John 3:19
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19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.(A)
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John 8:12
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Jesus the Light of the World
12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”(A)
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John 9:39-41
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39 Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see may see and those who do see may become blind.”(A) 40 Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not blind, are we?”(B) 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.(C)
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2 Thessalonians 2:12
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12 so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.(A)
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Romans 1:32
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32 They know God’s decree, that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only do them but even applaud others who practice them.(A)
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Acts 24:21-26
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21 unless it was this one sentence that I called out while standing before them, ‘It is about the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’ ”(A)
22 But Felix, who was rather well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing with the comment, “When Lysias the tribune comes down, I will decide your case.” 23 Then he ordered the centurion to keep him in custody but to let him have some liberty and not to prevent any of his friends from taking care of his needs.(B)
Paul Held in Custody
24 Some days later when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak concerning faith in Christ Jesus. 25 And as he discussed justice, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for the present; when I have an opportunity, I will send for you.”(C) 26 At the same time he hoped that money would be given him by Paul, and for that reason he used to send for him very often and converse with him.
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John 15:22-25
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22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.(A) 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father also.(B) 24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.(C) 25 It was to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’(D)
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John 5:44
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44 How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?[a](A)
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- 5.44 Other manuscripts read the Only One
John 1:4
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4 in him was life,[a] and the life was the light of all people.(A)
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. . . through him. And without him not one thing came into being that has come into being. In him was life
2 Peter 3:3
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3 First of all you must understand this, that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and indulging their own lusts(A)
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John 1:9-11
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9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.[a](A)
10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, yet the world did not know him.(B) 11 He came to what was his own,[b] and his own people did not accept him.
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Luke 12:47
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47 That slave who knew what his master wanted but did not prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.(A)
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Luke 10:11-16
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11 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’[a](A) 12 I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town.(B)
Woes to Unrepentant Cities
13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.(C) 14 Indeed, at the judgment it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 15 And you, Capernaum,
will you be exalted to heaven?
No, you will be brought down to Hades.(D)
16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”(E)
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1 Peter 2:8
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8 and
“A stone that makes them stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.(A)
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Hebrews 3:12-13
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12 Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
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John 12:43
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43 for they loved human glory more than the glory that comes from God.
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John 10:26-27
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26 but you do not believe because you do not belong to my sheep.(A) 27 My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.(B)
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2 Corinthians 2:15-16
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15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing:(A) 16 to the one group a fragrance from death[a] to death, to the other a fragrance from life[b] to life. Who is qualified for these things?(B)
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Romans 2:8
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8 while for those who are self-seeking and who obey not the truth but injustice, there will be wrath and fury.(A)
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John 8:44-45
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44 You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.(A) 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.[a]
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John 7:17
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17 Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.(A)
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John 7:7
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7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil.(A)
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Luke 16:14
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The Law and the Kingdom of God
14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.(A)
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Matthew 11:20-24
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Woes to Unrepentant Cities
20 Then he began to reproach the cities in which most of his deeds of power had been done because they did not repent. 21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.(A) 22 But I tell you, on the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you.(B) 23 And you, Capernaum,
will you be exalted to heaven?
No, you will be brought down to Hades.
“For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.(C) 24 But I tell you that on the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom than for you.”(D)
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Isaiah 30:9-12
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9 For they are a rebellious people,
faithless children,
children who will not hear
the instruction of the Lord;(A)
10 who say to the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us smooth things;
prophesy illusions;(B)
11 leave the way; turn aside from the path;
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”(C)
12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel:
Because you reject this word
and put your trust in oppression and deceit
and rely on them,(D)
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