23 if indeed you continue (A)in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are (B)not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, (C)which was preached to every creature under heaven, (D)of which I, Paul, became a minister.

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14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,

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but Christ as (A)a Son over His own house, (B)whose house we are (C)if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope [a]firm to the end.

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  1. Hebrews 3:6 NU omits firm to the end

13 (A)But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this (B)gospel of the kingdom (C)will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

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38 Now (A)the[a] just shall live by faith;
But if anyone draws back,
My soul has no pleasure in him.”

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  1. Hebrews 10:38 NU My just one

And (A)let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap (B)if we do not lose heart.

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17 (A)that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, (B)being rooted and grounded in love,

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because of the hope (A)which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, which has come to you, (B)as it has also in all the world, and (C)is bringing forth [a]fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew (D)the grace of God in truth;

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  1. Colossians 1:6 NU, M add and growing

22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, (A)exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, (B)“We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”

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18 But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed:

(A)“Their sound has gone out to all the earth,
And their words to the ends of the world.”

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19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, (A)and which enters the Presence behind the veil,

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For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know your faith, (A)lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and (B)our labor might be in vain.

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18 (A)the eyes of your [a]understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is (B)the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

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  1. Ephesians 1:18 NU, M hearts

who also made us sufficient as (A)ministers of (B)the new covenant, not (C)of the letter but of the [a]Spirit; for (D)the letter kills, (E)but the Spirit gives life.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 3:6 Or spirit

The Crowd’s Response

And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, (A)devout men, from every nation under heaven.

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Love and Joy Perfected

“As the Father (A)loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 (B)If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

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30 As He spoke these words, (A)many believed in Him.

The Truth Shall Make You Free

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you (B)abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the (C)truth, and (D)the truth shall make you free.”

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10 (A)Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. (B)Be faithful until death, and I will give you (C)the crown of life.

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Deceptions of False Teachers

18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who [a]have actually escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of [b]corruption; (A)for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into [c]bondage. 20 For if, after they (B)have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are (C)again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For (D)it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: (E)“A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”

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  1. 2 Peter 2:18 NU are barely escaping
  2. 2 Peter 2:19 depravity
  3. 2 Peter 2:19 slavery

25 of which I became a minister according to (A)the [a]stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,

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  1. Colossians 1:25 dispensation or administration

If anyone does not abide in Me, (A)he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

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32 But (A)I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, (B)strengthen your brethren.”

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The Command to Love

Behold (A)what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that (B)we should be called children of [a]God! Therefore the world does not know [b]us, (C)because it did not know Him. Beloved, (D)now we are children of God; and (E)it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, (F)we shall be like Him, for (G)we shall see Him as He is. (H)And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

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  1. 1 John 3:1 NU adds And we are.
  2. 1 John 3:1 M you

A Heavenly Inheritance

(A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who (B)according to His abundant mercy (C)has begotten us again to a living hope (D)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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Our Compassionate High Priest

14 Seeing then that we have a great (A)High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, (B)let us hold fast our confession.

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