17 If you know these things, (A)blessed are you if you do them.

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17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.(A)

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28 But he said, (A)“Blessed rather are those (B)who hear the word of God and (C)keep it!”

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28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God(A) and obey it.”(B)

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17 (A)So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

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17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.(A)

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25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, (A)the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, (B)he will be blessed in his doing.

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25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,(A) and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.(B)

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Build Your House on the Rock

24 (A)“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like (B)a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

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The Wise and Foolish Builders(A)

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice(B) is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

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27 (A)And I will put my Spirit within you, (B)and cause you to walk in my statutes and (C)be careful to obey my rules.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:27 Or my just decrees

27 And I will put my Spirit(A) in you and move you to follow my decrees(B) and be careful to keep my laws.(C)

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14 Blessed are those who (A)wash their robes,[a] so that they may have the right to (B)the tree of life and that (C)they may enter the city by the gates.

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  1. Revelation 22:14 Some manuscripts do his commandments

14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes,(A) that they may have the right to the tree of life(B) and may go through the gates(C) into the city.(D)

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47 (A)And that servant who (B)knew his master's will but (C)did not get ready (D)or act according to his will, will receive a (E)severe beating. 48 (F)But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, (G)will receive a light beating. (H)Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

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47 “The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.(A) 48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows.(B) From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

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11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
    (A)in keeping them there is great reward.

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11 By them your servant is warned;
    in keeping them there is great reward.

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16 This Moses did; according to all that the Lord commanded him, so he did.

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16 Moses did everything just as the Lord commanded(A) him.

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20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? 21 (A)Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that (B)faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed (C)by his works; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, (D)“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a (E)friend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

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20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless[a]?(A) 21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?(B) 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together,(C) and his faith was made complete by what he did.(D) 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[b](E) and he was called God’s friend.(F) 24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

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  1. James 2:20 Some early manuscripts dead
  2. James 2:23 Gen. 15:6

By faith (A)Noah, being warned by God concerning (B)events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of (C)the righteousness that comes by faith.

By faith (D)Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place (E)that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

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By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,(A) in holy fear built an ark(B) to save his family.(C) By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.(D)

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,(E) obeyed and went,(F) even though he did not know where he was going.

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For in Christ Jesus (A)neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but (B)only faith working through love.

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For in Christ Jesus(A) neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.(B) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.(C)

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