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and walk in love, as Christ loved us[a] and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(A)

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  1. 5.2 Other ancient authorities read you

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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34 I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.(A)

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34 “A new command(A) I give you: Love one another.(B) As I have loved you, so you must love one another.(C)

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20 and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,[a] who loved me and gave himself for me.(A)

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  1. 2.20 Or by faith in the Son of God

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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14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

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14 And over all these virtues put on love,(A) which binds them all together in perfect unity.(B)

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28 just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.”(A)

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28 just as the Son of Man(A) did not come to be served, but to serve,(B) and to give his life as a ransom(C) for many.”

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For you know the generous act[a] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.(A)

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  1. 8.9 Gk the grace or gift

For you know the grace(A) of our Lord Jesus Christ,(B) that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor,(C) so that you through his poverty might become rich.(D)

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and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To him who loves us and freed[a] us from our sins by his blood

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  1. 1.5 Other ancient authorities read washed

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,(A) the firstborn from the dead,(B) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.(C)

To him who loves us(D) and has freed us from our sins by his blood,(E)

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21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps.(A)

22 “He committed no sin,
    and no deceit was found in his mouth.”

23 When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.(B) 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross,[a] so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds[b] you have been healed.(C)

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  1. 2.24 Or carried up our sins in his body to the tree
  2. 2.24 Gk bruise

21 To this(A) you were called,(B) because Christ suffered for you,(C) leaving you an example,(D) that you should follow in his steps.

22 “He committed no sin,(E)
    and no deceit was found in his mouth.”[a](F)

23 When they hurled their insults at him,(G) he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats.(H) Instead, he entrusted himself(I) to him who judges justly.(J) 24 “He himself bore our sins”(K) in his body on the cross,(L) so that we might die to sins(M) and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”(N)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:22 Isaiah 53:9

10 And it is by God’s will[a] that we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.(A)

11 And every priest stands day after day at his service, offering again and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins.(B) 12 But when Christ[b] had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, “he sat down at the right hand of God,”

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  1. 10.10 Gk by that will
  2. 10.12 Gk this one

10 And by that will, we have been made holy(A) through the sacrifice of the body(B) of Jesus Christ once for all.(C)

11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices,(D) which can never take away sins.(E) 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins,(F) he sat down at the right hand of God,(G)

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26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself.(A)

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26 Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world.(A) But he has appeared(B) once for all(C) at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.(D)

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14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit[a] offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[b] conscience from dead works to worship the living God!(A)

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  1. 9.14 Other ancient authorities read Holy Spirit
  2. 9.14 Other ancient authorities read your

14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit(A) offered himself(B) unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences(C) from acts that lead to death,[a](D) so that we may serve the living God!(E)

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  1. Hebrews 9:14 Or from useless rituals

15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing:(A)

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15 For we are to God the pleasing aroma(A) of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.(B)

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12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.(A) 13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(B)

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12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.(A) 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(B)

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