God on ^(N)the day of visitation.

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1 Peter 1:14-16

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¹⁴As obedient children, ^(A)do not be conformed to the passions ^(B)of your former ignorance, ¹⁵but ^(C)as he who called you is holy, you also be holy ^(D)in all your conduct, ¹⁶since it is written, ^(E)“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

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Titus 2:2-13

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²Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, ^(A)sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. ³^(B)Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, ^(C)not slanderers ^(D)or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, ⁴and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, ⁵to be self-controlled, ^(E)pure, ^(F)working at home, kind, and ^(G)submissive to their own husbands, ^(H)that the word of God may not be reviled. ⁶Likewise, urge ^(I)the younger men to be self-controlled. ⁷Show yourself in all respects to be ^(J)a model of good works, and in your teaching ^(K)show integrity, ^(L)dignity, ⁸and ^(M)sound speech that cannot be condemned, ^(N)so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. ⁹^(O)Bondservants^[a] are to be submissive to their own masters ^(P)in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, ¹⁰not pilfering, ^(Q)but showing all good faith, ^(R)so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.

¹¹For ^(S)the grace of God ^(T)has appeared, bringing salvation ^(U)for all people, ¹²training us to renounce ungodliness and ^(V)worldly passions, and ^(W)to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in ^(X)the present age, ¹³^(Y)waiting for our blessed ^(Z)hope, the ^(AA)appearing of the glory of our great ^(AB)God and Savior Jesus Christ,

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Footnotes

Titus 2:9 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

Ephesians 4:17-5:25

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The New Life

¹⁷Now this I say and ^(A)testify in the Lord, ^(B)that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, ^(C)in the futility of their minds. ¹⁸They ^(D)are darkened in their understanding, ^(E)alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to ^(F)their hardness of heart. ¹⁹They ^(G)have become callous and ^(H)have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. ²⁰But that is not the way you ^(I)learned Christ!— ²¹assuming that ^(J)you have heard about him and ^(K)were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, ²²to ^(L)put off ^(M)your old self,^[a] which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through ^(N)deceitful desires, ²³and ^(O)to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, ²⁴and to put on ^(P)the new self, ^(Q)created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

²⁵Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you ^(R)speak the truth with his neighbor, for ^(S)we are members one of another. ²⁶^(T)Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, ²⁷and ^(U)give no opportunity to the devil. ²⁸Let the thief no longer steal, but rather ^(V)let him labor, ^(W)doing honest work with his own hands, so ^(X)that he may have something to share with anyone in need. ²⁹^(Y)Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give ^(Z)grace to those who hear. ³⁰And ^(AA)do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, ^(AB)by whom you were sealed for the day of ^(AC)redemption. ³¹^(AD)Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. ³²^(AE)Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ^(AF)forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Walk in Love

5 ^(AG)Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. ²And ^(AH)walk in love, ^(AI)as Christ loved us and ^(AJ)gave himself up for us, a ^(AK)fragrant ^(AL)offering and sacrifice to God.

³But ^(AM)sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness ^(AN)must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. ⁴Let there be ^(AO)no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, ^(AP)which are out of place, but instead ^(AQ)let there be thanksgiving. ⁵For you may be sure of this, that ^(AR)everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (^(AS)that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. ⁶^(AT)Let no one ^(AU)deceive you with empty words, for because of these things ^(AV)the wrath of God comes upon ^(AW)the sons of disobedience. ⁷Therefore ^(AX)do not become partners with them; ⁸for ^(AY)at one time you were ^(AZ)darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. ^(BA)Walk as children of light ⁹(for ^(BB)the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), ¹⁰and ^(BC)try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. ¹¹^(BD)Take no part in the ^(BE)unfruitful ^(BF)works of darkness, but instead ^(BG)expose them. ¹²For ^(BH)it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. ¹³But when ^(BI)anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, ¹⁴for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,

^(BJ)“Awake, O sleeper,
and ^(BK)arise from the dead,
and ^(BL)Christ will shine on you.”

¹⁵^(BM)Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, ¹⁶^(BN)making the best use of the time, because ^(BO)the days are evil. ¹⁷Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what ^(BP)the will of the Lord is. ¹⁸And ^(BQ)do not get drunk with wine, for that is ^(BR)debauchery, but ^(BS)be filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹addressing one another in ^(BT)psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, ²⁰^(BU)giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father ^(BV)in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹^(BW)submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Wives and Husbands

²²^(BX)Wives, ^(BY)submit to your own husbands, ^(BZ)as to the Lord. ²³For ^(CA)the husband is the head of the wife even as ^(CB)Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is ^(CC)himself its Savior. ²⁴Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit ^(CD)in everything to their husbands.

²⁵^(CE)Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and ^(CF)gave himself up for her,

Footnotes

Ephesians 4:22 Greek man; also verse 24

2 Corinthians 7:10

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¹⁰For ^(A)godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas ^(B)worldly grief produces death.

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1 Thessalonians 1:9

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⁹For they themselves report concerning us the kind of ^(A)reception we had among you, and how ^(B)you turned to God ^(C)from idols to serve the living and ^(D)true God,

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Ephesians 6:1-9

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Children and Parents

6 ^(A)Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ²^(B)“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), ³“that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” ⁴Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, ^(C)but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Bondservants and Masters

⁵^(D)Bondservants,^[a] obey your earthly masters^[b] with fear and trembling, ^(E)with a sincere heart, ^(F)as you would Christ, ⁶not by the way of eye-service, as ^(G)people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, ⁷rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, ⁸^(H)knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, ^(I)whether he is a bondservant or is free. ⁹Masters, do the same to them, ^(J)and stop your threatening, knowing that ^(K)he who is both their Master^[c] and yours is in heaven, and that ^(L)there is no partiality with him.

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Ephesians 6:5 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 6; likewise for bondservant in verse 8
Ephesians 6:5 Or your masters according to the flesh
Ephesians 6:9 Greek Lord

2 Corinthians 3:16

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¹⁶But when ^(A)one^[a] turns to the Lord, ^(B)the veil is removed.

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2 Corinthians 3:16 Greek he

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Romans 11:18-20

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¹⁸do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. ¹⁹Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” ²⁰That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you ^(A)stand fast through faith. So ^(B)do not become proud, but ^(C)fear.

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Romans 2:4

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⁴Or do you presume on ^(A)the riches of his kindness and ^(B)forbearance and ^(C)patience, ^(D)not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

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Acts 26:17

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¹⁷^(A)delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—^(B)to whom I ^(C)am sending you

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Acts 22:17-22

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¹⁷^(A)“When I had returned to Jerusalem and ^(B)was praying in the temple, I fell into ^(C)a trance ¹⁸and saw him saying to me, ^(D)‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’ ¹⁹And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another ^(E)I imprisoned and ^(F)beat those who believed in you. ²⁰And when the blood of Stephen ^(G)your witness was being shed, ^(H)I myself was standing by and ^(I)approving and ^(J)watching over the garments of those who killed him.’ ²¹And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you ^(K)far away to the Gentiles.’”

Paul and the Roman Tribune

²²Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, ^(L)“Away with such a fellow from the earth! For ^(M)he should not be allowed to live.”

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