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32 I run the way of your commandments,
    for you enlarge my understanding.(A)

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

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Fame of Solomon’s Wisdom

29 God gave Solomon very great wisdom, discernment, and breadth of understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore,(A)

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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 Example of Jesus

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely,[a] and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 12.1 Other ancient authorities read sin that easily distracts

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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11 We have spoken frankly to you Corinthians; our heart is wide open to you.

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

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

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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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24 Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it.(A) 25 Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one.(B) 26 So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air,

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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 As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil.(A)

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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 So if the Son makes you free, you will 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 will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”(A)

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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 Deliverance

61 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me
    because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
    to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
    and release to the prisoners,(A)

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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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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

45 I shall walk at liberty,
    for I have sought your precepts.

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

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36 You gave me a wide place for my steps under me,
    and 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     that we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,(A) 75 in holiness and righteousness
    in his presence all our days.(B)

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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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