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22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

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22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.(A)

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34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.

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34 “A new command(A) I give you: Love one another.(B) As I have loved you, so you must love one another.(C)

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23 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. 24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

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23 Yet a time is coming and has now come(A) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit(B) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit,(C) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

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Tongues and Prophecy

14 Let love be your highest goal! But you should also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives—especially the ability to prophesy.

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Intelligibility in Worship

14 Follow the way of love(A) and eagerly desire(B) gifts of the Spirit,(C) especially prophecy.(D)

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16 Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

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16 Therefore confess your sins(A) to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.(B) The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.(C)

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17 These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak in new languages.[a] 18 They will be able to handle snakes with safety, and if they drink anything poisonous, it won’t hurt them. They will be able to place their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.”

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Footnotes

  1. 16:17 Or new tongues; some manuscripts do not include new.

17 And these signs(A) will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons;(B) they will speak in new tongues;(C) 18 they will pick up snakes(D) with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on(E) sick people, and they will get well.”

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