17 so that (A)Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being (B)rooted and (C)grounded in love,

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(A)Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; (B)examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you [a](C)fail the test?

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  1. 2 Corinthians 13:5 Lit are unapproved

26 and (A)He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having (B)determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might feel around for Him and find Him, (C)though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for (D)in Him we live and move and [a]exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His descendants.’

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  1. Acts 17:28 Lit are

27 to whom (A)God willed to make known what (B)the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles is, the mystery that is (C)Christ in you, the (D)hope of glory.

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For God, who said, “(A)Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has (B)shone in our hearts to give the (C)Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

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18 But we all, with unveiled faces, (A)looking as in a mirror at the (B)glory of the Lord, are being (C)transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from (D)the Lord, the Spirit.

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Because you are sons, (A)God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “(B)Abba! [a]Father!”

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  1. Galatians 4:6 I.e., Paul’s translation of the Aramaic Abba

19 (A)My children, with whom (B)I am again in labor until (C)Christ is formed in you—

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11 a renewal in which (A)there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, (B)circumcised and uncircumcised, [a](C)barbarian, [b]Scythian, (D)slave, and free, but (E)Christ is all, and in all.

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  1. Colossians 3:11 I.e., uncultured
  2. Colossians 3:11 I.e., a member of an ancient people near the Black Sea, often considered unrefined

16 Let (A)the word of [a]Christ richly dwell within you, [b]with all wisdom (B)teaching and admonishing [c]one another (C)with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, (D)singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

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  1. Colossians 3:16 One early ms the Lord
  2. Colossians 3:16 Or in
  3. Colossians 3:16 Or one another, singing with psalms...

However, you are not (A)in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God (B)dwells in you. But (C)if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. 10 (D)If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is [a]alive because of righteousness.

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  1. Romans 8:10 Lit life

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