10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by 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 unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

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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 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the 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 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of 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 all appearance of evil.

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22 reject every kind of evil.

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33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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

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Footnotes

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

18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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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 whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

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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 strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.

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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 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

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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 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

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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 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto 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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That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

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

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