25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, (A)the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, (B)he will be blessed in his doing.

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25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,(A) and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.(B)

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25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

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28 But he said, (A)“Blessed rather are those (B)who hear the word of God and (C)keep it!”

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28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God(A) and obey it.”(B)

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28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

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17 Now the Lord[a] is the Spirit, and where (A)the Spirit of the Lord is, there is (B)freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled face, (C)beholding (D)the glory of the Lord,[b] (E)are being transformed into the same image (F)from one degree of glory to another.[c] For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 3:17 Or this Lord
  2. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Or reflecting the glory of the Lord
  3. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Greek from glory to glory

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit,(A) and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.(B) 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate[a](C) the Lord’s glory,(D) are being transformed into his image(E) with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Or reflect

17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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17 If you know these things, (A)blessed are you if you do them.

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17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.(A)

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17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

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16 (A)Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but (B)living as servants[a] of God.

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  1. 1 Peter 2:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

16 Live as free people,(A) but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil;(B) live as God’s slaves.(C)

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16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

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12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under (A)the law of liberty.

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12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged(A) by the law that gives freedom,(B)

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12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

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Christ Has Set Us Free

For (A)freedom Christ has (B)set us free; (C)stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to (D)a yoke of (E)slavery.

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Freedom in Christ

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.(A) Stand firm,(B) then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.(C)

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Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

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47 (A)Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.[a] 49 (B)But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and (C)the ruin of that house was great.”

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  1. Luke 6:48 Some manuscripts founded upon the rock

47 As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice,(A) I will show you what they are like. 48 They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. 49 But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”

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47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:

48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

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96 I have seen a limit to all perfection,
    but your commandment is exceedingly (A)broad.

Mem

97 Oh how (B)I love your law!
    It is my (C)meditation all the day.
98 Your commandment makes me (D)wiser than my enemies,
    for it is ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    for (E)your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than (F)the aged,[a]
    for I (G)keep your precepts.
101 I (H)hold back my feet from every evil way,
    in order to keep your word.
102 I do not turn aside from your rules,
    for you have taught me.
103 How (I)sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
    therefore (J)I hate every false way.

Nun

105 (K)Your word is a lamp to my feet
    and a light to my path.

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  1. Psalm 119:100 Or the elders

96 To all perfection I see a limit,
    but your commands are boundless.(A)

מ Mem

97 Oh, how I love your law!(B)
    I meditate(C) on it all day long.
98 Your commands are always with me
    and make me wiser(D) than my enemies.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
    for I meditate on your statutes.(E)
100 I have more understanding than the elders,
    for I obey your precepts.(F)
101 I have kept my feet(G) from every evil path
    so that I might obey your word.(H)
102 I have not departed from your laws,(I)
    for you yourself have taught(J) me.
103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey(K) to my mouth!(L)
104 I gain understanding(M) from your precepts;
    therefore I hate every wrong path.(N)

נ Nun

105 Your word is a lamp(O) for my feet,
    a light(P) on my path.

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96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

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