And (A)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

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The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,(A) so that you may love(B) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

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26 I will give you a (A)new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My (B)Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

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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) 27 And I will put my Spirit(D) in you and move you to follow my decrees(E) and be careful to keep my laws.(F)

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16 Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your (A)heart, and be (B)stiff-necked[a] no longer.

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  1. Deuteronomy 10:16 rebellious

16 Circumcise(A) your hearts,(B) therefore, and do not be stiff-necked(C) any longer.

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19 Then (A)I will give them one heart, and I will put (B)a new spirit within [a]them, and take (C)the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh, 20 (D)that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; (E)and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

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  1. Ezekiel 11:19 Lit. you (pl.)

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) 20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.(D) They will be my people,(E) and I will be their God.(F)

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39 then I will (A)give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.

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39 I will give them singleness(A) of heart and action, so that they will always fear(B) me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them.

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28 For (A)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 but he is a Jew (B)who is one inwardly; and (C)circumcision is that of the heart, (D)in the Spirit, not in the letter; (E)whose [a]praise is not from men but from God.

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  1. Romans 2:29 A play on words—Jew is literally praise.

28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly,(A) nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.(B) 29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart,(C) by the Spirit,(D) not by the written code.(E) Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.(F)

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Not Legalism but Christ

11 In Him you were also (A)circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by (B)putting off the body [a]of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,

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  1. Colossians 2:11 NU omits of the sins

11 In him you were also circumcised(A) with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh[a](B) was put off when you were circumcised by[b] Christ,

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  1. Colossians 2:11 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; also in verse 13.
  2. Colossians 2:11 Or put off in the circumcision of

(A)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
And take away the foreskins of your hearts,
You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Lest My fury come forth like fire,
And burn so that no one can quench it,
Because of the evil of your doings.”

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Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
    circumcise your hearts,(A)
    you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
or my wrath(B) will flare up and burn like fire(C)
    because of the evil(D) you have done—
    burn with no one to quench(E) it.

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(A)For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And (B)His commandments are not burdensome. For (C)whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that (D)has overcome the world—[a]our faith.

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  1. 1 John 5:4 M your

In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.(A) And his commands are not burdensome,(B) for everyone born of God(C) overcomes(D) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

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(A)You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, (B)with all your soul, and with all your strength.

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Love(A) the Lord your God with all your heart(B) and with all your soul and with all your strength.(C)

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Knowing God Through Love(A)

(B)Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who (C)loves is born of God and knows God.

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God’s Love and Ours

Dear friends, let us love one another,(A) for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God(B) and knows God.(C)

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17 Therefore, if anyone (A)is in Christ, he is (B)a new creation; (C)old things have passed away; behold, all things have become (D)new.

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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.

37 Jesus said to him, (A)“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

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37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 22:37 Deut. 6:5