19 and to know the love of Christ (A)that surpasses knowledge, that (B)you may be filled with all (C)the fullness of God.

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19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge(A)—that you may be filled(B) to the measure of all the fullness of God.(C)

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23 which is his body,(A) the fullness of him(B) who fills everything in every way.(C)

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10 so as (A)to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, (B)fully pleasing to him: (C)bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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10 so that you may live a life worthy(A) of the Lord and please him(B) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,(C)

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For (A)in him the whole fullness of deity dwells (B)bodily, 10 and (C)you have been filled in him, who is (D)the head of all rule and authority.

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For in Christ all the fullness(A) of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head(B) over every power and authority.(C)

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In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that (A)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, (B)not that we have loved God (C)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be (D)the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 (E)No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and (F)his love is perfected in us.

13 (G)By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And (H)we have seen and testify that (I)the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of (J)the world.

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This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(A) into the world that we might live through him.(B) 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(C) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(D) 11 Dear friends,(E) since God so loved us,(F) we also ought to love one another.(G) 12 No one has ever seen God;(H) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.(I)

13 This is how we know(J) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.(K) 14 And we have seen and testify(L) that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.(M)

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14 For the love of Christ (A)controls us, because we have concluded this: that (B)one has died for all, therefore all have died;

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14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.(A)

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16 For from (A)his fullness we have all received, (B)grace upon grace.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:16 Or grace in place of grace

16 Out of his fullness(A) we have all received grace(B) in place of grace already given.

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(A)No longer will there be anything accursed, but (B)the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and (C)his servants will worship him. (D)They will see his face, and (E)his name will be on their foreheads. And (F)night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp (G)or sun, for (H)the Lord God will be their light, and (I)they will reign forever and ever.

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No longer will there be any curse.(A) The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.(B) They will see his face,(C) and his name will be on their foreheads.(D) There will be no more night.(E) They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light.(F) And they will reign for ever and ever.(G)

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And (A)the peace of God, (B)which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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And the peace of God,(A) which transcends all understanding,(B) will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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20 I have been (A)crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives (B)in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, (C)who loved me and (D)gave himself for me.

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20 I have been crucified with Christ(A) and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.(B) The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,(C) who loved me(D) and gave himself for me.(E)

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15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God,
    and (A)serve him day and night in his temple;
    and he who sits on the throne (B)will shelter them with his presence.
16 (C)They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
    (D)the sun shall not strike them,
    nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne (E)will be their shepherd,
    and he will guide them to springs of (F)living water,
and (G)God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

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15 Therefore,

“they are before the throne of God(A)
    and serve him(B) day and night in his temple;(C)
and he who sits on the throne(D)
    will shelter them with his presence.(E)
16 ‘Never again will they hunger;
    never again will they thirst.(F)
The sun will not beat down on them,’[a]
    nor any scorching heat.(G)
17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne
    will be their shepherd;(H)
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’[b](I)
    ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’[c](J)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 7:16 Isaiah 49:10
  2. Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 49:10
  3. Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 25:8

And (A)walk in love, (B)as Christ loved us and (C)gave himself up for us, a (D)fragrant (E)offering and sacrifice to God.

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and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us(A) and gave himself up for us(B) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(C)

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(A)Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] (B)who, though he was in (C)the form of God, did not count equality with God (D)a thing to be grasped,[b] but (E)emptied himself, by taking the form of a (F)servant,[c] (G)being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by (H)becoming obedient to the point of death, (I)even death on a cross. (J)Therefore (K)God has (L)highly exalted him and bestowed on him (M)the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus (N)every knee should bow, (O)in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and (P)every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is (Q)Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Lights in the World

12 Therefore, my beloved, (R)as you have always (S)obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:5 Or which was also in Christ Jesus
  2. Philippians 2:6 Or a thing to be held on to for advantage
  3. Philippians 2:7 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:(A)

Who, being in very nature[a] God,(B)
    did not consider equality with God(C) something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing(D)
    by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,(E)
    being made in human likeness.(F)
And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death(G)
        even death on a cross!(H)

Therefore God exalted him(I) to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,(J)
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,(K)
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,(L)
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,(M)
    to the glory of God the Father.

Do Everything Without Grumbling

12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,(N)

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:6 Or in the form of
  2. Philippians 2:7 Or the form