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Matthew 3:16-17
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Matthew 3:16-17
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Matthew 28:19
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Matthew 28:19
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19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,(A) baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,(B)
John 1:1
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John 1:1
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The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C)
John 17:5
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John 17:5
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Acts 5:3-4
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Acts 5:3-4
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3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan(A) has so filled your heart(B) that you have lied to the Holy Spirit(C) and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?(D) 4 Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal?(E) What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.”(F)
Romans 9:5
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Romans 9:5
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5 Theirs are the patriarchs,(A) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,(B) who is God over all,(C) forever praised Amen.
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- Romans 9:5 Or Messiah, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Messiah. God who is over all be forever praised!
Colossians 2:9
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Colossians 2:9
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9 For in Christ all the fullness(A) of the Deity lives in bodily form,
Jude 24-25
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Jude 24-25
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Doxology
24 To him who is able(A) to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence(B) without fault(C) and with great joy— 25 to the only God(D) our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore!(E) Amen.(F)
Psalm 45:6
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Psalm 45:6
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Romans 12:3-8
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Romans 12:3-8
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Humble Service in the Body of Christ
3 For by the grace given me(A) I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,(B) 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body,(C) and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts,(D) according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying,(E) then prophesy in accordance with your[a] faith;(F) 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach;(G) 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement;(H) if it is giving, then give generously;(I) if it is to lead,[b] do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.
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- Romans 12:6 Or the
- Romans 12:8 Or to provide for others
1 Corinthians 12-14
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1 Corinthians 12-14
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Concerning Spiritual Gifts
12 Now about the gifts of the Spirit,(A) brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.(B) 2 You know that when you were pagans,(C) somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.(D) 3 Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,”(E) and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,”(F) except by the Holy Spirit.(G)
4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit(H) distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone(I) it is the same God(J) at work.
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.(K) 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom,(L) to another a message of knowledge(M) by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith(N) by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing(O) by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers,(P) to another prophecy,(Q) to another distinguishing between spirits,(R) to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,[a](S) and to still another the interpretation of tongues.[b] 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit,(T) and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
Unity and Diversity in the Body
12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body,(U) so it is with Christ.(V) 13 For we were all baptized(W) by[c] one Spirit(X) so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free(Y)—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.(Z) 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.(AA)
15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed(AB) the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.(AC) 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.(AD)
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
27 Now you are the body of Christ,(AE) and each one of you is a part of it.(AF) 28 And God has placed in the church(AG) first of all apostles,(AH) second prophets,(AI) third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing,(AJ) of helping, of guidance,(AK) and of different kinds of tongues.(AL) 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues[d]?(AM) Do all interpret? 31 Now eagerly desire(AN) the greater gifts.
Love Is Indispensable
And yet I will show you the most excellent way.
13 If I speak in the tongues[e](AO) of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy(AP) and can fathom all mysteries(AQ) and all knowledge,(AR) and if I have a faith(AS) that can move mountains,(AT) but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor(AU) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[f](AV) but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient,(AW) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(AX) 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,(AY) it is not easily angered,(AZ) it keeps no record of wrongs.(BA) 6 Love does not delight in evil(BB) but rejoices with the truth.(BC) 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.(BD)
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies,(BE) they will cease; where there are tongues,(BF) they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part(BG) and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes,(BH) what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood(BI) behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;(BJ) then we shall see face to face.(BK) Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.(BL)
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.(BM) But the greatest of these is love.(BN)
Intelligibility in Worship
14 Follow the way of love(BO) and eagerly desire(BP) gifts of the Spirit,(BQ) especially prophecy.(BR) 2 For anyone who speaks in a tongue[g](BS) does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them;(BT) they utter mysteries(BU) by the Spirit. 3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening,(BV) encouraging(BW) and comfort. 4 Anyone who speaks in a tongue(BX) edifies(BY) themselves, but the one who prophesies(BZ) edifies the church. 5 I would like every one of you to speak in tongues,[h] but I would rather have you prophesy.(CA) The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues,[i] unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.(CB)
6 Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation(CC) or knowledge(CD) or prophecy or word of instruction?(CE) 7 Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes? 8 Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?(CF) 9 So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. 10 Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. 11 If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me.(CG) 12 So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit,(CH) try to excel in those that build up(CI) the church.
13 For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say.(CJ) 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays,(CK) but my mind is unfruitful. 15 So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit,(CL) but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing(CM) with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. 16 Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer,[j] say “Amen”(CN) to your thanksgiving,(CO) since they do not know what you are saying? 17 You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.(CP)
18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. 19 But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.(CQ)
20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children.(CR) In regard to evil be infants,(CS) but in your thinking be adults. 21 In the Law(CT) it is written:
“With other tongues
and through the lips of foreigners
I will speak to this people,
but even then they will not listen to me,(CU)
says the Lord.”[k]
22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy,(CV) however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. 23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind?(CW) 24 But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all, 25 as the secrets(CX) of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!”(CY)
Good Order in Worship
26 What then shall we say, brothers and sisters?(CZ) When you come together, each of you(DA) has a hymn,(DB) or a word of instruction,(DC) a revelation, a tongue(DD) or an interpretation.(DE) Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.(DF) 27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. 28 If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.
29 Two or three prophets(DG) should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.(DH) 30 And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. 31 For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. 32 The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets.(DI) 33 For God is not a God of disorder(DJ) but of peace(DK)—as in all the congregations(DL) of the Lord’s people.(DM)
34 Women[l] should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak,(DN) but must be in submission,(DO) as the law(DP) says. 35 If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.[m]
36 Or did the word of God(DQ) originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached? 37 If anyone thinks they are a prophet(DR) or otherwise gifted by the Spirit,(DS) let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command.(DT) 38 But if anyone ignores this, they will themselves be ignored.[n]
39 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager(DU) to prophesy,(DV) and do not forbid speaking in tongues. 40 But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly(DW) way.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 12:10 Or languages; also in verse 28
- 1 Corinthians 12:10 Or languages; also in verse 28
- 1 Corinthians 12:13 Or with; or in
- 1 Corinthians 12:30 Or other languages
- 1 Corinthians 13:1 Or languages
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 Some manuscripts body to the flames
- 1 Corinthians 14:2 Or in another language; also in verses 4, 13, 14, 19, 26 and 27
- 1 Corinthians 14:5 Or in other languages; also in verses 6, 18, 22, 23 and 39
- 1 Corinthians 14:5 Or in other languages; also in verses 6, 18, 22, 23 and 39
- 1 Corinthians 14:16 The Greek word for inquirer is a technical term for someone not fully initiated into a religion; also in verses 23 and 24.
- 1 Corinthians 14:21 Isaiah 28:11,12
- 1 Corinthians 14:34 Or peace. As in all the congregations of the Lord’s people, 34 women
- 1 Corinthians 14:35 In a few manuscripts these verses come after verse 40.
- 1 Corinthians 14:38 Some manuscripts But anyone who is ignorant of this will be ignorant
Ephesians 4:1-16
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Ephesians 4:1-16
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Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ
4 As a prisoner(A) for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy(B) of the calling(C) you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another(D) in love.(E) 3 Make every effort to keep the unity(F) of the Spirit through the bond of peace.(G) 4 There is one body(H) and one Spirit,(I) just as you were called to one hope when you were called(J); 5 one Lord,(K) one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all,(L) who is over all and through all and in all.(M)
7 But to each one of us(N) grace(O) has been given(P) as Christ apportioned it. 8 This is why it[a] says:
9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[c]? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended(S) higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)(T) 11 So Christ himself gave(U) the apostles,(V) the prophets,(W) the evangelists,(X) the pastors and teachers,(Y) 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ(Z) may be built up(AA) 13 until we all reach unity(AB) in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God(AC) and become mature,(AD) attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.(AE)
14 Then we will no longer be infants,(AF) tossed back and forth by the waves,(AG) and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.(AH) 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love,(AI) we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head,(AJ) that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows(AK) and builds itself up(AL) in love,(AM) as each part does its work.
Footnotes
- Ephesians 4:8 Or God
- Ephesians 4:8 Psalm 68:18
- Ephesians 4:9 Or the depths of the earth
Galatians 5:22
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Galatians 5:22
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22 But the fruit(A) of the Spirit is love,(B) joy, peace,(C) forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
John 16:8-11
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John 16:8-11
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8 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 about sin,(A) because people do not believe in me; 10 about righteousness,(B) because I am going to the Father,(C) where you can see me no longer; 11 and about judgment, because the prince of this world(D) now stands condemned.
Romans 8:16-27
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Romans 8:16-27
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16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit(A) that we are God’s children.(B) 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs(C)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings(D) in order that we may also share in his glory.(E)
Present Suffering and Future Glory
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.(F) 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God(G) to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,(H) in hope 21 that[a] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay(I) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.(J)
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning(K) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,(L) groan(M) inwardly as we wait eagerly(N) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.(O) 24 For in this hope we were saved.(P) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.(Q) Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.(R)
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit(S) himself intercedes for us(T) through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts(U) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes(V) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
Footnotes
- Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. 21 For
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