15 and deliver all those who (A)through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.

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15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear(A) of death.

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15 For (A)you did not receive (B)the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of (C)adoption as sons, by whom we cry, (D)“Abba! Father!”

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15 The Spirit(A) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;(B) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[a] And by him we cry, “Abba,[b] Father.”(C)

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  1. Romans 8:15 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.
  2. Romans 8:15 Aramaic for father

for God gave us (A)a spirit not of fear but (B)of power and love and self-control.

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For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid,(A) but gives us power,(B) love and self-discipline.

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74     that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him (A)without fear,
75     (B)in holiness and righteousness before him (C)all our days.

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74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
    and to enable us to serve him(A) without fear(B)
75     in holiness and righteousness(C) before him all our days.

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10 (A)He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. (B)On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.

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10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril,(A) and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope(B) that he will continue to deliver us,

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21 that (A)the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

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21 that[a] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay(A) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.(B)

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  1. Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. 21 For

My heart is in anguish within me;
    (A)the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

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My heart is in anguish(A) within me;
    the terrors(B) of death have fallen on me.

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Mystery and Victory

50 I tell you this, brothers: (A)flesh and blood (B)cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. (C)We shall not all sleep, (D)but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For (E)the trumpet will sound, and (F)the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and (G)this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:

(H)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 (I)“O death, where is your victory?
    O death, where is your sting?”

56 The sting of death is sin, and (J)the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, (K)who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood(A) cannot inherit the kingdom of God,(B) nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.(C) 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery:(D) We will not all sleep,(E) but we will all be changed(F) 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,(G) the dead(H) will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable(I) must clothe itself with the imperishable,(J) and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”[a](K)

55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
    Where, O death, is your sting?”[b](L)

56 The sting of death is sin,(M) and the power of sin is the law.(N) 57 But thanks be to God!(O) He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.(P)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:54 Isaiah 25:8
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:55 Hosea 13:14

48 (A)What man can live and never (B)see death?
    Who can deliver his soul from the power of (C)Sheol? Selah

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48 Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?(A)

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21 His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
    and his bones that were not seen (A)stick out.
22 His soul draws near (B)the pit,
    and his life to (C)those who bring death.
23 If there be for him (D)an angel,
    (E)a mediator, (F)one of the thousand,
    to declare to man what is (G)right for him,
24 and he is merciful to him, and says,
    ‘Deliver him from going down into the pit;
    I have found (H)a ransom;
25 let his flesh (I)become fresh with youth;
    let him return to the days of his youthful vigor’;
26 then man[a] (J)prays to God, and he accepts him;
    he (K)sees his face with a shout of joy,
and he (L)restores to man his righteousness.
27     He sings before men and says:
‘I (M)sinned and perverted what was right,
    and it was not repaid to me.
28 He has redeemed my (N)soul from going down (O)into the pit,
    and my life shall (P)look upon the light.’

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  1. Job 33:26 Hebrew he

21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,(A) once hidden, now stick out.(B)
22 They draw near to the pit,(C)
    and their life to the messengers of death.[a](D)
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
    a messenger,(E) one out of a thousand,
    sent to tell them how to be upright,(F)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;(G)
    I have found a ransom for them(H)
25 let their flesh be renewed(I) like a child’s;
    let them be restored as in the days of their youth’(J)
26 then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,(K)
    they will see God’s face and shout for joy;(L)
    he will restore them to full well-being.(M)
27 And they will go to others and say,
    ‘I have sinned,(N) I have perverted what is right,(O)
    but I did not get what I deserved.(P)
28 God has delivered(Q) me from going down to the pit,(R)
    and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’(S)

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  1. Job 33:22 Or to the place of the dead

13 (A)For you have delivered my soul from death,
    yes, my feet from falling,
(B)that I may walk before God
    (C)in the light of life.

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13 For you have delivered me from death(A)
    and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
    in the light of life.(B)

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19 that he may (A)deliver their soul from death
    and keep them alive in (B)famine.

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19 to deliver them from death(A)
    and keep them alive in famine.(B)

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17 For (A)deep darkness is morning to all of them;
    for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.

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17 For all of them, midnight is their morning;
    they make friends with the terrors(A) of darkness.(B)

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