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Luke 17:10
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Luke 17:10
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10 In the same way, when you obey me you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.’”
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Luke 17:10
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Luke 17:10
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10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”(A)
1 Corinthians 9:16-17
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1 Corinthians 9:16-17
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16 Yet preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn’t preach the Good News!
17 If I were doing this on my own initiative, I would deserve payment. But I have no choice, for God has given me this sacred trust.
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1 Corinthians 9:16-17
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1 Corinthians 9:16-17
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16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach.(A) Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward;(B) if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.(C)
1 Peter 5:5-6
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1 Peter 5:5-6
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5 In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”[a]
6 So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.
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1 Peter 5:5-6
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1 Peter 5:5-6
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5 In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves(A) to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility(B) toward one another, because,
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.(D)
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- 1 Peter 5:5 Prov. 3:34
Job 22:2-3
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Job 22:2-3
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2 “Can a person do anything to help God?
Can even a wise person be helpful to him?
3 Is it any advantage to the Almighty if you are righteous?
Would it be any gain to him if you were perfect?
1 Corinthians 15:9-10
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1 Corinthians 15:9-10
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9 For I am the least of all the apostles. In fact, I’m not even worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted God’s church.
10 But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.
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1 Corinthians 15:9-10
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1 Corinthians 15:9-10
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9 For I am the least of the apostles(A) and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted(B) the church of God.(C) 10 But by the grace(D) of God I am what I am, and his grace to me(E) was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them(F)—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.(G)
Romans 11:35
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Romans 11:35
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35 And who has given him so much
that he needs to pay it back?[a]
Romans 11:35
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Romans 11:35
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- Romans 11:35 Job 41:11
Romans 3:12
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Romans 3:12
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12 All have turned away;
all have become useless.
No one does good,
not a single one.”[a]
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- 3:10-12 Pss 14:1-3; 53:1-3 (Greek version).
Romans 3:12
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Romans 3:12
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Isaiah 64:6
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Isaiah 64:6
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6 We are all infected and impure with sin.
When we display our righteous deeds,
they are nothing but filthy rags.
Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall,
and our sins sweep us away like the wind.
Isaiah 64:6
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Isaiah 64:6
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Job 35:6-7
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Job 35:6-7
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6 If you sin, how does that affect God?
Even if you sin again and again,
what effect will it have on him?
7 If you are good, is this some great gift to him?
What could you possibly give him?
Job 35:6-7
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Job 35:6-7
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Philippians 3:8-9
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Philippians 3:8-9
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8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ 9 and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ.[a] For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith.
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- 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of Christ.
Philippians 3:8-9
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Philippians 3:8-9
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8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing(A) Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ(B) 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,(C) but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness(D) that comes from God on the basis of faith.(E)
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- Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of
Matthew 25:30
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Matthew 25:30
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30 Now throw this useless servant into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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Matthew 25:30
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Matthew 25:30
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30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’(A)
Isaiah 6:5
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Isaiah 6:5
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5 Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”
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Proverbs 16:2-3
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Proverbs 16:2-3
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2 People may be pure in their own eyes,
but the Lord examines their motives.
3 Commit your actions to the Lord,
and your plans will succeed.
Proverbs 16:2-3
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Proverbs 16:2-3
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3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.(D)
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