10 And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he (A)would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her.

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10 And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused(A) to go to bed with her or even be with her.

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But he refused and said to his master's wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and (A)he has put everything that he has in my charge.

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But he refused.(A) “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care.(B)

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11 Beloved, I urge you (A)as sojourners and exiles (B)to abstain from the passions of the flesh, (C)which wage war against your soul.

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Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society

11 Dear friends,(A) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(B) to abstain from sinful desires,(C) which wage war against your soul.(D)

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22 So (A)flee (B)youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with (C)those who call on the Lord (D)from a pure heart.

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22 Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love(A) and peace, along with those who call on the Lord(B) out of a pure heart.(C)

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22 Abstain from every form of evil.

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22 reject every kind of evil.

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33 (A)Do not be deceived: (B)“Bad company ruins good morals.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:33 Probably from Menander's comedy Thais

33 Do not be misled:(A) “Bad company corrupts good character.”[a](B)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:33 From the Greek poet Menander

18 (A)Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin[a] a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person (B)sins against his own body.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:18 Or Every sin

18 Flee from sexual immorality.(A) All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.(B)

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27 For a prostitute is (A)a deep pit;
    (B)an adulteress[a] is a narrow (C)well.

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  1. Proverbs 23:27 Hebrew a foreign woman

27 for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,(A)
    and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

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14 The mouth of (A)forbidden[a] women is (B)a deep pit;
    (C)he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

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  1. Proverbs 22:14 Hebrew strange

14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;(A)
    a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.(B)

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16 (A)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
    And to him who lacks sense she says,

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16     “Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense(A) she says,

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14 She sits at the door of her house;
    she takes a seat on (A)the highest places of the town,

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14 She sits at the door of her house,
    on a seat at the highest point of the city,(A)

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13 She seizes him and kisses him,
    and with (A)bold face she says to him,

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13 She took hold of him(A) and kissed him
    and with a brazen face she said:(B)

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to keep you from (A)the forbidden[a] woman,
    from (B)the adulteress[b] with her smooth words.

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  1. Proverbs 7:5 Hebrew strange
  2. Proverbs 7:5 Hebrew the foreign woman

They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)

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