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18 But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth.[a]
    Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin.

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  1. 36:18 Or But don’t let your anger lead you to mockery.

18 Be careful that no one entices you by riches;
    do not let a large bribe(A) turn you aside.(B)

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God’s Anger at Sin

18 But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.[a]

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  1. 1:18 Or who, by their wickedness, prevent the truth from being known.

God’s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity

18 The wrath of God(A) is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,

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24 he will be gracious and say,
‘Rescue him from the grave,
    for I have found a ransom for his life.’

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24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;(A)
    I have found a ransom for them(B)

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Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.

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Let no one deceive you(A) with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath(B) comes on those who are disobedient.(C)

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He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone.

This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time.

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who gave himself as a ransom(A) for all people. This has now been witnessed to(B) at the proper time.(C)

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But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

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But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath(A), when his righteous judgment(B) will be revealed.

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But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize,[a] he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee the coming wrath?

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  1. 3:7 Or coming to be baptized.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers!(A) Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(B)

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You struck the people with endless blows of rage
    and held the nations in your angry grip
    with unrelenting tyranny.

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which in anger struck down peoples(A)
    with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued(B) nations
    with relentless aggression.(C)

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The Lord stands at your right hand to protect you.
    He will strike down many kings when his anger erupts.

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The Lord is at your right hand[a];(A)
    he will crush kings(B) on the day of his wrath.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 110:5 Or My lord is at your right hand, Lord

Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death[a]
    by paying a ransom to God.
Redemption does not come so easily,
    for no one can ever pay enough

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  1. 49:7 Some Hebrew manuscripts read no one can redeem the life of another.

No one can redeem the life of another
    or give to God a ransom for them—
the ransom(A) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—(B)

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10 But please stop striking me!
    I am exhausted by the blows from your hand.

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10 Remove your scourge from me;
    I am overcome by the blow(A) of your hand.(B)

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12 Submit to God’s royal son,[a] or he will become angry,
    and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—
for his anger flares up in an instant.
    But what joy for all who take refuge in him!

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Footnotes

  1. 2:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

12 Kiss his son,(A) or he will be angry
    and your way will lead to your destruction,
for his wrath(B) can flare up in a moment.
    Blessed(C) are all who take refuge(D) in him.

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Then in anger he rebukes them,
    terrifying them with his fierce fury.

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He rebukes them in his anger(A)
    and terrifies them in his wrath,(B) saying,

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