13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it (A)with joy. But these have no root; they (B)believe for a while, and in time of testing (C)fall away.

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13 Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.(A)

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35 He was a burning and (A)shining lamp, and (B)you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

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35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light,(A) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

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What shall I do with you, (A)O (B)Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O (C)Judah?
Your love is (D)like a morning cloud,
    (E)like the dew that goes early away.

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“What can I do with you, Ephraim?(A)
    What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears.(B)

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32 And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and (A)plays[a] well on an instrument, for (B)they hear what you say, but they will not do it.

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  1. Ezekiel 33:32 Hebrew like the singing of lustful songs with a beautiful voice and one who plays

32 Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs(A) with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.(B)

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12 Whoever is wicked covets (A)the spoil of evildoers,
    but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

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12 The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,
    but the root of the righteous endures.

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12 These are hidden reefs[a] (A)at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, (B)shepherds feeding themselves; (C)waterless clouds, (D)swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, (E)uprooted;

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  1. Jude 1:12 Or are blemishes

12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts,(A) eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves.(B) They are clouds without rain,(C) blown along by the wind;(D) autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted(E)—twice dead.

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22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The (A)dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

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22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”[a](A) and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

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  1. 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11

20 For if, (A)after they have escaped the defilements of the world (B)through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, (C)the last state has become worse for them than the first.

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20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing(A) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(B) and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.(C)

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26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

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26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.(A)

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39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

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18 who have swerved from the truth, (A)saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some. 19 But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: (B)“The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone (C)who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”

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18 who have departed from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place,(A) and they destroy the faith of some.(B) 19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm,(C) sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,”(D) and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord(E) must turn away from wickedness.”

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(A)Yet they seek me daily
    and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
    and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
    they delight to draw near to God.

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For day after day they seek(A) me out;
    they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right
    and has not forsaken(B) the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions
    and seem eager for God to come near(C) them.

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19 (A)holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have (B)made shipwreck of their faith,

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19 holding on to faith and a good conscience,(A) which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.(B)

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