If I say, “I will not mention him,
    or speak any more in his name,”
(A)there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
    shut up in my bones,
and (B)I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.

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But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”(A)
his word is in my heart like a fire,(B)
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;(C)
    indeed, I cannot.

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    My (A)heart became hot within me.
As I mused, the fire burned;
    then I spoke with my tongue:

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    my heart grew hot(A) within me.
While I meditated,(B) the fire(C) burned;
    then I spoke with my tongue:

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18 For I am full of words;
    the spirit within me constrains me.
19 Behold, my belly is like wine that has no vent;
    like new (A)wineskins ready to burst.
20 (B)I must speak, that I may find (C)relief;
    I must open my lips and answer.

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18 For I am full of words,
    and the spirit(A) within me compels me;(B)
19 inside I am like bottled-up wine,
    like new wineskins ready to burst.(C)
20 I must speak and find relief;
    I must open my lips and reply.(D)

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20 for (A)we cannot but speak of what (B)we have seen and heard.”

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20 As for us, we cannot help speaking(A) about what we have seen and heard.”(B)

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14 (A)The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the (B)hand of the Lord being strong upon me.

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14 The Spirit(A) then lifted me up(B) and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the Lord(C) on me.

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16 For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For (A)necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with (B)a stewardship.

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16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach.(A) Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward;(B) if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.(C)

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Paul in Athens

16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was (A)provoked within him as he saw that the city was (B)full of idols.

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In Athens

16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols.

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13 For if we (A)are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14 For the love of Christ (B)controls us, because we have concluded this: that (C)one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, (D)that those who live might no longer live for themselves but (E)for him who for their sake died and was raised.

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13 If we are “out of our mind,”(A) as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.(B) 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves(C) but for him who died for them(D) and was raised again.

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11 Therefore I am full of the wrath of the Lord;
    (A)I am weary of holding it in.
(B)“Pour it out upon the children in the street,
    and upon the gatherings of young men, also;
(C)both husband and wife (D)shall be taken,
    the elderly and the very aged.

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11 But I am full of the wrath(A) of the Lord,
    and I cannot hold it in.(B)

“Pour it out on the children in the street
    and on the young men(C) gathered together;
both husband and wife will be caught in it,
    and the old, those weighed down with years.(D)

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62 Jesus said to him, (A)“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

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62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”

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He was in the beginning with God. (A)All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

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He was with God in the beginning.(A) Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.(B)

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(although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), he left Judea and departed (A)again for Galilee.

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although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. So he left Judea(A) and went back once more to Galilee.

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(A)When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul (B)was occupied with the word, (C)testifying to the Jews that the Christ was (D)Jesus.

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When Silas(A) and Timothy(B) came from Macedonia,(C) Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.(D)

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