John 15:13
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13 No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life(A) for his friends.
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John 15:13
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13 No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends.
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Proverbs 18:24
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Footnotes
- 18:24 Some LXX mss, Syr, Tg, Vg read friends must be friendly
Proverbs 18:24
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24 The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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Proverbs 13:20
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20 The one who walks with the wise will become wise,
but a companion of fools will suffer harm.
Proverbs 13:20
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20 He who walks [as a companion] with wise men is wise, but he who associates with [self-confident] fools is [a fool himself and] shall smart for it.(A)
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1 Corinthians 15:33
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33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
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1 Corinthians 15:33
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33 Do not be so deceived and misled! Evil companionships (communion, associations) corrupt and deprave good manners and morals and character.
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James 3:17
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17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without pretense.(A)
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James 3:17
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17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure (undefiled); then it is peace-loving, courteous (considerate, gentle). [It is willing to] yield to reason, full of compassion and good fruits; it is wholehearted and straightforward, impartial and unfeigned (free from doubts, wavering, and insincerity).
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1 John 5:14-15
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Effective Prayer
14 This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask(A) anything according to his will, he hears us.(B) 15 And if we know that he hears whatever we ask,(C) we know that we have what we have asked of him.(D)
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1 John 5:14-15
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14 And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us.
15 And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him.
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