Ephesians 4:22
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22 that you (A)put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
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Romans 6:6
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6 knowing this, that (A)our old man was crucified with Him, that (B)the body of sin might be [a]done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
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- Romans 6:6 rendered inoperative
Hebrews 12:1
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The Race of Faith
12 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, (A)let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and (B)let us run (C)with endurance the race that is set before us,
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James 1:21
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Doers—Not Hearers Only
21 Therefore (A)lay aside all filthiness and [a]overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, (B)which is able to save your souls.
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- James 1:21 abundance
1 Peter 2:1-2
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Our Inheritance Through Christ’s Blood
2 Therefore, (A)laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2 (B)as newborn babes, desire the pure (C)milk of the word, that you may grow [a]thereby,
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- 1 Peter 2:2 NU adds up to salvation
Hebrews 3:13
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13 but [a]exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
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- Hebrews 3:13 encourage
Titus 3:3
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3 For (A)we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
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Colossians 3:7-9
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7 (A)in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
8 (B)But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,
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Ephesians 4:25
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Do Not Grieve the Spirit
25 Therefore, putting away lying, (A)“Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for (B)we are members of one another.
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1 Peter 4:3
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3 For we have spent enough of our past [a]lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
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- 1 Peter 4:3 NU time
Ephesians 4:17
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The New Man
17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should (A)no longer walk as [a]the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,
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- Ephesians 4:17 NU omits the rest of
2 Peter 2:13
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13 (A)and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure (B)to [a]carouse in the daytime. (C)They are spots and blemishes, [b]carousing in their own deceptions while (D)they feast with you,
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- 2 Peter 2:13 revel
- 2 Peter 2:13 reveling
1 Peter 1:18
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18 knowing that you were not redeemed with [a]corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
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- 1 Peter 1:18 perishable
Ezekiel 18:30-32
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30 (A)“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord God. (B)“Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. 31 (C)Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a (D)new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? 32 For (E)I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and (F)live!”
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Colossians 2:11
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Not Legalism but Christ
11 In Him you were also (A)circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by (B)putting off the body [a]of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
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- Colossians 2:11 NU omits of the sins
Proverbs 11:18
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18 The wicked man does deceptive work,
But (A)he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward.
Job 22:23
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23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;
You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
2 Peter 2:7
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7 and (A)delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked
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Ephesians 2:3
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3 (A)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in (B)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and (C)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
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Obadiah 3
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3 The (A)pride of your heart has deceived you,
You who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Whose habitation is high;
(B)You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
Galatians 1:13
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13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how (A)I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and (B)tried to destroy it.
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1 Samuel 1:14
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14 So Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put your wine away from you!”
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Romans 7:11
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11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.
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Jeremiah 49:16
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16 Your fierceness has deceived you,
The (A)pride of your heart,
O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Who hold the height of the hill!
(B)Though you make your (C)nest as high as the eagle,
(D)I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.
James 1:26
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26 If anyone [a]among you thinks he is religious, and (A)does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.
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- James 1:26 NU omits among you
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