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The Guilt of Humankind

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of those who by their injustice suppress the truth.(A)

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God’s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity

18 The wrath of God(A) is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,

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Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on those who are disobedient.[a](A)

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  1. 5.6 Gk sons of disobedience

Let no one deceive you(A) with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath(B) comes on those who are disobedient.(C)

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32 They know God’s decree, that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only do them but even applaud others who practice them.(A)

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32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death,(A) they not only continue to do these very things but also approve(B) of those who practice them.

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On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient.[a](A)

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  1. 3.6 Gk the sons of disobedience; other ancient authorities lack on those who are disobedient

Because of these, the wrath of God(A) is coming.[a]

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  1. Colossians 3:6 Some early manuscripts coming on those who are disobedient

False Asceticism

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later[a] times some will renounce[b] the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,(A) through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

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  1. 4.1 Or the last
  2. 4.1 Or move away from

The Spirit(A) clearly says that in later times(B) some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits(C) and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.(D)

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10 and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(A)

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10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(A) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(B)

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Much more surely, therefore, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God.[a](A)

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  1. 5.9 Gk the wrath

Since we have now been justified(A) by his blood,(B) how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath(C) through him!

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15 For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.(A)

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15 because the law brings wrath.(A) And where there is no law there is no transgression.(B)

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13 No longer present your members to sin as instruments[a] of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments[b] of righteousness.(A)

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  1. 6.13 Or weapons
  2. 6.13 Or weapons

13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,(A) but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.(B)

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28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind and to do things that should not be done.(A)

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28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over(A) to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.

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19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.(A) 20 For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.(B) 21 But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.”[a](C)

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  1. 3.21 Some interpreters hold that the quotation concludes with 3.15

19 This is the verdict: Light(A) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(B) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(C) 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

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15 They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, as their own conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts will accuse or perhaps excuse them 16 on the day when, according to my gospel, God through Christ Jesus judges the secret thoughts of all.(A)

The Jews and the Law

17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relation to God(B) 18 and know his will and determine what really matters because you are instructed in the law, 19 and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth,(C) 21 you, then, who teach others, will you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?(D) 22 You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by your transgression of the law?

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15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) 16 This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets(A) through Jesus Christ,(B) as my gospel(C) declares.

The Jews and the Law

17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;(D) 18 if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— 21 you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?(E) 22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?(F) 23 You who boast in the law,(G) do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

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Do you imagine, whoever you are, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself, you will escape the judgment of God?

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So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?

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