10 So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are (A)unworthy servants;[a] we have only done what was our duty.’”

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  1. Luke 17:10 Or bondservants

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)

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16 For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For (A)necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with (B)a stewardship.

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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)

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(A)“Can a man be profitable to God?
    Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right,
    or is it gain to him if you (B)make your ways blameless?

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“Can a man be of benefit to God?(A)
    Can even a wise person benefit him?(B)
What pleasure(C) would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?(D)
    What would he gain if your ways were blameless?(E)

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Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. (A)Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for (B)“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

(C)Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

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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,

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[a](C)

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.(D)

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  1. 1 Peter 5:5 Prov. 3:34

For (A)I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because (B)I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, (C)I worked harder than any of them, (D)though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

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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)

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If you have sinned, (A)what do you accomplish against him?
    And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
(B)If you are righteous, what do you give to him?
    Or what does he receive from your hand?

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If you sin, how does that affect him?
    If your sins are many, what does that do to him?(A)
If you are righteous, what do you give to him,(B)
    or what does he receive(C) from your hand?(D)

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35 “Or (A)who has given a gift to him
    that he might be repaid?”

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35 “Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 11:35 Job 41:11

(A)We have all become like one who is unclean,
    and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
(B)We all fade like a leaf,
    and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

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All of us have become like one who is unclean,(A)
    and all our righteous(B) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,(C)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.(D)

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(A)All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
    but the Lord (B)weighs the spirit.[a]
(C)Commit your work to the Lord,
    and your plans will be established.

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  1. Proverbs 16:2 Or spirits

All a person’s ways seem pure to them,(A)
    but motives are weighed(B) by the Lord.(C)

Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
    and he will establish your plans.(D)

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12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
    no one does good,
    not even one.”

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12 All have turned away,
    they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
    not even one.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 3:12 Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 7:20

14 “But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. 15 (A)For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are (B)like a shadow, and there is no abiding.[a] 16 O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 29:15 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew hope, or prospect

14 “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this?(A) Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.(B) 15 We are foreigners and strangers(C) in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow,(D) without hope. 16 Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you.

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Indeed, I count everything as loss because of (A)the surpassing worth of (B)knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I (C)have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having (D)a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but (E)that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—

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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) 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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  1. Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of

37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And (A)the King will answer them, (B)‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these (C)my brothers,[a] you did it to me.’

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  1. Matthew 25:40 Or brothers and sisters

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’(A)

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