14 (A)If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, (B)you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

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14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.(A)

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14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

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Submit to God, Resist the Devil

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, (A)all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for

(B)“God resists the proud,
But (C)gives grace to the humble.”

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In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves(A) to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility(B) toward one another, because,

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 5:5 Prov. 3:34

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

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Christ’s Example to Be Followed

Therefore, since Christ suffered [a]for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

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  1. 1 Peter 4:1 NU omits for us

Living for God

Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body,(A) arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin.(B)

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Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

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35 I have shown you in every way, (A)by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’

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35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’

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35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only (A)do not use liberty as an (B)opportunity for the flesh, but (C)through love serve one another.

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Life by the Spirit

13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.(A) But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a];(B) rather, serve one another(C) humbly in love.

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  1. Galatians 5:13 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.

13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

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26 (A)But not so among you; on the contrary, (B)he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs as he who serves. 27 (C)For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet (D)I am among you as the One who serves.

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26 But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest,(A) and the one who rules like the one who serves.(B) 27 For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.(C)

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26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.

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though He was a Son, yet He learned (A)obedience by the things which He suffered. And (B)having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,

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Son(A) though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered(B) and, once made perfect,(C) he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him

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Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

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(A)fulfill my joy (B)by being like-minded, having the same love, being of (C)one accord, of one mind. (D)Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but (E)in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. (F)Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of (G)others.

The Humbled and Exalted Christ

(H)Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, (I)being in the form of God, did not consider it [a]robbery to be equal with God, (J)but [b]made Himself of no reputation, taking the form (K)of a bondservant, and (L)coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and (M)became (N)obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

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  1. Philippians 2:6 Or something to be held onto to be equal
  2. Philippians 2:7 emptied Himself of His privileges

then make my joy complete(A) by being like-minded,(B) having the same love, being one(C) in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.(D) Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,(E) not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.(F)

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:(G)

Who, being in very nature[a] God,(H)
    did not consider equality with God(I) something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing(J)
    by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,(K)
    being made in human likeness.(L)
And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death(M)
        even death on a cross!(N)

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  1. Philippians 2:6 Or in the form of
  2. Philippians 2:7 Or the form

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

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Bear and Share Burdens

Brethren, if a man is [a]overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of (A)gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. (B)Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill (C)the law of Christ.

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  1. Galatians 6:1 caught

Doing Good to All

Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit(A) should restore(B) that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.(C)

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Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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