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Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you;
    bind them around your neck;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(A)

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Let love and faithfulness(A) never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(B)

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bind them on your fingers;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(A)

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Bind them on your fingers;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(A)

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and you show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets that are human hearts.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.3 Gk hearts of flesh

You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God,(A) not on tablets of stone(B) but on tablets of human hearts.(C)

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16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them
    after those days, says the Lord:
I will put my laws in their hearts,
    and I will write them on their minds,”(A)

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16 “This is the covenant I will make with them
    after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
    and I will write them on their minds.”[a](A)

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  1. Hebrews 10:16 Jer. 31:33

21 Bind them upon your heart always;
    tie them around your neck.(A)

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21 Bind them always on your heart;
    fasten them around your neck.(A)

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True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in integrity and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.(A)

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True instruction(A) was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked(B) with me in peace(C) and uprightness,(D) and turned many from sin.(E)

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18 “You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and fix them as an emblem on your forehead.(A) 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise up.(B) 20 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,(C) 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth.

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18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(A) 19 Teach them to your children,(B) talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(C) 20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,(D) 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many(E) in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.(F)

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for the fruit of the light[a] is found in all that is good and right and true.

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  1. 5.9 Other ancient authorities read of the Spirit

(for the fruit(A) of the light consists in all goodness,(B) righteousness and truth)

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Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,(A) and walk in love, as Christ loved us[a] and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(B)

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  1. 5.2 Other ancient authorities read you

Follow God’s example,(A) therefore, as dearly loved children(B) and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us(C) and gave himself up for us(D) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(E)

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By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
    and by the fear of the Lord one avoids evil.(A)

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Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
    through the fear of the Lord(A) evil is avoided.(B)

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28 Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king,
    and his throne is upheld by righteousness.[a](A)

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  1. 20.28 Gk: Heb loyalty

28 Love and faithfulness keep a king safe;
    through love(A) his throne is made secure.(B)

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for they are a fair garland for your head
    and pendants for your neck.(A)

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They are a garland to grace your head
    and a chain to adorn your neck.(A)

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11 I treasure your word in my heart,
    so that I may not sin against you.(A)

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11 I have hidden your word in my heart(A)
    that I might not sin(B) against you.

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