16 Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?

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

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10 (A)They hate the one who rebukes in the gate,
And they (B)abhor the one who speaks uprightly.

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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 correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;
(B)Rebuke 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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Love Fulfills the Law

You (A)ran well. Who hindered you from obeying 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 the righteous strike me;
It shall be a kindness.
And let him rebuke me;
It shall be as excellent oil;
Let my head not refuse it.

For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.

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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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So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord; but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.”

And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say such things!”

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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 whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that (A)the truth of the gospel might continue with 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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(A)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me (B)because I testify of it that 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 Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, (A)Is that you, O (B)troubler of Israel?”

18 And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, (C)in that you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and have 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 So Ahab said to Elijah, (A)“Have you found me, O my enemy?”

And he answered, “I have found you, because (B)you have sold yourself to do 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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Justification by Faith(A)

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you [a]that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed [b]among you as crucified? This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, (B)or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? (C)Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by (D)the flesh? (E)Have you suffered so [c]many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:1 NU omits that you should not obey the truth
  2. Galatians 3:1 NU omits among you
  3. Galatians 3:4 Or great

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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Footnotes

  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 they were not straightforward about (A)the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter (B)before them all, (C)“If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, [a]why do you compel Gentiles to live as [b]Jews?

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  1. Galatians 2:14 NU how can you
  2. Galatians 2:14 Some interpreters stop the quotation here.

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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