32 I will run the course of Your commandments,
For You shall (A)enlarge my heart.

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32 I run in the path of your commands,
    for you have broadened my understanding.

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29 And (A)God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore.

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Solomon’s Wisdom

29 God gave Solomon wisdom(A) and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand(B) on the seashore.

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The Race of Faith

12 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, (A)let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and (B)let us run (C)with endurance the race that is set before us,

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12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run(A) with perseverance(B) the race marked out for us,

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Be Holy

11 O Corinthians! [a]We have spoken openly to you, (A)our heart is wide open.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:11 Lit. Our mouth is open

11 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you.(A)

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17 Now (A)the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is (B)liberty.

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17 Now the Lord is the Spirit,(A) and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.(B)

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Striving for a Crown

24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? (A)Run in such a way that you may [a]obtain it. 25 And everyone who competes for the prize [b]is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for (B)an imperishable crown. 26 Therefore I run thus: (C)not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:24 win
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:25 exercises self-control

The Need for Self-Discipline

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?(A) Run(B) in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown(C) that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.(D) 26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly;(E) I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.(F)

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16 (A)as free, yet not (B)using liberty as a cloak for [a]vice, but as bondservants of God.

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  1. 1 Peter 2:16 wickedness

16 Live as free people,(A) but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil;(B) live as God’s slaves.(C)

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36 (A)Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

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36 So if the Son sets you free,(A) you will be free indeed.

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32 And you shall know the (A)truth, and (B)the truth shall make you free.”

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32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”(A)

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The Good News of Salvation

61 “The (A)Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord (B)has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me (C)to [a]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim (D)liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

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  1. Isaiah 61:1 Lit. bind up

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit(A) of the Sovereign Lord(B) is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed(C) me
    to proclaim good news(D) to the poor.(E)
He has sent me to bind up(F) the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom(G) for the captives(H)
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]

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  1. Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

45 And I will walk [a]at (A)liberty,
For I seek Your precepts.

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  1. Psalm 119:45 Lit. in a wide place

45 I will walk about in freedom,
    for I have sought out your precepts.(A)

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36 You enlarged my path under me,
(A)So my feet did not slip.

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36 You provide a broad path(A) for my feet,
    so that my ankles do not give way.(B)

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74 To grant us that we,
Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
Might (A)serve Him without fear,
75 (B)In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

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74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
    and to enable us to serve him(A) without fear(B)
75     in holiness and righteousness(C) before him all our days.

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