Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.(A)

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Remain in me, as I also remain in you.(A) No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

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God’s Children

28 So now, little children, remain in him so that when he appears(A) we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.(B)

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God’s Children and Sin

28 And now, dear children,(A) continue in him, so that when he appears(B) we may be confident(C) and unashamed before him at his coming.(D)

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22 And he subjected everything under his feet[a](A) and appointed him[b] as head(B) over everything for the church,

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  1. 1:22 Ps 8:6
  2. 1:22 Lit gave him

22 And God placed all things under his feet(A) and appointed him to be head(B) over everything for the church,

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23 which is his body,(A) the fullness(B) of the one who fills all things(C) in every way.

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23 which is his body,(A) the fullness of him(B) who fills everything in every way.(C)

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15 Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body?(A) So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not!

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15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?(A) Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

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17 Therefore, dear friends, since you know this in advance, be on your guard,(A) so that you are not led away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own stable position.

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17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard(A) so that you may not be carried away by the error(B) of the lawless(C) and fall from your secure position.(D)

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48 But if that wicked servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed,’ 49 and starts to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with drunkards,(A) 50 that servant’s master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.(A) 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.(B)

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Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy[a] comes first and the man of lawlessness[b] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.

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  1. 2:3 Or rebellion
  2. 2:3 Other mss read man of sin

Don’t let anyone deceive you(A) in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion(B) occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed,(C) the man doomed to destruction.

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Some manuscripts sin

He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god(A) or object of worship,(B) so that he sits[a] in God’s temple, proclaiming that he himself is God.

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  1. 2:4 Other mss add as God

He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God(A) or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.(B)

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25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie,(A) and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever.(B) Amen.

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25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie,(A) and worshiped and served created things(B) rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.(C) Amen.(D)

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13 And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea.(A) It had ten horns and seven heads. On its horns were ten crowns,[a](B) and on its heads were blasphemous names.[b](C)

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  1. 13:1 Or diadems
  2. 13:1 Other mss read heads was a blasphemous name

The Beast out of the Sea

13 The dragon[a] stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea.(A) It had ten horns and seven heads,(B) with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.(C)

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  1. Revelation 13:1 Some manuscripts And I

The beast I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth.(A) The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority.

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The beast I saw resembled a leopard,(A) but had feet like those of a bear(B) and a mouth like that of a lion.(C) The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.(D)

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The Beast from the Earth

11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb,[a](A) but it spoke like a dragon.

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  1. 13:11 Or ram

The Beast out of the Earth

11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth.(A) It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.(B)

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