James 1:21
New King James Version
Doers—Not Hearers Only
21 Therefore (A)lay aside all filthiness and [a]overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, (B)which is able to save your souls.
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- James 1:21 abundance
James 1:21
Amplified Bible
21 So get rid of all uncleanness and [a]all that remains of wickedness, and with a humble spirit receive the word [of God] which is implanted [actually rooted in your heart], which is able to save your souls.
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- James 1:21 Lit surplus of.
James 1:21
King James Version
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
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John 1:4
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4 (A)In Him was life, and (B)the life was the light of men.
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John 1:4
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4 In Him was life [and the power to bestow life], and the life was the Light of men.
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John 14:6
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6 Jesus said to him, “[a]I am the [only] Way [to God] and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
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- John 14:6 The sixth of the memorable “I am” statements. See note 6:35.
John 14:6
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6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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Galatians 4:19
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19 (A)My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,
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Galatians 4:19
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19 My little children, for whom I am again in [the pains of] labor until Christ is [completely and permanently] formed within you—
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Galatians 4:19
King James Version
19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
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2 Corinthians 4:14
New King James Version
14 knowing that (A)He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you.
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2 Corinthians 4:14
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14 knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and will present us [along] with you in His presence.
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2 Corinthians 4:14
King James Version
14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
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Colossians 2:11-12
New King James Version
Not Legalism but Christ
11 In Him you were also (A)circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by (B)putting off the body [a]of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 (C)buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through (D)faith in the working of God, (E)who raised Him from the dead.
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- Colossians 2:11 NU omits of the sins
Colossians 2:11-12
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11 In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, but by the [spiritual] circumcision of Christ in the stripping off of the body of the flesh [the sinful carnal nature], 12 having been buried with Him in baptism and raised with Him [to a new life] through [your] faith in the working of God, [as displayed] when He raised Christ from the dead.
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Colossians 2:11-12
King James Version
11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
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Colossians 3:1
New King James Version
Not Carnality but Christ
3 If then you were (A)raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, (B)where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
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Colossians 3:1
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Put On the New Self
3 Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.(A)
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Colossians 3:1
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3 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
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Ephesians 2:5-6
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5 (A)even when we were dead in trespasses, (B)made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together (C)in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
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Ephesians 2:5-6
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5 even when we were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of our sins, He made us [spiritually] alive together with Christ (for by His grace—His undeserved favor and mercy—you have been saved from God’s judgment).(A) 6 And He raised us up together with Him [when we believed], and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, [because we are] in Christ Jesus,
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Ephesians 2:5-6
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5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
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Galatians 2:20
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20 I have been (A)crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh (B)I live by faith in the Son of God, (C)who loved me and gave Himself for me.
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Galatians 2:20
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20 I have been crucified with Christ [that is, in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith [by adhering to, relying on, and completely trusting] in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
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Galatians 2:20
King James Version
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
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