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10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.

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10 and have put on the new self,(A) which is being renewed(B) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.(C)

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23 Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. 24 Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.

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23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds;(A) 24 and to put on(B) the new self,(C) created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.(D)

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10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

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10 For we are God’s handiwork,(A) created(B) in Christ Jesus to do good works,(C) which God prepared in advance for us to do.

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Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

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Do not conform(A) to the pattern of this world,(B) but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.(C) Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is(D)—his good, pleasing(E) and perfect will.

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12 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

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12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves(A) with compassion, kindness, humility,(B) gentleness and patience.(C)

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17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

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17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,(A) the new creation(B) has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!(C)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or Christ, that person is a new creation.

19 And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart,[a]

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  1. 11:19 Hebrew a heart of flesh.

19 I will give them an undivided heart(A) and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone(B) and give them a heart of flesh.(C)

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14 Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.

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14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ,(A) and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.[a](B)

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  1. Romans 13:14 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.

But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him.

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But if anyone obeys his word,(A) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(B) This is how we know(C) we are in him:

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  1. 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love

14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.

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14 And over all these virtues put on love,(A) which binds them all together in perfect unity.(B)

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26 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.[a]

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  1. 36:26 Hebrew a heart of flesh.

26 I will give you a new heart(A) and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone(B) and give you a heart of flesh.(C)

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And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments.

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Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

We know(A) that we have come to know him(B) if we keep his commands.(C)

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15 He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people from the two groups.

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15 by setting aside in his flesh(A) the law with its commands and regulations.(B) His purpose was to create in himself one(C) new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,

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