Ephesians 5:1-3
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Be Imitators of God
5 (A)Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; 2 and (B)walk in love, just as Christ also (C)loved [a]you and (D)gave Himself up for us, an (E)offering and a sacrifice to God [b]as a (F)fragrant aroma.
3 But (G)sexual immorality [c]or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among [d]saints;
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- Ephesians 5:2 One early ms us
- Ephesians 5:2 Lit for an odor of fragrance
- Ephesians 5:3 Lit and all
- Ephesians 5:3 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
1 Peter 3:12
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12 (A)For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,
And His ears attend to their prayer,
But the face of the Lord is against evildoers.”
Psalm 68:5-6
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5 A (A)father of the fatherless and a (B)judge [a]for the widows,
Is God in His (C)holy dwelling.
6 God [b](D)makes a home for the lonely;
He (E)leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only (F)the rebellious live in parched lands.
Footnotes
- Psalm 68:5 Lit of
- Psalm 68:6 Lit makes the solitary to dwell in a house
Proverbs 2
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The Pursuit of Wisdom Brings Security
2 My son, if you will (A)receive my words
And (B)treasure my commandments within you,
2 (C)Make your ear attentive to wisdom;
Incline your heart to understanding.
3 For if you cry out for insight,
And [a]raise your voice for understanding;
4 If you seek her as (D)silver
And search for her as for (E)hidden treasures;
5 Then you will understand the (F)fear of the Lord,
And discover the knowledge of God.
6 For (G)the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a (H)shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 Guarding the paths of justice,
And He (I)watches over the way of His godly ones.
9 Then you will discern (J)righteousness, justice,
And integrity, and every (K)good path.
10 For (L)wisdom will enter your heart,
And (M)knowledge will be delightful to your soul;
11 Discretion will (N)watch over you,
Understanding will guard you,
12 To (O)rescue you from the way of evil,
From a person who speaks (P)perverse things;
13 From those who (Q)leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the (R)ways of darkness;
14 Who (S)delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
15 Whose paths are (T)crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
16 To (U)rescue you from the strange woman,
From the (V)foreign woman who flatters with her words,
17 Who leaves the (W)companion of her youth
And forgets the (X)covenant of her God;
18 For (Y)her house sinks down to death,
And her tracks lead to the [b]dead;
19 None (Z)who go to her return,
Nor do they reach the (AA)paths of life.
20 So you will (AB)walk in the way of good people
And keep to the (AC)paths of the righteous.
21 For (AD)the upright will live in the land,
And (AE)the blameless will remain in it;
22 But (AF)the wicked will be eliminated from the land,
And (AG)the treacherous will be (AH)torn away from it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:3 Lit give
- Proverbs 2:18 Lit departed spirits
Genesis 2:24
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24 (A)For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
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Mark 7:5-13
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5 And the Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk in accordance with the (A)tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with (B)[a]unholy hands?” 6 But He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written:
‘(C)This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.
7 (D)And in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the (E)tradition of men.”
9 He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your (F)tradition. 10 For Moses said, ‘(G)Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘(H)The one who speaks evil of father or mother, is [b]certainly to be put to death’; 11 but you say, ‘If a person says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is (I)Corban (that is, [c]given to God),’ 12 you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother; 13 thereby invalidating the word of God by your (J)tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”
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1 Timothy 5:4
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4 but if any widow has children or grandchildren, (A)they must first learn to show proper respect for their own family and to give back compensation to their parents; for this is (B)acceptable in the sight of God.
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