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21 Beware! Do not turn to iniquity;
    because of that you have been tried by affliction.(A)

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21 Beware of turning to evil,(A)
    which you seem to prefer to affliction.(B)

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18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened.(A)

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18 If I had cherished sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened;(A)

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25 choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

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25 He chose to be mistreated(A) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

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17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if suffering should be God’s will, than to suffer for doing evil.

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17 For it is better, if it is God’s will,(A) to suffer for doing good(B) than for doing evil.

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15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, a criminal, or even as a mischief maker.[a](A) 16 Yet if any of you suffers as a Christian, do not consider it a disgrace, but glorify God because you bear this name.[b]

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  1. 4.15 Meaning of Gk uncertain
  2. 4.16 Other ancient authorities read in this respect

15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. 16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.(A)

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40 and when they had called in the apostles, they had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and let them go.(A) 41 As they left the council, they rejoiced that they were considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.(B)

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40 His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged.(A) Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing(B) because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.(C)

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The Cross and Self-Denial

24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.(A)

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24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.(A)

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21 yet such a person has no root but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away.[a](A)

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  1. 13.21 Or stumbles

21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.(A)

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29 If your right eye causes you to sin,[a] tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.[b](A) 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin,[c] cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to go into hell.[d]

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  1. 5.29 Or stumble
  2. 5.29 Gk Gehenna
  3. 5.30 Or stumble
  4. 5.30 Gk Gehenna

29 If your right eye causes you to stumble,(A) gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble,(B) cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

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Daniel in the Lions’ Den

10 Although Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he continued to go to his house, which had windows in its upper room open toward Jerusalem, and to get down on his knees three times a day to pray to his God and praise him, just as he had done previously.(A)

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10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward(A) Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees(B) and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.(C)

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16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to present a defense to you in this matter. 17 If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire and out of your hand, O king, let him deliver us.[a] 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden statue that you have set up.”

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  1. 3.17 Or If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, he will deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire and out of your hand, O king.

16 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego(A) replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver(B) us from it, and he will deliver(C) us[a] from Your Majesty’s hand. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.(D)

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  1. Daniel 3:17 Or If the God we serve is able to deliver us, then he will deliver us from the blazing furnace and

Therefore speak to them, and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Any of those of the house of Israel who take their idols into their hearts and place their iniquity as a stumbling block before them and yet come to the prophet, I the Lord will answer those who come with the multitude of their idols,

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Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When any of the Israelites set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block before their faces and then go to a prophet, I the Lord will answer them myself in keeping with their great idolatry.

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If you ask, ‘What advantage have I?
    How am I better off than if I had sinned?’(A)

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Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me,[a]
    and what do I gain by not sinning?’(A)

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  1. Job 35:3 Or you