Romans 5:6
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6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.(A)
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Ephesians 2:1-5
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From Death to Life
2 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world,[a] following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient.[b](A) 3 All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, doing the will of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else,(B) 4 but God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us(C) 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ[c]—by grace you have been saved—
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Romans 5:8
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8 But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.(A)
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Colossians 2:13
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13 And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God[a] made you[b] alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses,(A)
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Titus 3:3-5
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3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.(A) 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,(B) 5 he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water[a] of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.(C)
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- 3.5 Gk washing
Romans 5:10
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10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.(A)
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Romans 4:25
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25 who was handed over for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.(A)
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Titus 2:12
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12 training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,(A)
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2 Peter 2:5-6
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5 and if he did not spare the ancient world, even though he saved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;(A) 6 and if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to destruction[a] and made them an example of what is coming to the ungodly;[b]
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1 Timothy 1:9
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9 this means understanding that the law is laid down not for the righteous but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers,(A)
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Romans 4:5
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5 But to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.
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1 Thessalonians 5:9
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9 For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,(A)
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1 Peter 1:20
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20 He was destined before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.(A)
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Hebrews 9:26
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26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself.(A)
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Galatians 4:4
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4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,(A)
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Ezekiel 16:4-8
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4 As for your birth, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in cloths.(A) 5 No eye pitied you to do any of these things for you out of compassion for you, but you were thrown out in the open field, for you were abhorred on the day you were born.(B)
6 I passed by you and saw you flailing about in your blood. As you lay in your blood, I said to you, “Live!(C) 7 and grow up[a] like a plant of the field.” You grew up and became tall and arrived at full womanhood;[b] your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown, yet you were naked and bare.(D)
8 I passed by you again and looked on you; you were at the age for love. I spread the edge of my cloak over you and covered your nakedness: I pledged myself to you and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became mine.(E)
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Jude 15
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15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly[a] of all the deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
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Jude 4
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4 For certain intruders have stolen in among you, people who long ago were designated for this condemnation as ungodly, who pervert the grace of our God into debauchery and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.[a](A)
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Romans 11:26
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26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,
“Out of Zion will come the Deliverer;
he will banish ungodliness from Jacob.”(A)
Psalm 1:1
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Book I
(Psalms 1–41)
Psalm 1
The Two Ways
1 Happy are those
who do not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path that sinners tread
or sit in the seat of scoffers,(A)
Daniel 11:15
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15 Then the king of the north shall come and throw up siegeworks and take a well-fortified city. And the forces of the south shall not stand, not even his picked troops, for there shall be no strength to resist.(A)
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Jude 18
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18 for they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, indulging their own ungodly lusts.”(A)
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2 Peter 3:7
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7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.(A)
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Lamentations 1:6
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6 From daughter Zion has departed
all her majesty.
Her princes have become like stags
that find no pasture;
they fled without strength
before the pursuer.(A)
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