13 For you were called to (A)freedom, brothers and sisters; (B)only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but (C)serve one another through love.

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Life by the Spirit

13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.(A) But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a];(B) rather, serve one another(C) humbly in love.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:13 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; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.

16 But I say, (A)walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out (B)the desire of the flesh.

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16 So I say, walk by the Spirit,(A) and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.(B)

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25 If we live by the Spirit, let’s follow (A)the Spirit as well.

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25 Since we live by the Spirit,(A) let us keep in step with the Spirit.

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(A)Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And (B)do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways (C)acknowledge Him,
And He will (D)make your paths straight.

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Trust in the Lord(A) with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths(B) straight.[a](C)

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  1. Proverbs 3:6 Or will direct your paths

knowing this, that our (A)old [a]self was (B)crucified with Him, in order that our (C)body of sin might be [b]done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

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  1. Romans 6:6 Lit person (Gr anthropos)
  2. Romans 6:6 Or made powerless

For we know that our old self(A) was crucified with him(B) so that the body ruled by sin(C) might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin(D)

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  1. Romans 6:6 Or be rendered powerless

20 I have been (A)crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but (B)Christ lives in me; and [a]the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in (C)the Son of God, who (D)loved me and (E)gave Himself up for me.

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  1. Galatians 2:20 Or insofar as I

20 I have been crucified with Christ(A) and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.(B) The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,(C) who loved me(D) and gave himself for me.(E)

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For you have (A)died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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For you died,(A) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is (A)the [a]end of the age; and the reapers are angels.

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  1. Matthew 13:39 Or consummation

39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest(A) is the end of the age,(B) and the harvesters are angels.(C)

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17 But the one who joins himself to the Lord is (A)one spirit with Him.

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17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.[a](A)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:17 Or in the Spirit

20 (A)On that day you will know that (B)I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you.

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20 On that day(A) you will realize that I am in my Father,(B) and you are in me, and I am in you.(C)

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20 “I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word, 21 that they may all be one; (A)just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, (B)so that the world may [a]believe that (C)You sent Me.

Disciples’ Future Glory

22 The (D)glory which You have given Me I also have given to them, so that they may be one, just as We are one; 23 (E)I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected [b]in unity, so that the world may [c]know that (F)You sent Me, and You (G)loved them, just as You loved Me.

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  1. John 17:21 Gr tense indicates continually believe
  2. John 17:23 Lit into one
  3. John 17:23 Gr tense indicates continually know

Jesus Prays for All Believers

20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one,(A) Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.(B) May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.(C) 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me,(D) that they may be one as we are one(E) 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me(F) and have loved them(G) even as you have loved me.

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17 For (A)the desire of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, (B)in order to keep you from doing whatever you want.

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17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.(A) They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[a] you want.(B)

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  1. Galatians 5:17 Or you do not do what

10 (A)For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel
After those days, declares the Lord:
[a]I will put My laws into their minds,
And write them (B)on their hearts.
And I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.

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  1. Hebrews 8:10 Lit Putting my laws into...

10 This is the covenant(A) I will establish with the people of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.(B)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(C)

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