When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

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16 And (A)I have other sheep that are not of this fold. (B)I must bring them also, and (C)they will listen to my voice. So there will be (D)one flock, (E)one shepherd.

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30 The Lord your God who goes before you (A)will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

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26 If anyone serves me, he must (A)follow me; and (B)where I am, there will my servant be also. (C)If anyone serves me, (D)the Father will honor him.

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37 Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, (A)“You say that I am a king. (B)For this purpose I was born and for this purpose (C)I have come into the world—(D)to bear witness to the truth. (E)Everyone who is (F)of the truth (G)listens to my voice.”

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21 For (A)to this you have been called, (B)because Christ also suffered for you, (C)leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

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20 where Jesus has gone (A)as a forerunner on our behalf, (B)having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

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(A)Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] (B)who, though he was in (C)the form of God, did not count equality with God (D)a thing to be grasped,[b] but (E)emptied himself, by taking the form of a (F)servant,[c] (G)being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by (H)becoming obedient to the point of death, (I)even death on a cross. (J)Therefore (K)God has (L)highly exalted him and bestowed on him (M)the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus (N)every knee should bow, (O)in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and (P)every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is (Q)Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:5 Or which was also in Christ Jesus
  2. Philippians 2:6 Or a thing to be held on to for advantage
  3. Philippians 2:7 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

11 (A)Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

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In (A)my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that (B)I go to prepare a place for you?[a] And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you (C)to myself, that (D)where I am you may be also.

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Footnotes

  1. John 14:2 Or In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you

All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

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29 (A)The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. (B)The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, (C)rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

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Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him (A)deny himself and (B)take up his cross and follow me.

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12 I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob;
    (A)I will gather (B)the remnant of Israel;
I will set them together
    like sheep in a fold,
(C)like a flock in its pasture,
    a noisy multitude of men.
13 (D)He who opens the breach goes up before them;
    they break through and pass the gate,
    (E)going out by it.
Their king passes on before them,
    (F)the Lord at their head.

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looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, (A)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising (B)the shame, and (C)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Walk in Love

(A)Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

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15 For I have given you an example, (A)that you also should do just as I have done to you.

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Stewards of God's Grace

Since therefore (A)Christ suffered in the flesh,[a] (B)arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for (C)whoever has suffered in the flesh (D)has ceased from sin,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 4:1 Some manuscripts add for us; some for you

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