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Galatians 3:3
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Galatians 3:3
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3 How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?
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Galatians 3:3
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Galatians 3:3
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3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?[a]
Footnotes
- Galatians 3:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
Galatians 5:4-8
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Galatians 5:4-8
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4 For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace.
5 But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us. 6 For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.
7 You were running the race so well. Who has held you back from following the truth? 8 It certainly isn’t God, for he is the one who called you to freedom.
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Galatians 5:4-8
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Galatians 5:4-8
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4 You who are trying to be justified by the law(A) have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.(B) 5 For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.(C) 6 For in Christ Jesus(D) neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.(E) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.(F)
7 You were running a good race.(G) Who cut in on you(H) to keep you from obeying the truth? 8 That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.(I)
Hebrews 9:9-10
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Hebrews 9:9-10
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9 This is an illustration pointing to the present time. For the gifts and sacrifices that the priests offer are not able to cleanse the consciences of the people who bring them. 10 For that old system deals only with food and drink and various cleansing ceremonies—physical regulations that were in effect only until a better system could be established.
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Hebrews 9:9-10
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Hebrews 9:9-10
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9 This is an illustration(A) for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered(B) were not able to clear the conscience(C) of the worshiper. 10 They are only a matter of food(D) and drink(E) and various ceremonial washings(F)—external regulations(G) applying until the time of the new order.
Galatians 6:12-14
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Galatians 6:12-14
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12 Those who are trying to force you to be circumcised want to look good to others. They don’t want to be persecuted for teaching that the cross of Christ alone can save. 13 And even those who advocate circumcision don’t keep the whole law themselves. They only want you to be circumcised so they can boast about it and claim you as their disciples.
14 As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross,[a] my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died.
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- 6:14 Or Because of him.
Galatians 6:12-14
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Galatians 6:12-14
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12 Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh(A) are trying to compel you to be circumcised.(B) The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted(C) for the cross of Christ. 13 Not even those who are circumcised keep the law,(D) yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your circumcision in the flesh.(E) 14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,(F) through which[a] the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.(G)
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- Galatians 6:14 Or whom
Hebrews 7:16-19
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Hebrews 7:16-19
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16 Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed. 17 And the psalmist pointed this out when he prophesied,
“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”[a]
18 Yes, the old requirement about the priesthood was set aside because it was weak and useless. 19 For the law never made anything perfect. But now we have confidence in a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
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Hebrews 7:16-19
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Hebrews 7:16-19
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16 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is declared:
18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless(B) 19 (for the law made nothing perfect),(C) and a better hope(D) is introduced, by which we draw near to God.(E)
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- Hebrews 7:17 Psalm 110:4
Galatians 4:7-10
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Galatians 4:7-10
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7 Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child.[a] And since you are his child, God has made you his heir.
Paul’s Concern for the Galatians
8 Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist. 9 So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world? 10 You are trying to earn favor with God by observing certain days or months or seasons or years.
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Galatians 4:7-10
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Galatians 4:7-10
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7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.(A)
Paul’s Concern for the Galatians
8 Formerly, when you did not know God,(B) you were slaves(C) to those who by nature are not gods.(D) 9 But now that you know God—or rather are known by God(E)—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces[a]? Do you wish to be enslaved(F) by them all over again?(G) 10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!(H)
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- Galatians 4:9 Or principles
Hebrews 9:2
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Hebrews 9:2
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2 There were two rooms in that Tabernacle.[a] In the first room were a lampstand, a table, and sacred loaves of bread on the table. This room was called the Holy Place.
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