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He will wear righteousness like a belt
    and truth like an undergarment.

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14 Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness.

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But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.

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We faithfully preach the truth. God’s power is working in us. We use the weapons of righteousness in the right hand for attack and the left hand for defense.

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17 He put on righteousness as his body armor
    and placed the helmet of salvation on his head.
He clothed himself with a robe of vengeance
    and wrapped himself in a cloak of divine passion.

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Praise for Judgment and Salvation

25 O Lord, I will honor and praise your name,
    for you are my God.
You do such wonderful things!
    You planned them long ago,
    and now you have accomplished them.

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The Message to the Church in Laodicea

14 “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Laodicea. This is the message from the one who is the Amen—the faithful and true witness, the beginning[a] of God’s new creation:

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Footnotes

  1. 3:14 Or the ruler, or the source.

13 And standing in the middle of the lampstands was someone like the Son of Man.[a] He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash across his chest.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:13 Or like a son of man. See Dan 7:13. “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.

Living for God

So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:1 Or For the one [or One] who has suffered physically has finished with sin.

20 I will be faithful to you and make you mine,
    and you will finally know me as the Lord.

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17 Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters,[a] so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:17 Greek like the brothers.

Psalm 93

The Lord is king! He is robed in majesty.
    Indeed, the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength.
The world stands firm
    and cannot be shaken.

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