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Gentiles Hear the Good News

34 Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality,(A)

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17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe,(A)

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And from those who were supposed to be acknowledged leaders (what they actually were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those leaders contributed nothing to me.(A)

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Now, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care what you do, for there is no perversion of justice with the Lord our God or partiality or taking of bribes.”(A)

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19 who shows no partiality to nobles,
    nor regards the rich more than the poor,
    for they are all the work of his hands?(A)

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25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for whatever wrong has been done, and there is no partiality.(A)

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Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.(A) If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh, but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit.(B)

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And, masters,[a] do the same to them. Stop threatening them, for you know that both of you have the same Lord[b] in heaven, and with him there is no partiality.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.9 In Gk the same word is used for master and Lord
  2. 6.9 In Gk the same word is used for master and Lord

19 You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.(A)

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21 So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and you show deference to no one but teach the way of God in accordance with truth.(A)

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16 So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one, for you do not regard people with partiality.(A)

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Further Sayings of the Wise

23     These also are sayings of the wise:

Partiality in judging is not good.(A)
24 Whoever says to the wicked, “You are innocent,”
    will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,(B)

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17 If you invoke as Father the one who judges impartially according to each person’s work, live in fear during the time of your exile.(A)

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