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35 For whoever finds me finds life
    and receives favor from the Lord.

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35 For those who find me(A) find life(B)
    and receive favor from the Lord.(C)

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36 And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.”

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36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,(A) but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

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The Lord approves of those who are good,
    but he condemns those who plan wickedness.

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Good people obtain favor from the Lord,(A)
    but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.(B)

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11 And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.

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11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,(A) and this life is in his Son.(B) 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(C)

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For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.

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For you died,(A) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.

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Now this is eternal life: that they know you,(A) the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.(B)

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Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

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Jesus answered, “I am(A) the way(B) and the truth(C) and the life.(D) No one comes to the Father except through me.(E)

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Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ

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What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing(A) Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ(B)

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13 Joyful is the person who finds wisdom,
    the one who gains understanding.
14 For wisdom is more profitable than silver,
    and her wages are better than gold.
15 Wisdom is more precious than rubies;
    nothing you desire can compare with her.
16 She offers you long life in her right hand,
    and riches and honor in her left.
17 She will guide you down delightful paths;
    all her ways are satisfying.
18 Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her;
    happy are those who hold her tightly.

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13 Blessed are those who find wisdom,
    those who gain understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver
    and yields better returns than gold.(A)
15 She is more precious than rubies;(B)
    nothing you desire can compare with her.(C)
16 Long life is in her right hand;(D)
    in her left hand are riches and honor.(E)
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
    and all her paths are peace.(F)
18 She is a tree of life(G) to those who take hold of her;
    those who hold her fast will be blessed.(H)

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33 But all who listen to me will live in peace,
    untroubled by fear of harm.”

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33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety(A)
    and be at ease, without fear of harm.”(B)

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So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:6 Greek to us in the beloved.

to the praise of his glorious grace,(A) which he has freely given us in the One he loves.(B)

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16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave[a] his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:16 Or For God loved the world so much that he gave.

16 For God so loved(A) the world that he gave(B) his one and only Son,(C) that whoever believes(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(E)

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22 for they bring life to those who find them,
    and healing to their whole body.

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22 for they are life to those who find them
    and health to one’s whole body.(A)

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