Seek God in Early Life

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth,
And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth;
(A)Walk in the [a]ways of your heart,
And [b]in the sight of your eyes;
But know that for all these
(B)God will bring you into judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:9 Impulses
  2. Ecclesiastes 11:9 As you see to be best

You who are young, be happy while you are young,
    and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
    and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
    God will bring you into judgment.(A)

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14 For (A)God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.

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14 For God will bring every deed into judgment,(A)
    including every hidden thing,(B)
    whether it is good or evil.

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Do Not Love the World

15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, (C)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

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On Not Loving the World

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world.(A) If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[a] is not in them.(B) 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,(C) the lust of the eyes,(D) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:15 Or world, the Father’s love

Seek God in Early Life

12 Remember(A) now your Creator in the days of your youth,
Before the [a]difficult days come,
And the years draw near (B)when you say,
“I have no pleasure in them”:

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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:1 Lit. evil

12 Remember(A) your Creator
    in the days of your youth,
before the days of trouble(B) come
    and the years approach when you will say,
    “I find no pleasure in them”—

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17 I said in my heart,

(A)“God shall judge the righteous and the wicked,
For there is a time there for every [a]purpose and for every work.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:17 desire

17 I said to myself,

“God will bring into judgment(A)
    both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
    a time to judge every deed.”(B)

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27 (A)It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.

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27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
    while he is young.

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10 (A)For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, (B)that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

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10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us(A) for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

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If my step has turned from the way,
Or (A)my heart walked after my eyes,
Or if any spot adheres to my hands,

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if my steps have turned from the path,(A)
    if my heart has been led by my eyes,
    or if my hands(B) have been defiled,(C)

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27 (A)And as it is appointed for men to die once, (B)but after this the judgment,

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27 Just as people are destined to die once,(A) and after that to face judgment,(B)

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10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For (A)we shall all stand before the judgment seat of [a]Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:10 NU God

10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister[a]? Or why do you treat them with contempt?(A) For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:10 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verses 13, 15 and 21.

28 But I say to you that whoever (A)looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(A)

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that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they (A)took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.

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the sons of God(A) saw that the daughters(B) of humans were beautiful,(C) and they married(D) any of them they chose.

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(A)in which you once walked according to the [a]course of this world, according to (B)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in (C)the sons of disobedience, (D)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in (E)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and (F)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

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  1. Ephesians 2:2 Gr. aion, aeon

in which you used to live(A) when you followed the ways of this world(B) and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,(C) the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.(D) All of us also lived among them at one time,(E) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](F) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 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.