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63 It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

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63 The Spirit gives life;(A) the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit[a] and life.

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  1. John 6:63 Or are Spirit; or are spirit

25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.

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25 Since we live by the Spirit,(A) let us keep in step with the Spirit.

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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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12 Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.(A)

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12 For the word of God(A) is alive(B) and active.(C) Sharper than any double-edged sword,(D) it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.(E)

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93 I will never forget your precepts,
    for by them you have given me life.(A)

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93 I will never forget(A) your precepts,
    for by them you have preserved my life.(B)

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23 You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.[a](A)

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  1. 1.23 Or through the word of the living and enduring God

23 For you have been born again,(A) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,(B) through the living and enduring word of God.(C)

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130 The unfolding of your words gives light;
    it imparts understanding to the simple.(A)

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130 The unfolding of your words gives light;(A)
    it gives understanding to the simple.(B)

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50 This is my comfort in my distress,
    that your promise gives me life.(A)

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50 My comfort in my suffering is this:
    Your promise preserves my life.(A)

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47 This is no trifling matter for you but rather your very life; through it you may live long in the land that you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.”(A)

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47 They are not just idle words for you—they are your life.(A) By them you will live long(B) in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

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17 So faith[a] comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.[b]

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  1. 10.17 Or trust
  2. 10.17 Or about Christ; other ancient authorities read of God

17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message,(A) and the message is heard through the word about Christ.(B)

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45 Thus it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.(A)

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45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”[a];(A) the last Adam,(B) a life-giving spirit.(C)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen. 2:7

who has made us qualified to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(A)

Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stone tablets,[a] came in glory so that the people of Israel could not gaze at Moses’s face because of the glory of his face, a glory now set aside,(B) how much more will the ministry of the Spirit come in glory?

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  1. 3.7 Gk on stones

He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant(A)—not of the letter(B) but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(C)

The Greater Glory of the New Covenant

Now if the ministry that brought death,(D) which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory,(E) transitory though it was, will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

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But what does it say?

“The word is near you,
    in your mouth and in your heart”

(that is, the word of faith that we proclaim),(A) because[a] if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe[b] in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.(B) 10 For one believes[c] with the heart, leading to righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, leading to salvation.

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  1. 10.9 Or namely, that
  2. 10.9 Or trust
  3. 10.10 Or trusts

But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”[a](A) that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: If you declare(B) with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”(C) and believe(D) in your heart that God raised him from the dead,(E) you will be saved.(F) 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

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  1. Romans 10:8 Deut. 30:14