16 Have I then become your enemy by (A)telling you the truth?[a]

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  1. Galatians 4:16 Or by dealing truthfully with you

16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?(A)

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10 (A)They hate him who reproves (B)in the gate,
    and they (C)abhor him who speaks the truth.

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10 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court(A)
    and detest the one who tells the truth.(B)

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(A)Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
    (B)reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

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Do not rebuke mockers(A) or they will hate you;
    rebuke the wise and they will love you.(B)

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(A)You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying (B)the truth?

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You were running a good race.(A) Who cut in on you(B) to keep you from obeying the truth?

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45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.

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45 Yet because I tell the truth,(A) you do not believe me!

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(A)Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
    let my head not refuse it.
Yet (B)my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

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Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me(A)—that is oil on my head.(B)
My head will not refuse it,
    for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

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And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”

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The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one prophet through whom we can inquire of the Lord, but I hate(A) him because he never prophesies anything good(B) about me, but always bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”

“The king should not say such a thing,” Jehoshaphat replied.

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to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that (A)the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.

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We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel(A) might be preserved for you.

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The world cannot hate you, but (A)it hates me because I testify about it that (B)its works are evil.

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The world cannot hate you, but it hates me(A) because I testify that its works are evil.(B)

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17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, (A)“Is it you, you (B)troubler of Israel?” 18 And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father's house, because you have (C)abandoned the commandments of the Lord and (D)followed the Baals.

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17 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler(A) of Israel?”

18 “I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you(B) and your father’s family have. You have abandoned(C) the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals.

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20 Ahab said to Elijah, (A)“Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because (B)you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord.

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20 Ahab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy!”(A)

“I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold(B) yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

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By Faith, or by Works of the Law?

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? (A)It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly (B)portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: (C)Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by (D)hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? (E)Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by[a] the flesh? (F)Did you suffer[b] so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?

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  1. Galatians 3:3 Or now ending with
  2. Galatians 3:4 Or experience

Faith or Works of the Law

You foolish(A) Galatians!(B) Who has bewitched you?(C) Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.(D) I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit(E) by the works of the law,(F) or by believing what you heard?(G) Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?[a] Have you experienced[b] so much in vain—if it really was in vain?

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  1. 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.
  2. Galatians 3:4 Or suffered

14 But when I saw that their (A)conduct was not in step with (B)the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas (C)before them all, “If you, though a Jew, (D)live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

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14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel,(A) I said to Cephas(B) in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew.(C) How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?(D)

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