Ephesians 4:17
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The New Life
17 Now this I say and (A)testify in the Lord, (B)that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, (C)in the futility of their minds.
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Romans 1:21
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21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they (A)became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
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1 Peter 4:3-4
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3 For the time that is past (A)suffices (B)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. 4 With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of (C)debauchery, and (D)they malign you;
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1 Thessalonians 4:1-2
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A Life Pleasing to God
4 Finally, then, brothers,[a] we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you (A)received from us (B)how you ought to walk and (C)to please God, just as you are doing, that you (D)do so more and more. 2 For (E)you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 10, 13
Colossians 2:4
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4 I say this in order (A)that no one may delude you with plausible arguments.
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Ephesians 2:1-3
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By Grace Through Faith
2 (A)And you were (B)dead in the trespasses and sins 2 (C)in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following (D)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in (E)the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in (F)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and (G)were by nature (H)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b]
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- Ephesians 2:3 Greek flesh
- Ephesians 2:3 Greek like the rest
1 Peter 1:18
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18 knowing that you (A)were ransomed from (B)the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
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Acts 14:15
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Psalm 94:8-11
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8 (A)Understand, O dullest of the people!
Fools, when will you be wise?
9 (B)He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
10 He who (C)disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who (D)teaches man knowledge—
11 (E)the Lord—knows the thoughts of man,
that they are (F)but a breath.[a]
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- Psalm 94:11 Septuagint they are futile
2 Peter 2:18
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18 For, (A)speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely (B)escaping from those who live in error.
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2 Timothy 4:1
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Preach the Word
4 (A)I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, (B)who is to judge the living and the dead, and by (C)his appearing and his kingdom:
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1 Timothy 6:13
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13 (A)I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, (B)who in his testimony before[a] Pontius Pilate made (C)the good confession,
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- 1 Timothy 6:13 Or in the time of
1 Timothy 5:21
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21 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels (A)I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, (B)doing nothing from partiality.
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1 Thessalonians 4:6
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6 that no one transgress and (A)wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is (B)an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.
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Colossians 2:18
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18 Let no one (A)disqualify you, (B)insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, (C)going on in detail about visions,[a] (D)puffed up without reason by (E)his sensuous mind,
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- Colossians 2:18 Or about the things he has seen
Ephesians 4:22
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22 to (A)put off (B)your old self,[a] which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through (C)deceitful desires,
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- Ephesians 4:22 Greek man; also verse 24
Ephesians 1:22
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22 And (A)he put all things under his feet and gave him as (B)head over all things to the church,
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Galatians 5:3
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3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that (A)he is obligated to keep the whole law.
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Galatians 3:17
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17 This is what I mean: the law, which came (A)430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as (B)to make the promise void.
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2 Corinthians 9:6
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The Cheerful Giver
6 The point is this: (A)whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully[a] will also reap bountifully.
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- 2 Corinthians 9:6 Greek with blessings; twice in this verse
1 Corinthians 15:50
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Mystery and Victory
50 I tell you this, brothers: (A)flesh and blood (B)cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
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1 Corinthians 1:12
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12 What I mean is that (A)each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow (B)Apollos,” or “I follow (C)Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
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Acts 20:21
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21 (A)testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of (B)repentance toward God and of (C)faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.[a]
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- Acts 20:21 Some manuscripts omit Christ
Acts 18:5
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5 (A)When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul (B)was occupied with the word, (C)testifying to the Jews that the Christ was (D)Jesus.
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Acts 2:40
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40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, (A)“Save yourselves from this (B)crooked generation.”
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