Romans 16:19
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19 For (A)your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you (B)to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil.
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Matthew 10:16
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Persecution Will Come
16 (A)“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be (B)wise as serpents and (C)innocent as doves.
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1 Corinthians 14:20
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20 Brothers, (A)do not be children in your thinking. (B)Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be (C)mature.
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James 3:13-18
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Wisdom from Above
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? (A)By his good conduct let him show his works (B)in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter (C)jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not (D)the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, (E)demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17 But (F)the wisdom from above is first pure, then (G)peaceable, gentle, open to reason, (H)full of mercy and good fruits, (I)impartial and (J)sincere. 18 And (K)a harvest of righteousness (L)is sown in peace by those who make peace.
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Philippians 1:9
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9 And it is my prayer that (A)your love may abound more and more, (B)with knowledge and all discernment,
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Romans 1:8
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Longing to Go to Rome
8 First, (A)I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, (B)because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
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2 Timothy 3:15-17
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15 and how (A)from childhood you have been acquainted with (B)the sacred writings, (C)which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 (D)All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that (E)the man of God[a] may be complete, (F)equipped (G)for every good work.
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- 2 Timothy 3:17 That is, a messenger of God (the phrase echoes a common Old Testament expression)
Colossians 3:16
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16 Let (A)the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, (B)singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, (C)with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
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Jeremiah 4:22
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22 “For (A)my people are foolish;
they know me not;
they are stupid children;
they have no understanding.
(B)They are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
But how to do good they know not.”
1 Thessalonians 3:6-10
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Timothy's Encouraging Report
6 But (A)now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of (B)your faith and love and reported (C)that you always remember us kindly and (D)long to see us, as we long to see you— 7 for this reason, brothers,[a] in all our distress and affliction (E)we have been comforted about you through your faith. 8 For now we live, if you (F)are standing fast in the Lord. 9 For (G)what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God, 10 as we pray most earnestly (H)night and day (I)that we may see you face to face and (J)supply what is lacking in your faith?
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- 1 Thessalonians 3:7 Or brothers and sisters
Ephesians 5:17
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17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what (A)the will of the Lord is.
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Ephesians 1:15-18
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Thanksgiving and Prayer
15 For this reason, (A)because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love[a] toward all the saints, 16 I (B)do not cease to give thanks for you, (C)remembering you in my prayers, 17 that (D)the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, (E)may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 (F)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is (G)the hope to which he has called you, what are (H)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
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- Ephesians 1:15 Some manuscripts omit your love
Luke 10:3
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3 Go your way; (A)behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
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Isaiah 11:2-3
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2 And (A)the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
(B)He shall not judge by (C)what his eyes see,
or decide disputes by (D)what his ears hear,
1 Kings 3:9-12
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9 (A)Give your servant therefore an understanding mind (B)to govern your people, that I may (C)discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”
10 It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. 11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, 12 behold, (D)I now do according to your word. Behold, (E)I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.
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1 Thessalonians 1:8-9
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8 For not only has the word of the Lord (A)sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth (B)everywhere, so that we need not say anything. 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of (C)reception we had among you, and how (D)you turned to God (E)from idols to serve the living and (F)true God,
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1 Thessalonians 1:2-3
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The Thessalonians' Faith and Example
2 (A)We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly[a] (B)mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before (C)our God and Father (D)your work of faith and labor of (E)love and (F)steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- 1 Thessalonians 1:2 Or without ceasing
Colossians 1:3-9
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Thanksgiving and Prayer
3 (A)We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of (B)your faith in Christ Jesus and of (C)the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of (D)the hope (E)laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in (F)the word of the truth, the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as indeed (G)in the whole world it is (H)bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you (I)heard it and understood (J)the grace of God in truth, 7 just as you learned it from (K)Epaphras our beloved (L)fellow servant.[a] He is (M)a faithful minister of Christ on your[b] behalf 8 and has made known to us your (N)love in the Spirit.
9 And so, (O)from the day we heard, (P)we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that (Q)you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all (R)spiritual wisdom and understanding,
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- Colossians 1:7 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word sundoulos, see Preface
- Colossians 1:7 Some manuscripts our
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