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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  1. James 1:21 abundance

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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  1. James 1:21 Lit surplus of.

21 Therefore, get rid of(A) all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you,(B) which can save you.

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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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(A)In Him was life, and (B)the life was the light of men.

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In Him was life [and the power to bestow life], and the life was the Light of men.

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In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

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Jesus said to him, “I am (A)the way, (B)the truth, and (C)the life. (D)No one comes to the Father (E)except through Me.

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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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  1. John 14:6 The sixth of the memorable “I am” statements. See note 6:35.

Jesus answered, “I am(A) the way(B) and the truth(C) and the life.(D) No one comes to the Father except through me.(E)

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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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19 (A)My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,

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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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19 My dear children,(A) for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,(B)

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19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

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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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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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14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead(A) will also raise us with Jesus(B) and present us with you to himself.(C)

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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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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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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:11 NU omits of the sins

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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11 In him you were also circumcised(A) with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh[a](B) was put off when you were circumcised by[b] Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism,(C) in which you were also raised with him(D) through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:11 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 13.
  2. Colossians 2:11 Or put off in the circumcision of

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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Not Carnality but Christ

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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Put On the New Self

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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Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,(A) set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.(B)

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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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