Far be it from me
That I should say you are right;
Till I die (A)I will not put away my integrity from me.

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I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.(A)

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Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? [a]Curse God and die!”

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  1. Job 2:9 Lit. Bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5

His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity?(A) Curse God and die!”(B)

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15 (A)Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
(B)Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.

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15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope(A) in him;(B)
    I will surely[a] defend my ways to his face.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:15 Or He will surely slay me; I have no hope — / yet I will

No Return to the Law

11 (A)Now when [a]Peter had come to Antioch, I [b]withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:11 NU Cephas
  2. Galatians 2:11 opposed

Paul Opposes Cephas

11 When Cephas(A) came to Antioch,(B) I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

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15 (A)He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.

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15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent(A)
    the Lord detests them both.(B)

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And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

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Epilogue

After the Lord had said these things to Job(A), he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends,(B) because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.(C)

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Also against his three friends his wrath was aroused, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

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He was also angry with the three friends,(A) because they had found no way to refute Job,(B) and yet had condemned him.[a](C)

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  1. Job 32:3 Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition Job, and so had condemned God

14 (A)I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.

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14 I put on righteousness(A) as my clothing;
    justice was my robe and my turban.(B)

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Laws of Social Responsibility

25 “If there is a (A)dispute between men, and they come to [a]court, that the judges may judge them, and they (B)justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,

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  1. Deuteronomy 25:1 Lit. the judgment

25 When people have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges(A) will decide the case,(B) acquitting(C) the innocent and condemning the guilty.(D)

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Paul’s Sincerity

12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in [a]simplicity and (A)godly sincerity, (B)not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:12 The opposite of duplicity

Paul’s Change of Plans

12 Now this is our boast: Our conscience(A) testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity[a](B) and godly sincerity.(C) We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom(D) but on God’s grace.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:12 Many manuscripts holiness