11 So you also must consider yourselves (A)dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin(A) but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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For (A)you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ (B)who is your[a] life (C)appears, then you also will appear with him (D)in glory.

(E)Put to death therefore (F)what is earthly in you:[b] (G)sexual immorality, impurity, (H)passion, evil desire, and covetousness, (I)which is idolatry.

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  1. Colossians 3:4 Some manuscripts our
  2. Colossians 3:5 Greek therefore your members that are on the earth

For you died,(A) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your[a] life,(B) appears,(C) then you also will appear with him in glory.(D)

Put to death,(E) therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature:(F) sexual immorality,(G) impurity, lust, evil desires and greed,(H) which is idolatry.(I)

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  1. Colossians 3:4 Some manuscripts our

20 (A)for you were bought with a price. (B)So glorify God in your body.

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20 you were bought at a price.(A) Therefore honor God with your bodies.(B)

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By no means! How can (A)we who died to sin still live in it?

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By no means! We are those who have died to sin;(A) how can we live in it any longer?

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17 And (A)whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, (B)giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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17 And whatever you do,(A) whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks(B) to God the Father through him.

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13 (A)Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but (B)present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

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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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19 For through the law I (A)died to the law, so that I might (B)live to God. 20 I have been (C)crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives (D)in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, (E)who loved me and (F)gave himself for me.

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19 “For through the law I died to the law(A) so that I might live for God.(B) 20 I have been crucified with Christ(C) and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.(D) The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,(E) who loved me(F) and gave himself for me.(G)

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Future Glory

18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (A)are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

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Present Suffering and Future Glory

18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.(A)

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(A)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as (B)a spiritual house, to be (C)a holy priesthood, (D)to offer spiritual sacrifices (E)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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you also, like living stones, are being built(A) into a spiritual house[a](B) to be a holy priesthood,(C) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(D)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit

so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable (A)riches of his grace in (B)kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

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in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace,(A) expressed in his kindness(B) to us in Christ Jesus.

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31 (A)but these are written so that you may (B)believe that Jesus is the Christ, (C)the Son of God, and that by believing (D)you may have life (E)in his name.

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31 But these are written that you may believe[a](A) that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God,(B) and that by believing you may have life in his name.(C)

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  1. John 20:31 Or may continue to believe

11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks (A)oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves (B)by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything (C)God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. (D)To him belong glory and (E)dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God.(A) If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides,(B) so that in all things God may be praised(C) through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.(D)

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11 filled (A)with the fruit of righteousness that comes (B)through Jesus Christ, (C)to the glory and praise of God.

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11 filled with the fruit of righteousness(A) that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

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