Exodus 20:3-17
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3 (A)“You shall have no other gods before[a] me.
4 (B)“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 (C)You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am (D)a jealous God, (E)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands[b] of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7 (F)“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
8 (G)“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 (H)Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the (I)seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the (J)sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For (K)in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
12 (L)“Honor your father and your mother, (M)that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
13 (N)“You shall not murder.[c]
14 (O)“You shall not commit adultery.
15 (P)“You shall not steal.
16 (Q)“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 (R)“You shall not covet (S)your neighbor's house; (T)you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”
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- Exodus 20:3 Or besides
- Exodus 20:6 Or to the thousandth generation
- Exodus 20:13 The Hebrew word also covers causing human death through carelessness or negligence
Leviticus 6:2-5
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2 “If anyone sins and (A)commits a breach of faith against the Lord by (B)deceiving his neighbor in (C)a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or (D)if he has oppressed his neighbor 3 or (E)has found something lost and lied about it, (F)swearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby— 4 if he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore (G)what he took by robbery or what he got by oppression or the deposit that was committed to him or the lost thing that he found 5 or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he shall (H)restore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt.
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Deuteronomy 10:12
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Circumcise Your Heart
12 “And now, Israel, (A)what does the Lord your God require of you, but (B)to fear the Lord your God, (C)to walk in all his ways, (D)to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
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Deuteronomy 27:17
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17 (A)“‘Cursed be anyone who moves his neighbor's landmark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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Psalm 101:5
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5 Whoever slanders his neighbor (A)secretly
I will (B)destroy.
Whoever has a (C)haughty look and an (D)arrogant heart
I will not endure.
Micah 6:8
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8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and (A)what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,[a]
and to (B)walk humbly with your God?
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- Micah 6:8 Or steadfast love
Zechariah 8:16
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16 These are the things that you shall do: (A)Speak the truth to one another; (B)render in your gates judgments (C)that are true and make for peace;
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Matthew 5:13-16
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Salt and Light
13 “You are the salt of the earth, (A)but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
14 (B)“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 (C)Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so (D)that[a] they may see your good works and (E)give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
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- Matthew 5:16 Or house. 16Let your light so shine before others that
Matthew 5:43-48
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Love Your Enemies
43 (A)“You have heard that it was said, (B)‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, (C)Love your enemies and (D)pray for those who persecute you, 45 (E)so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and (F)sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 (G)For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers,[a] what more are you doing than others? Do not even (H)the Gentiles do the same? 48 (I)You therefore must be (J)perfect, (K)as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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- Matthew 5:47 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
Matthew 22:36-40
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36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, (A)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And (B)a second is like it: (C)You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 (D)On these two commandments depend (E)all the Law and the Prophets.”
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Matthew 25:35
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35 For (A)I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you (B)gave me drink, (C)I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
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Mark 1:29-34
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Jesus Heals Many
29 (A)And immediately he[a] (B)left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 Now (C)Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. 31 And he came and (D)took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.
32 That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or (E)oppressed by demons. 33 And the whole city was gathered together at the door. 34 (F)And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And (G)he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
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- Mark 1:29 Some manuscripts they
Mark 1:29-34
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Jesus Heals Many
29 (A)And immediately he[a] (B)left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 Now (C)Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. 31 And he came and (D)took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.
32 That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or (E)oppressed by demons. 33 And the whole city was gathered together at the door. 34 (F)And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And (G)he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
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- Mark 1:29 Some manuscripts they
Mark 10:21
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21 And Jesus, (A)looking at him, (B)loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, (C)sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have (D)treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
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Luke 4:18-21
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18 (A)“The Spirit of the Lord (B)is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to (C)proclaim good news to the poor.
(D)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and (E)recovering of sight to the blind,
(F)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 (G)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and (H)sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were (I)fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today (J)this Scripture (K)has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
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Luke 10:27-37
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27 And he answered, (A)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and (B)your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; (C)do this, and you will live.”
29 But he, (D)desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus replied, “A man (E)was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a (F)priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise (G)a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a (H)Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 He went to him and (I)bound up his wounds, pouring on (J)oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two (K)denarii[a] and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ 36 Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” 37 He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”
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- Luke 10:35 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
Luke 20:25
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25 He said to them, “Then (A)render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”
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John 15:12
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12 (A)“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
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John 17:15
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15 I (A)do not ask that you (B)take them out of the world, but that you (C)keep them from (D)the evil one.[a]
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- John 17:15 Or from evil
Romans 12-14
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A Living Sacrifice
12 (A)I appeal to you therefore, brothers,[a] by the mercies of God, (B)to present your bodies (C)as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.[b] 2 (D)Do not be conformed to this world,[c] but be transformed by (E)the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may (F)discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[d]
Gifts of Grace
3 For (G)by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you (H)not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, (I)each according to (J)the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For (K)as in one body we have many members,[e] and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, (L)though many, (M)are one body in Christ, and individually (N)members one of another. 6 (O)Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if (P)prophecy, (Q)in proportion to our faith; 7 if (R)service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; (S)the one who leads,[f] with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with (T)cheerfulness.
Marks of the True Christian
9 (U)Let love be genuine. (V)Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 (W)Love one another with brotherly affection. (X)Outdo one another in showing honor. 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, (Y)be fervent in spirit,[g] (Z)serve the Lord. 12 (AA)Rejoice in hope, (AB)be patient in tribulation, (AC)be constant in prayer. 13 (AD)Contribute to the needs of the saints and (AE)seek to show hospitality.
14 (AF)Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 (AG)Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16 (AH)Live in harmony with one another. (AI)Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.[h] (AJ)Never be wise in your own sight. 17 (AK)Repay no one evil for evil, but (AL)give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, (AM)live peaceably with all. 19 Beloved, (AN)never avenge yourselves, but leave it[i] to the wrath of God, for it is written, (AO)“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 To the contrary, (AP)“if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Submission to the Authorities
13 Let every person (AQ)be subject to the governing authorities. For (AR)there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you (AS)will receive his approval, 4 for (AT)he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, (AU)an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also (AV)for the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 (AW)Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
Fulfilling the Law Through Love
8 (AX)Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for (AY)the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, (AZ)“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: (BA)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore (BB)love is the fulfilling of the law.
11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you (BC)to wake from sleep. (BD)For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. 12 (BE)The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us (BF)cast off (BG)the works of darkness and (BH)put on the armor of light. 13 (BI)Let us walk properly as in the daytime, (BJ)not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, (BK)not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 But (BL)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, (BM)to gratify its desires.
Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another
14 As for (BN)the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. 2 (BO)One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and (BP)let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. 4 (BQ)Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master[j] that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
5 (BR)One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. (BS)Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since (BT)he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For (BU)none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, (BV)whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ (BW)died and lived again, that he might be Lord both (BX)of the dead and of the living.
10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For (BY)we will all stand before (BZ)the judgment seat of God; 11 for it is written,
(CA)“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess[k] to God.”
12 So then (CB)each of us will give an account of himself to God.
Do Not Cause Another to Stumble
13 (CC)Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide (CD)never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. 14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus (CE)that nothing is unclean in itself, (CF)but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. 15 For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, (CG)you are no longer walking in love. (CH)By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. 16 (CI)So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. 17 (CJ)For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but (CK)of righteousness and (CL)peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 Whoever thus serves Christ is (CM)acceptable to God and approved by men. 19 So then let us (CN)pursue what makes for peace and for (CO)mutual upbuilding.
20 (CP)Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. (CQ)Everything is indeed clean, but (CR)it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. 21 (CS)It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.[l] 22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. (CT)Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves. 23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.[m]
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- Romans 12:1 Or brothers and sisters
- Romans 12:1 Or your rational service
- Romans 12:2 Greek age
- Romans 12:2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God
- Romans 12:4 Greek parts; also verse 5
- Romans 12:8 Or gives aid
- Romans 12:11 Or fervent in the Spirit
- Romans 12:16 Or give yourselves to humble tasks
- Romans 12:19 Greek give place
- Romans 14:4 Or lord
- Romans 14:11 Or shall give praise
- Romans 14:21 Some manuscripts add or be hindered or be weakened
- Romans 14:23 Some manuscripts insert here 16:25–27
1 Corinthians 5:9-10
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9 I wrote to you in my letter (A)not to associate with sexually immoral people— 10 (B)not at all meaning (C)the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, (D)since then you would need to go out of the world.
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1 Corinthians 6:1-7
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Lawsuits Against Believers
6 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous (A)instead of the saints? 2 Or do you not know that (B)the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? 3 Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! 4 So if you have such cases, (C)why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church? 5 (D)I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers, 6 but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers? 7 To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. (E)Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?
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1 Corinthians 7:20-24
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20 (A)Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called. 21 Were you a bondservant[a] when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.) 22 For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is (B)a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is (C)a bondservant of Christ. 23 (D)You were bought with a price; (E)do not become bondservants of men. 24 So, brothers,[b] (F)in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:21 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verses 22 (twice), 23
- 1 Corinthians 7:24 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 29
1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1
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Do All to the Glory of God
23 (A)“All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. 24 (B)Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. 25 (C)Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 26 For (D)“the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof.” 27 If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, (E)eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience— 29 I do not mean (F)your conscience, but his. For (G)why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience? 30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that (H)for which I give thanks?
31 So, whether you eat or drink, or (I)whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32 (J)Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to (K)the church of God, 33 just as (L)I try to please everyone in everything I do, (M)not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
11 (N)Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
Galatians 3:26-28
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26 for in Christ Jesus (A)you are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as (B)were baptized (C)into Christ have (D)put on Christ. 28 (E)There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave[a] nor free, (F)there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
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- Galatians 3:28 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
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