15 [a]What then was the blessing you enjoyed? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me.

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  1. Galatians 4:15 NU Where

15 Where, then, is your blessing of me now? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

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(A)through whom also we have access by faith into this grace (B)in which we stand, and (C)rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

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through whom we have gained access(A) by faith into this grace in which we now stand.(B) And we[a] boast in the hope(C) of the glory of God.

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  1. Romans 5:2 Or let us

The Outworking of Love

16 (A)By this we know love, (B)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But (C)whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

18 My little children, (D)let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

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16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.(A) And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.(B) 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,(C) how can the love of God be in that person?(D) 18 Dear children,(E) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.(F)

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13 For I bear him witness that he has a great [a]zeal for you, and those who are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.

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  1. Colossians 4:13 NU concern

13 I vouch for him that he is working hard for you and for those at Laodicea(A) and Hierapolis.

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13 and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. (A)Be at peace among yourselves.

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13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other.(A)

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So, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased (A)to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but also (B)our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

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so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God(A) but our lives as well.(B)

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But (A)let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and (B)not in another.

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Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone,(A) without comparing themselves to someone else,(B)

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22 But (A)the fruit of the Spirit is (B)love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, (C)goodness, (D)faithfulness,

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22 But the fruit(A) of the Spirit is love,(B) joy, peace,(C) forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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19 (A)My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,

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19 My dear children,(A) for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,(B)

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14 (A)that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the (B)Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive (C)the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus,(A) so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.(B)

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For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing,

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For I testify that they gave as much as they were able,(A) and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own,

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13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all (A)joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace(A) as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.(B)

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For I bear them witness (A)that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

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For I can testify about them that they are zealous(A) for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.

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