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19 It is these worldly people, devoid of the Spirit, who are causing divisions.

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19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.(A)

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14 Those who are unspiritual[a] do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.(A)

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  1. 2.14 Or natural

14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(A) but considers them foolishness,(B) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

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But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit,[a] since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.(A)

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  1. 8.9 Or spirit

You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh(A) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.(B) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,(C) they do not belong to Christ.

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15 This is not wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.(A)

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15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven(A) but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.(B)

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25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.(A)

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25 not giving up meeting together,(A) as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another(B)—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.(C)

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10 Like grapes in the wilderness,
    I found Israel.
Like the first fruit on the fig tree,
    in its first season,
    I saw your ancestors.
But they came to Baal-peor
    and consecrated themselves to a thing of shame
    and became detestable like the thing they loved.(A)

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10 “When I found Israel,
    it was like finding grapes in the desert;
when I saw your ancestors,
    it was like seeing the early fruit(A) on the fig(B) tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,(C)
    they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol(D)
    and became as vile as the thing they loved.

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18 The one who lives alone is self-indulgent,
    showing contempt for all sound judgment.[a]

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  1. 18.1 Meaning of Heb uncertain

18 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends
    and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.

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Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.(A) What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.(A) Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.(B)

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  1. John 3:6 Or but spirit

14 I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves
    nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery,
for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes
    and sacrifice with female attendants;
thus a people without understanding comes to ruin.(A)

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14 “I will not punish your daughters
    when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
    when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlots(A)
    and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes(B)
    a people without understanding(C) will come to ruin!(D)

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For any of those of the house of Israel or of the aliens who reside in Israel who separate themselves from me, taking their idols into their hearts and placing their iniquity as a stumbling block before them and yet come to a prophet to inquire of me by him, I the Lord will answer them myself.(A)

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“‘When any of the Israelites or any foreigner(A) residing in Israel separate themselves from me and set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block(B) before their faces and then go to a prophet to inquire(C) of me, I the Lord will answer them myself.

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19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple[a] of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?(A)

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  1. 6.19 Or sanctuary

19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples(A) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;(B)

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who say, “Keep to yourself;
    do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
These are a smoke in my nostrils,
    a fire that burns all day long.(A)

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who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me,
    for I am too sacred(A) for you!’
Such people are smoke(B) in my nostrils,
    a fire that keeps burning all day.

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