35 But he said, “Your brother came with deceit and has taken away your blessing.”

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35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully(A) and took your blessing.”(B)

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that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord (A)is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified.

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and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister.[a](A) The Lord will punish(B) all those who commit such sins,(C) as we told you and warned you before.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.

Cast Down but Unconquered

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, (A)that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

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But we have this treasure in jars of clay(A) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God(B) and not from us.

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For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? And why not say, (A)“Let us do evil that good may come”?—as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their [a]condemnation is just.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:8 Lit. judgment

Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory,(A) why am I still condemned as a sinner?”(B) Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”?(C) Their condemnation is just!

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Treachery of Infidelity

10 (A)Have we not all one Father?
(B)Has not one God created us?
Why do we deal treacherously with one another
By profaning the covenant of the fathers?

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Breaking Covenant Through Divorce

10 Do we not all have one Father[a]?(A) Did not one God create us?(B) Why do we profane the covenant(C) of our ancestors by being unfaithful(D) to one another?

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:10 Or father

19 Now therefore, call to me all the (A)prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. Let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu acted deceptively, with the intent of destroying the worshipers of Baal.

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19 Now summon(A) all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests. See that no one is missing, because I am going to hold a great sacrifice for Baal. Anyone who fails to come will no longer live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

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19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me; please arise, sit and eat of my game, (A)that your soul may bless me.”

20 But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?”

And he said, “Because the Lord your God brought it to me.”

21 Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I (B)may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.” 22 So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” 23 And he did not recognize him, because (C)his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.

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19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn.(A) I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game,(B) so that you may give me your blessing.”(C)

20 Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”

“The Lord your God gave me success,(D)” he replied.

21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near so I can touch you,(E) my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not.”

22 Jacob went close to his father Isaac,(F) who touched(G) him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” 23 He did not recognize him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau;(H) so he proceeded to bless him.

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(A)Will you speak [a]wickedly for God,
And talk deceitfully for Him?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:7 unrighteously

Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf?
    Will you speak deceitfully for him?(A)

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