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with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,(A)

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Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another(A) in love.(B)

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12 Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.(A) 13 Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord[a] has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

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Footnotes

  1. 3.13 Other ancient authorities read just as Christ

12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves(A) with compassion, kindness, humility,(B) gentleness and patience.(C) 13 Bear with each other(D) and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.(E)

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It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.(A)

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It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.(A)

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Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant(A) or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs;(B)

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Love is patient,(A) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(B) It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,(C) it is not easily angered,(D) it keeps no record of wrongs.(E)

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Please Others, Not Yourselves

15 We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.(A)

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15 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak(A) and not to please ourselves.

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The Fruit of the Spirit

22 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,(A) 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

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22 But the fruit(A) of the Spirit is love,(B) joy, peace,(C) forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.(D) Against such things there is no law.(E)

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29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.(A)

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29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,(A) for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.(B)

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“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(A)

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.(B)

“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

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“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(A)
Blessed are those who mourn,
    for they will be comforted.(B)
Blessed are the meek,
    for they will inherit the earth.(C)

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The Good Fight of Faith

11 But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.

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Final Charge to Timothy

11 But you, man of God,(A) flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness,(B) faith, love,(C) endurance and gentleness.

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34 Toward the scorners he is scornful,
    but to the humble he shows favor.(A)

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34 He mocks(A) proud mockers(B)
    but shows favor to the humble(C) and oppressed.

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For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
    but the haughty he perceives from far away.(A)

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Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;(A)
    though lofty, he sees them(B) from afar.

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Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth.(A)

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(Now Moses was a very humble man,(A) more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)

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15 but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you,(A)

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15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer(A) to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope(B) that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,

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