31 (A)Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and (B)make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! (C)Why will you die, O house of Israel?

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26 And I will give you (A)a new heart, and (B)a new spirit I will put within you. (C)And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

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10 (A)Create in me a (B)clean heart, O God,
    and (C)renew a right[a] spirit within me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:10 Or steadfast

13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you (A)put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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19 (A)And I will give them one heart, and (B)a new spirit I will put within them. (C)I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh (D)and give them a heart of flesh,

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16 (A)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(B)cease to do evil,
17     learn to do good;
(C)seek justice,
    correct oppression;
(D)bring justice to the fatherless,
    plead the widow's cause.

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(A)Do not be conformed to this world,[a] but be transformed by (B)the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may (C)discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:2 Greek age
  2. Romans 12:2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God

11 Say to them, (A)As I live, declares the Lord God, (B)I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; (C)turn back, turn back from your evil ways, (D)for why will you die, O house of Israel?

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A Living Stone and a Holy People

(A)So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

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19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, (A)blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,

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And I said to them, (A)‘Cast away the detestable things (B)your eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with (C)the idols of Egypt; (D)I am the Lord your God.’

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let the wicked forsake his way,
    and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
    and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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15 “See, (A)I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.

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(A)so as to live for (B)the rest of the time in the flesh (C)no longer for human passions but (D)for the will of God. For the time that is past (E)suffices (F)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of (G)debauchery, and (H)they malign you;

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22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for (A)a sincere brotherly love, (B)love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

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14 As obedient children, (A)do not be conformed to the passions (B)of your former ignorance,

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21 Therefore (A)put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with (B)meekness the implanted word, (C)which is able to save your souls.

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(A)Put to death therefore (B)what is earthly in you:[a] (C)sexual immorality, impurity, (D)passion, evil desire, and covetousness, (E)which is idolatry. (F)On account of these the wrath of God is coming.[b] (G)In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now (H)you must put them all away: (I)anger, wrath, malice, (J)slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. (K)Do not lie to one another, seeing that (L)you have put off (M)the old self[c] with its practices

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 3:5 Greek therefore your members that are on the earth
  2. Colossians 3:6 Some manuscripts add upon the sons of disobedience
  3. Colossians 3:9 Greek man; also as supplied in verse 10

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, 23 and (D)to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on (E)the new self, (F)created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you (G)speak the truth with his neighbor, for (H)we are members one of another. 26 (I)Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and (J)give no opportunity to the devil. 28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather (K)let him labor, (L)doing honest work with his own hands, so (M)that he may have something to share with anyone in need. 29 (N)Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give (O)grace to those who hear. 30 And (P)do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, (Q)by whom you were sealed for the day of (R)redemption. 31 (S)Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 (T)Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, (U)forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

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  1. Ephesians 4:22 Greek man; also verse 24

46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God (A)be spoken first to you. (B)Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves (C)unworthy of eternal life, behold, we (D)are turning to the Gentiles.

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