21 (A)Affliction will slay the wicked,
    and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

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21 Evil will slay the wicked;(A)
    the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

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23 He will bring back on them (A)their iniquity
    and (B)wipe them out for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will wipe them out.

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23 He will repay(A) them for their sins
    and destroy(B) them for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will destroy them.

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16 (A)for the righteous falls (B)seven times and rises again,
    but (C)the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

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16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
    but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.(A)

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14 But (A)his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

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14 “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’

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They will suffer the punishment of (A)eternal destruction, (B)away from[a] the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:9 Or destruction that comes from

They will be punished with everlasting destruction(A) and shut out from the presence of the Lord(B) and from the glory of his might(C)

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11 (A)Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
    for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

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11 Woe to the wicked!(A)
    Disaster(B) is upon them!
They will be paid back(C)
    for what their hands have done.(D)

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23 I will (A)crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.

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23 I will crush his foes before him(A)
    and strike down his adversaries.(B)

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12 The wicked (A)plots against the righteous
    and (B)gnashes his teeth at him,
13 but the Lord (C)laughs at the wicked,
    for he sees that his (D)day is coming.

14 The wicked draw the sword and (E)bend their bows
    to bring down the poor and needy,
    to slay those whose (F)way is upright;
15 their sword shall enter their own heart,
    and their (G)bows shall be broken.

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12 The wicked plot(A) against the righteous
    and gnash their teeth(B) at them;
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
    for he knows their day is coming.(C)

14 The wicked draw the sword(D)
    and bend the bow(E)
to bring down the poor and needy,(F)
    to slay those whose ways are upright.
15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts,(G)
    and their bows will be broken.(H)

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15 Let those be appalled because of their shame
    who (A)say to me, “Aha, Aha!”

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15 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”(A)
    be appalled at their own shame.

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(A)Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these (B)uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, (C)for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword (D)and fell upon it.

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Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through,(A) or these uncircumcised(B) fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.”

But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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since indeed God considers it (A)just (B)to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

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God is just:(A) He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you(B)

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The Hatred of the World

18 (A)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 (B)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because (C)you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: (D)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, (E)they will also persecute you. (F)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But (G)all these things they will do to you (H)on account of my name, (I)because they do not know him who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, (J)they would not have been guilty of sin,[a] but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 (K)Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

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Footnotes

  1. John 15:22 Greek they would not have sin; also verse 24

The World Hates the Disciples

18 “If the world hates you,(A) keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you(B) out of the world. That is why the world hates you.(C) 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[a](D) If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.(E) If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name,(F) for they do not know the one who sent me.(G) 22 If I had not come and spoken to them,(H) they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.(I) 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well.

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  1. John 15:20 John 13:16

The world cannot hate you, but (A)it hates me because I testify about it that (B)its works are evil.

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The world cannot hate you, but it hates me(A) because I testify that its works are evil.(B)

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