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Colossians 2:20
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Colossians 2:20
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20 [a]Therefore, if you (A)died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, (B)why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations—
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- Colossians 2:20 NU, M omit Therefore
Colossians 2:20
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Colossians 2:20
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20 Since you died with Christ(A) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,(B) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:(C)
Colossians 2:8
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Colossians 2:8
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8 Beware lest anyone [a]cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to (A)the tradition of men, according to the (B)basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
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- Colossians 2:8 Lit. plunder you or take you captive
Colossians 2:8
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Colossians 2:8
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8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,(A) which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world(B) rather than on Christ.
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- Colossians 2:8 Or the basic principles; also in verse 20
Colossians 2:16
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Colossians 2:16
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16 So let no one (A)judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a [a]festival or a new moon or sabbaths,
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- Colossians 2:16 feast day
Colossians 2:14
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Colossians 2:14
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14 (A)having wiped out the [a]handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
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- Colossians 2:14 certificate of debt with its
Colossians 2:14
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Colossians 2:14
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14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness,(A) which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.(B)
Galatians 4:3
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Galatians 4:3
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3 Even so we, when we were children, (A)were in bondage under the elements of the world.
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Galatians 4:3
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Galatians 4:3
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3 So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery(A) under the elemental spiritual forces[a] of the world.(B)
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- Galatians 4:3 Or under the basic principles
Romans 7:4-6
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Romans 7:4-6
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4 Therefore, my brethren, you also have become (A)dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should (B)bear fruit to God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law (C)were at work in our members (D)to bear fruit to death. 6 But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve (E)in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
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Romans 7:4-6
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Romans 7:4-6
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4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law(A) through the body of Christ,(B) that you might belong to another,(C) to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. 5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh,[a](D) the sinful passions aroused by the law(E) were at work in us,(F) so that we bore fruit for death.(G) 6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law(H) so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.(I)
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- Romans 7:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
1 John 5:19
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1 John 5:19
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19 We know that we are of God, and (A)the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
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1 John 5:19
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1 John 5:19
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19 We know that we are children of God,(A) and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.(B)
Hebrews 13:9
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Hebrews 13:9
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9 Do not be carried [a]about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.
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- Hebrews 13:9 NU, M away
Hebrews 13:9
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Hebrews 13:9
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9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.(A) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened(B) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,(C) which is of no benefit to those who do so.(D)
1 Peter 4:1-3
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1 Peter 4:1-3
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Christ’s Example to Be Followed
4 Therefore, since Christ suffered [a]for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, (A)but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough of our past [b]lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
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- 1 Peter 4:1 NU omits for us
- 1 Peter 4:3 NU time
1 Peter 4:1-3
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1 Peter 4:1-3
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Living for God
4 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body,(A) arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin.(B) 2 As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires,(C) but rather for the will of God. 3 For you have spent enough time in the past(D) doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.(E)
Galatians 2:19-20
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Galatians 2:19-20
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19 For I (A)through the law (B)died to the law that I might (C)live to God. 20 I have been (D)crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh (E)I live by faith in the Son of God, (F)who loved me and gave Himself for me.
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Galatians 2:19-20
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Galatians 2:19-20
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James 4:4
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James 4:4
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4 [a]Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that (A)friendship with the world is enmity with God? (B)Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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- James 4:4 NU omits Adulterers and
James 4:4
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James 4:4
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Galatians 6:14
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Galatians 6:14
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14 But God forbid that I should boast except in the (A)cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by [a]whom the world has been crucified to me, and (B)I to the world.
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- Galatians 6:14 Or which, the cross
Galatians 6:14
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Galatians 6:14
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14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,(A) through which[a] the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.(B)
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- Galatians 6:14 Or whom
Galatians 4:9-12
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Galatians 4:9-12
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9 But now (A)after you have known God, or rather are known by God, (B)how is it that you turn again to (C)the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? 10 (D)You observe days and months and seasons and years. 11 I am afraid for you, (E)lest I have labored for you in vain.
12 Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you. (F)You have not injured me at all.
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Galatians 4:9-12
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Galatians 4:9-12
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9 But now that you know God—or rather are known by God(A)—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces[a]? Do you wish to be enslaved(B) by them all over again?(C) 10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!(D) 11 I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.(E)
12 I plead with you, brothers and sisters,(F) become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong.
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- Galatians 4:9 Or principles
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