O (A)Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
    It is I who answer and look after you.[a]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
    (B)from me comes your fruit.

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  1. Hosea 14:8 Hebrew him

32 (A)teach me what I do not see;
    if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?

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For the time that is past (A)suffices (B)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of (C)debauchery, and (D)they malign you;

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17 (A)Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from (B)the Father of lights, (C)with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a]

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  1. James 1:17 Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning

20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and (A)ran and (B)embraced him and (C)kissed him.

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13 (A)Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
    instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
    an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

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19 (A)I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
    the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
I will set in the desert (B)the cypress,
    the plane and the pine together,

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14 As obedient children, (A)do not be conformed to the passions (B)of your former ignorance, 15 but (C)as he who called you is holy, you also be holy (D)in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, (E)“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

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For they themselves report concerning us the kind of (A)reception we had among you, and how (B)you turned to God (C)from idols to serve the living and (D)true God,

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13 for (A)it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for (B)his good pleasure.

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(for (A)the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

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22 But (A)the fruit of the Spirit is (B)love, joy, peace, patience, (C)kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 (D)gentleness, (E)self-control; (F)against such things there is no law.

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18 Also many of those who were now believers came, (A)confessing and divulging their practices. 19 And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of the Lord (B)continued to increase and prevail mightily.

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I Am the True Vine

15 “I am the (A)true vine, and my Father is (B)the vinedresser. (C)Every branch in me that does not bear fruit (D)he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, (E)that it may bear more fruit. Already (F)you are clean (G)because of the word that I have spoken to you. (H)Abide (I)in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; (J)you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that (K)bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me (L)he is thrown away like a branch and withers; (M)and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If (N)you abide in me, and my words abide in you, (O)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. (P)By this my Father is glorified, that you (Q)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

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16 For from (A)his fullness we have all received, (B)grace upon grace.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:16 Or grace in place of grace

13 (A)The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
    the cypress, the plane, and (B)the pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
    and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

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27     He sings before men and says:
‘I (A)sinned and perverted what was right,
    and it was not repaid to me.

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13 I can do all things (A)through him who strengthens me.

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11 filled (A)with the fruit of righteousness that comes (B)through Jesus Christ, (C)to the glory and praise of God.

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47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, (A)an Israelite indeed, (B)in whom there is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael said to him, “How (C)do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

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Take with you words
    and return to the Lord;
say to him,
    “Take away all iniquity;
accept (A)what is good,
    and we will pay with bulls
    (B)the vows[a] of our lips.
(C)Assyria shall not save us;
    (D)we will not ride on horses;
and (E)we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
    to the work of our hands.
(F)In you the orphan finds mercy.”

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  1. Hosea 14:2 Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit

18 I have heard (A)Ephraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
    like an untrained calf;
(B)bring me back that I may be restored,
    for you are the Lord my God.
19 For after (C)I had turned away, I relented,
    and after I was instructed, (D)I struck my thigh;
(E)I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 (F)Is Ephraim my dear son?
    (G)Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
    I do remember him still.
(H)Therefore my heart[a] yearns for him;
    I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:20 Hebrew bowels

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