Therefore we were (A)buried with Him through baptism into death, that (B)just as Christ was raised from the dead by (C)the glory of the Father, (D)even so we also should walk in newness of life.

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We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death(A) in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead(B) through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.(C)

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17 Therefore, if anyone (A)is in Christ, he is (B)a new creation; (C)old things have passed away; behold, all things have become (D)new.

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17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,(A) the new creation(B) has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!(C)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or Christ, that person is a new creation.

10 and have put on the new man who (A)is renewed in knowledge (B)according to the image of Him who (C)created him,

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10 and have put on the new self,(A) which is being renewed(B) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.(C)

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22 that you (A)put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and (B)be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you (C)put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

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22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off(A) your old self,(B) which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;(C) 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds;(D) 24 and to put on(E) the new self,(F) created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.(G)

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But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve (A)in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.

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But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law(A) so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.(B)

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21 (A)There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (B)(not the removal of the filth of the flesh, (C)but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you(A) also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience(B) toward God.[a] It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(C)

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  1. 1 Peter 3:21 Or but an appeal to God for a clear conscience

knowing that (A)Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him.

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For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead,(A) he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.(B)

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(A)For though He was crucified in weakness, yet (B)He lives by the power of God. For (C)we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.

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For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness,(A) yet he lives by God’s power.(B) Likewise, we are weak(C) in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him(D) in our dealing with you.

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Or do you not know that (A)as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus (B)were baptized into His death?

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Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized(A) into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

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(A)by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be (B)partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the [a]corruption that is in the world through lust.

Fruitful Growth in the Faith

But also for this very reason, (C)giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue (D)knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control [b]perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and (E)to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither [c]barren (F)nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is (G)shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

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  1. 2 Peter 1:4 depravity
  2. 2 Peter 1:6 patience
  3. 2 Peter 1:8 useless

Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises,(A) so that through them you may participate in the divine nature,(B) having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.(C)

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;(D) and to knowledge, self-control;(E) and to self-control, perseverance;(F) and to perseverance, godliness;(G) and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.(H) For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive(I) in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.(J) But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind,(K) forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.(L)

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(A)He who says he abides in Him (B)ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

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Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(A)

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13 (A)Let us walk [a]properly, as in the day, (B)not in revelry and drunkenness, (C)not in lewdness and lust, (D)not in strife and envy. 14 But (E)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and (F)make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

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  1. Romans 13:13 decently

13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness,(A) not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.(B) 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ,(C) and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.[a](D)

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  1. Romans 13:14 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

Not Carnality but Christ

If then you were (A)raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, (B)where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the (C)earth. (D)For you died, (E)and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,(A) set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.(B) Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.(C) For you died,(D) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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