12 There are those who are (A)clean in their own eyes
    but are not washed of their filth.

Read full chapter

12 those who are pure in their own eyes(A)
    and yet are not cleansed of their filth;(B)

Read full chapter

11 The Pharisee, (A)standing by himself, prayed[a] (B)thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Luke 18:11 Or standing, prayed to himself

11 The Pharisee stood by himself(A) and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

Read full chapter

(A)All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
    but the Lord (B)weighs the spirit.[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:2 Or spirits

All a person’s ways seem pure to them,(A)
    but motives are weighed(B) by the Lord.(C)

Read full chapter

35 you say, ‘I am innocent;
    surely his anger has turned from me.’
(A)Behold, I will bring you to judgment
    for (B)saying, ‘I have not sinned.’

Read full chapter

35     you say, ‘I am innocent;(A)
    he is not angry with me.’
But I will pass judgment(B) on you
    because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’(C)

Read full chapter

having the appearance of godliness, but (A)denying its power. (B)Avoid such people.

Read full chapter

having a form of godliness(A) but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.(B)

Read full chapter

he saved us, (A)not because of works done by us in righteousness, but (B)according to his own mercy, by (C)the washing of regeneration and (D)renewal of the Holy Spirit,

Read full chapter

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,

Read full chapter

25 (A)I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from (B)all your uncleannesses, and (C)from all your idols (D)I will cleanse you.

Read full chapter

25 I will sprinkle(A) clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse(B) you from all your impurities(C) and from all your idols.(D)

Read full chapter

who say, “Keep to yourself,
    do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
(A)These are a smoke in my nostrils,
    a fire that burns all the day.

Read full chapter

who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me,
    for I am too sacred(A) for you!’
Such people are smoke(B) in my nostrils,
    a fire that keeps burning all day.

Read full chapter

But (A)if we walk in the light, (B)as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and (C)the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. (D)If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and (E)the truth is not in us. (F)If we confess our sins, he is (G)faithful and just to forgive us our sins and (H)to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, (I)we make him a liar, and (J)his word is not in us.

Read full chapter

But if we walk in the light,(A) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[a] sin.(B)

If we claim to be without sin,(C) we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.(D) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins(E) and purify us from all unrighteousness.(F) 10 If we claim we have not sinned,(G) we make him out to be a liar(H) and his word is not in us.(I)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 1:7 Or every

15 (A)To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and (B)unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both (C)their minds and their consciences are defiled. 16 (D)They profess to know God, but they (E)deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, (F)unfit for any good work.

Read full chapter

15 To the pure, all things are pure,(A) but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure.(B) In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.(C) 16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him.(D) They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.(E)

Read full chapter

11 And (A)such were some of you. But (B)you were washed, (C)you were sanctified, (D)you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Read full chapter

11 And that is what some of you were.(A) But you were washed,(B) you were sanctified,(C) you were justified(D) in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Read full chapter

15 And he said to them, “You are those who (A)justify yourselves before men, but (B)God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men (C)is an abomination in the sight of God.

Read full chapter

15 He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves(A) in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts.(B) What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.

Read full chapter

39 And the Lord said to him, (A)“Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of (B)greed and wickedness. 40 (C)You fools! (D)Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

Read full chapter

39 Then the Lord(A) said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.(B) 40 You foolish people!(C) Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

Read full chapter