28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather (A)let him labor, (B)doing honest work with his own hands, so (C)that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

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28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work,(A) doing something useful with their own hands,(B) that they may have something to share with those in need.(C)

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For the commandments, (A)“You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: (B)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,”[a](A) and whatever other command there may be, are summed up(B) in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 13:9 Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deut. 5:17-19,21
  2. Romans 13:9 Lev. 19:18

Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; (A)sin is lawlessness.

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Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.(A)

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16 (A)“Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found (B)in possession of him, shall be put to death.

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16 “Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death,(A) whether the victim has been sold(B) or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.

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Whoever is slack in his work
    is a (A)brother to him who destroys.

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One who is slack in his work
    is brother to one who destroys.(A)

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11 Even a child (A)makes himself known by his acts,
    by whether his conduct is pure and upright.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:11 Or Even a child can dissemble in his actions, though his conduct seems pure and upright

11 Even small children are known by their actions,
    so is their conduct really pure(A) and upright?

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13 (A)Love not sleep, lest you (B)come to poverty;
    open your eyes, and you will have (C)plenty of bread.

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13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;(A)
    stay awake and you will have food to spare.

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30 (A)I passed by the field of a sluggard,
    by the vineyard of a man (B)lacking sense,

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30 I went past the field of a sluggard,(A)
    past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;

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13 (A)The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
    There is a lion in the streets!”

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13 A sluggard says,(A) “There’s a lion in the road,
    a fierce lion roaming the streets!”(B)

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23 and (A)to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

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23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds;(A)

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Or do you not know that the unrighteous[a] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: (A)neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,[b] 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And (B)such were some of you. But (C)you were washed, (D)you were sanctified, (E)you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 Or wrongdoers
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:9 The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts

Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?(A) Do not be deceived:(B) Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers(C) nor men who have sex with men[a](D) 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers(E) will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were.(F) But you were washed,(G) you were sanctified,(H) you were justified(I) in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 The words men who have sex with men translate two Greek words that refer to the passive and active participants in homosexual acts.

We destroy arguments and (A)every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to (B)obey Christ,

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We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,(A) and we take captive every thought to make it obedient(B) to Christ.

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Put On the New Self

(A)If then you have been raised with Christ, seek (B)the things that are above, where Christ is, (C)seated at the right hand of God.

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Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,(A) set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.(B)

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