Genesis 8:21
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21 And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things.
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2 Corinthians 2:15
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15 Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing.
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Ephesians 5:2
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2 Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us[a] and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.
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- 5:2 Some manuscripts read loved you.
Jeremiah 17:9
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9 “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it is?
Isaiah 54:9-10
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9 “Just as I swore in the time of Noah
that I would never again let a flood cover the earth,
so now I swear
that I will never again be angry and punish you.
10 For the mountains may move
and the hills disappear,
but even then my faithful love for you will remain.
My covenant of blessing will never be broken,”
says the Lord, who has mercy on you.
Genesis 6:5
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5 The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.
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Philippians 4:18
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18 At the moment I have all I need—and more! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that is acceptable and pleasing to God.
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Ezekiel 20:41
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41 When I bring you home from exile, you will be like a pleasing sacrifice to me. And I will display my holiness through you as all the nations watch.
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2 Peter 3:6-7
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6 Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood. 7 And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.
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Romans 3:23
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23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
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Matthew 15:19
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19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
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Leviticus 1:13
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13 But the internal organs and the legs must first be washed with water. Then the priest will burn the entire sacrifice on the altar as a burnt offering. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
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Leviticus 1:9
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9 But the internal organs and the legs must first be washed with water. Then the priest will burn the entire sacrifice on the altar as a burnt offering. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
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Genesis 3:17
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17 And to the man he said,
“Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree
whose fruit I commanded you not to eat,
the ground is cursed because of you.
All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.
James 1:14-15
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14 Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. 15 These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.
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Romans 8:7-8
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7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. 8 That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.
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John 3:6
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6 Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.[a]
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- 3:6 Greek what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Isaiah 53:6
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6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him
the sins of us all.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
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20 Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins.
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Psalm 58:3
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3 These wicked people are born sinners;
even from birth they have lied and gone their own way.
Psalm 51:5
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5 For I was born a sinner—
yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.
1 John 5:19
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19 We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.
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James 4:1-2
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Drawing Close to God
4 What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? 2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.
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Ephesians 2:1-3
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Made Alive with Christ
2 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. 2 You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world.[a] He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. 3 All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else.
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- 2:2 Greek obeying the commander of the power of the air.
Romans 1:21
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21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused.
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