In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.

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Then, the fifth time, Sanballat(A) sent his aide to me with the same message, and in his hand was an unsealed letter

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10 and with all wicked deception for (A)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

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10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(A) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(B)

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11 (A)Put on (B)the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against (C)the schemes of the devil.

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11 Put on the full armor of God,(A) so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.

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13 For such men are (A)false apostles, (B)deceitful workmen, (C)disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as (D)an angel of light. 15 So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as (E)servants of righteousness. (F)Their end will correspond to their deeds.

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13 For such people are false apostles,(A) deceitful(B) workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.(C) 14 And no wonder, for Satan(D) himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.(E)

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11 so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for (A)we are not ignorant of his designs.

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11 in order that Satan(A) might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.(B)

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26 Then (A)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and (B)Shebnah, and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in (C)Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall.” 27 But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and to drink their own urine?”

28 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!

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26 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the field commander, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic,(A) since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

27 But the commander replied, “Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the people sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?”

28 Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!

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