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30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

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30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”(A)

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For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,(A)

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In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.(A) And his commands are not burdensome,(B)

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33 I have said this to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution, but take courage: I have conquered the world!”(A)

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33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.(A) In this world you will have trouble.(B) But take heart! I have overcome(C) the world.”

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13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.(A)

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13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.(A)

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but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power[a] is made perfect in weakness.” So I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.(A) 10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 12.9 Other ancient authorities read my power

But he said to me, “My grace(A) is sufficient for you, for my power(B) is made perfect in weakness.(C)(D) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight(E) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(F) in persecutions,(G) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(H)

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For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.(A)

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Freedom in Christ

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.(A) Stand firm,(B) then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.(C)

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He has told you, O mortal, what is good,
    and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice and to love kindness
    and to walk humbly with your God?(A)

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He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly(A) and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly[a](B) with your God.(C)

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  1. Micah 6:8 Or prudently

18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law.(A)

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18 But if you are led by the Spirit,(A) you are not under the law.(B)

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who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ.(A)

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who comforts us(A) in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ,(B) so also our comfort abounds through Christ.

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10 Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?(A)

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10 Now then, why do you try to test God(A) by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke(B) that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear?

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17 For our slight, momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,(A)

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17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.(A)

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28 For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose on you no further burden than these essentials:

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28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit(A) and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements:

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17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
    and all her paths are peace.(A)

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17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
    and all her paths are peace.(A)

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