23 (A)Can the Ethiopian change his skin
    or (B)the leopard his spots?
Then also you can do good
    who are accustomed to do evil.

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23 Can an Ethiopian[a] change his skin
    or a leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
    who are accustomed to doing evil.(A)

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  1. Jeremiah 13:23 Hebrew Cushite (probably a person from the upper Nile region)

44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me (A)draws him. And (B)I will raise him up on the last day.

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44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,(A) and I will raise them up at the last day.

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65 And he said, “This is why I told you (A)that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

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65 He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”(A)

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16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion,[a] but on God, who has mercy.

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  1. Romans 9:16 Greek not of him who wills or runs

16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.(A)

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14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are (A)folly to him, and (B)he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

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14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(A) but considers them foolishness,(B) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

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Stand Firm

13 But (A)we ought always to give thanks to God for you, (B)brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you (C)as the firstfruits[a] (D)to be saved, (E)through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14 To this he called you through (F)our gospel, (G)so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts chose you from the beginning

Stand Firm

13 But we ought always to thank God for you,(A) brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits[a](B) to be saved(C) through the sanctifying work of the Spirit(D) and through belief in the truth. 14 He called you(E) to this through our gospel,(F) that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts because from the beginning God chose you

(A)who saved us and (B)called us to[a] a holy calling, (C)not because of our works but because of (D)his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus (E)before the ages began,[b] 10 and which now has (F)been manifested through (G)the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, (H)who abolished death and (I)brought life and (J)immortality to light through the gospel,

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  1. 2 Timothy 1:9 Or with
  2. 2 Timothy 1:9 Greek before times eternal

He has saved(A) us and called(B) us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done(C) but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, 10 but it has now been revealed(D) through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus,(E) who has destroyed death(F) and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

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