(A)Have this attitude [a]in yourselves which was also in (B)Christ Jesus,

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  1. Philippians 2:5 Or among

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:(A)

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Dedicated Service

12 Therefore (A)I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to (B)present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, [a]acceptable to God, which is your [b]spiritual service of worship. And do not (C)be conformed to (D)this [c]world, but be transformed by the (E)renewing of your mind, so that you may [d](F)prove what the will of God is, that which is good and [e]acceptable and perfect.

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  1. Romans 12:1 Or pleasing
  2. Romans 12:1 I.e., in contrast to offering a literal sacrifice
  3. Romans 12:2 Or age
  4. Romans 12:2 Or discover
  5. Romans 12:2 Or pleasing

A Living Sacrifice

12 Therefore, I urge you,(A) brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,(B) holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform(C) to the pattern of this world,(D) but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.(E) Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is(F)—his good, pleasing(G) and perfect will.

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The Holy Spirit

16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another [a](A)Helper, so that He may be with you forever; 17 the Helper is (B)the Spirit of truth, (C)whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He remains with you and will be in you.

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; (D)I am coming to you. 19 [b](E)After a little while, (F)the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; (G)because I live, you also will live. 20 (H)On that day you will know that (I)I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you. 21 (J)The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and (K)the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will (L)reveal Myself to him.” 22 (M)Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what has happened (N)that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered and said to him, (O)If anyone loves Me, he will (P)follow My word; and (Q)My Father will love him, and We (R)will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. 24 The one who does not love Me (S)does not follow My words; and (T)the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

25 “These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you. 26 But the (U)Helper, the Holy Spirit (V)whom the Father will send in My name, (W)He will teach you all things, and (X)remind you of all that I said to you.

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  1. John 14:16 Or Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor
  2. John 14:19 Lit Yet a little and the world

16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate(A) to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth.(B) The world cannot accept him,(C) because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[a] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans;(D) I will come to you.(E) 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me.(F) Because I live, you also will live.(G) 20 On that day(H) you will realize that I am in my Father,(I) and you are in me, and I am in you.(J) 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.(K) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,(L) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

22 Then Judas(M) (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”(N)

23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.(O) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(P) 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.(Q)

25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate,(R) the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,(S) will teach you all things(T) and will remind you of everything I have said to you.(U)

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  1. John 14:17 Some early manuscripts and is

15 Be diligent to (A)present yourself approved to God as a worker who [a]does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling (B)the word of truth.

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  1. 2 Timothy 2:15 Or has no reason to

15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.(A)

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(A)He saved us, (B)not on the basis of deeds which we did in righteousness, but (C)in accordance with His mercy, by the (D)washing of regeneration and (E)renewing by the Holy Spirit, (F)whom He (G)richly poured out upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made (H)heirs [a]according to the hope of eternal life.

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  1. Titus 3:7 Or of eternal life according to hope

he saved us,(A) not because of righteous things we had done,(B) but because of his mercy.(C) He saved us through the washing(D) of rebirth and renewal(E) by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us(F) generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace,(G) we might become heirs(H) having the hope(I) of eternal life.(J)

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