29 But, as (A)he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, (B)even so it is now.

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And Sarah saw the son of Hagar (A)the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, (B)scoffing.[a]

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  1. Genesis 21:9 Lit. laughing

11 And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, (A)why do I still suffer persecution? Then (B)the offense of the cross has ceased.

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

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33 partly while you were made (A)a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while (B)you became companions of those who were so treated; 34 for you had compassion on [a]me (C)in my chains, and (D)joyfully accepted the plundering of your [b]goods, knowing that (E)you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves [c]in heaven.

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  1. Hebrews 10:34 NU the prisoners instead of me in my chains
  2. Hebrews 10:34 possessions
  3. Hebrews 10:34 NU omits in heaven

14 For you, brethren, became imitators (A)of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For (B)you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans, 15 (C)who killed both the Lord Jesus and (D)their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God (E)and are [a]contrary to all men,

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 hostile

23 But he who was of the bondwoman (A)was born according to the flesh, (B)and he of the freewoman through promise,

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Love and Joy Perfected

“As the Father (A)loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.

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Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (A)unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

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34 (A)Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: (B)some of them you will kill and crucify, and (C)some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 (D)that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, (E)from the blood of righteous Abel to (F)the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(G)

37 (H)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets (I)and stones those who are sent to her! How often (J)I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks (K)under her wings, but you were not willing!

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12 As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel you to be circumcised, (A)only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. 13 For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. 14 But God forbid that I should boast except in the (B)cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by [a]whom the world has been crucified to me, and (C)I to the world.

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  1. Galatians 6:14 Or which, the cross

Free from Indwelling Sin

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, (A)who[a] do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

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  1. Romans 8:1 NU omits the rest of v. 1.

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