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We have all become like one who is unclean,
    and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth.
We all fade like a leaf,
    and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.(A)

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All of us have become like one who is unclean,(A)
    and all our righteous(B) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,(C)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.(D)

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18 For I know that the good does not dwell within me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do the good lies close at hand, but not the ability.(A)

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18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[a](A) For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:18 Or my flesh

From Death to Life

You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world,[a] following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient.[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.2 Gk according to the aeon
  2. 2.2 Gk sons of disobedience

Made Alive in Christ

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,(A) in which you used to live(B) when you followed the ways of this world(C) and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,(D) the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.(E)

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24 Wretched person that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

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24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?(A)

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17 For you say, ‘I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.’ You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.(A) 18 Therefore I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white robes to clothe yourself and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.(B)

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17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’(A) But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.(B) 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,(C) so you can become rich; and white clothes(D) to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;(E) and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

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Now Joshua was wearing filthy clothes as he stood before the angel.

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Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel.

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I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
    but now my eye sees you;(A)
therefore I despise myself
    and repent in dust and ashes.”(B)

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My ears had heard of you(A)
    but now my eyes have seen you.(B)
Therefore I despise myself(C)
    and repent(D) in dust and ashes.”(E)

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How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)

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How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)

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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
    No one can.(A)

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Who can bring what is pure(A) from the impure?(B)
    No one!(C)

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For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.(A)

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At one time(A) we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

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and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law but one that comes through faith in Christ,[a] the righteousness from God based on faith.(A)

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  1. 3.9 Or through the faith of Christ

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,(A) but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness(B) that comes from God on the basis of faith.(C)

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  1. Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of

You sweep them away; they are like a dream,
    like grass that is renewed in the morning;(A)
in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
    in the evening it fades and withers.(B)

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Yet you sweep people away(A) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.(B)

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All we like sheep have gone astray;
    we have all turned to our own way,
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.(A)

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We all, like sheep, have gone astray,(A)
    each of us has turned to our own way;(B)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity(C) of us all.

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