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for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.(A)

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For I gave them the words you gave me(A) and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you,(B) and they believed that you sent me.(C)

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14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.(A)

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14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them,(A) for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.(B)

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15 I do not call you servants[a] any longer, because the servant[b] does not know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.

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  1. 15.15 Gk slaves
  2. 15.15 Gk slave

15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.(A)

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30 Now we know that you know all things and do not need to have anyone question you; by this we believe that you came from God.”(A)

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30 Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe(A) that you came from God.”(B)

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27 for the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.[a](A)

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  1. 16.27 Other ancient authorities read the Father

27 No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me(A) and have believed that I came from God.(B)

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13 We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God’s word, which is also at work in you believers.(A)

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13 And we also thank God continually(A) because, when you received the word of God,(B) which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.

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14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world.

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14 And we have seen and testify(A) that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.(B)

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21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us,[a] so that the world may believe that you have sent me.(A)

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  1. 17.21 Other ancient authorities read be one in us

21 that all of them may be one,(A) Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.(B) May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.(C)

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42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God, and now I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me.(A)

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42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me,(A) for I have come here from God.(B) I have not come on my own;(C) God sent me.(D)

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68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life.

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68 Simon Peter answered him,(A) “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.(B)

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for gaining instruction in wise dealing,
    righteousness, justice, and equity;(A)

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for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,
    doing what is right and just and fair;

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A Life Pleasing to God

Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more.(A)

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Living to Please God

As for other matters, brothers and sisters,(A) we instructed you how to live(B) in order to please God,(C) as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.

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for surely[a] you have already heard of the commission of God’s grace that was given me for you and how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I wrote above in a few words,[b](A) a reading of which will enable you to perceive my understanding of the mystery of Christ.(B) In former generations this mystery[c] was not made known to humankind, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:(C) that is, the gentiles have become fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.(D)

Of this gospel I have become a servant according to the gift of God’s grace that was given me by the working of his power. Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ(E)

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  1. 3.2 Or if indeed
  2. 3.3 Or wrote before in brief
  3. 3.5 Gk it

Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me(A) for you, that is, the mystery(B) made known to me by revelation,(C) as I have already written briefly. In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight(D) into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.(E) This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs(F) together with Israel, members together of one body,(G) and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.(H)

I became a servant of this gospel(I) by the gift of God’s grace given me(J) through the working of his power.(K) Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people,(L) this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles(M) the boundless riches of Christ,(N)

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