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29 Is not my word like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?(A)

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29 “Is not my word like fire,”(A) declares the Lord, “and like a hammer(B) that breaks a rock in pieces?

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12 Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.(A)

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12 For the word of God(A) is alive(B) and active.(C) Sharper than any double-edged sword,(D) it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.(E)

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14 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts:
Because you have spoken this word,
I am now making my words in your mouth a fire
    and this people wood, and the fire shall devour them.(A)

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14 Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty says:

“Because the people have spoken these words,
    I will make my words in your mouth(A) a fire(B)
    and these people the wood it consumes.(C)

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32 They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us[a] while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?”

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Footnotes

  1. 24.32 Other ancient authorities lack within us

32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us(A) while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures(B) to us?”

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If I say, “I will not mention him
    or speak any more in his name,”
then within me there is something like a burning fire
    shut up in my bones;
I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.(A)

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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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for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human,[a] but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments(A) and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.(B)

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  1. 10.4 Gk fleshly

The weapons we fight with(A) are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power(B) to demolish strongholds.(C) We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,(D) and we take captive every thought to make it obedient(E) to Christ.

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63 It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

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63 The Spirit gives life;(A) the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit[a] and life.

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  1. John 6:63 Or are Spirit; or are spirit

And if anyone wants to harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes; anyone who wants to harm them must be killed in this manner.(A)

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If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies.(A) This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.(B)

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Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.

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They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

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The First Converts

37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers,[a] what should we do?”(A)

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  1. 2.37 Gk Men, brothers

37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”(A)

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16 to the one group a fragrance from death[a] to death, to the other a fragrance from life[b] to life. Who is qualified for these things?(A)

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  1. 2.16 Other ancient authorities read fragrance of death that leads
  2. 2.16 Other ancient authorities read fragrance of life that leads

16 To the one we are an aroma that brings death;(A) to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?(B)

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