Romans 7:14
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The Inner Conflict
14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold into slavery under sin.[a]
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- 7.14 Gk sold under sin
2 Kings 17:17
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17 They made their sons and their daughters pass through fire, used divination and augury, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.(A)
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1 Kings 21:25
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25 (Indeed, there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel.
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1 Kings 21:20
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20 Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord,(A)
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Romans 7:18
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18 For I know that the good does not dwell within me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do the good lies close at hand, but not the ability.(A)
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Luke 18:11-14
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11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’(A) 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’(B) 14 I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other, for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”(C)
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Matthew 22:37-40
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37 He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’(A) 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’(B) 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”(C)
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Matthew 16:23
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23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance[a] to me, for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”
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- 16.23 Or stumbling block
Matthew 5:22
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22 But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister,[a] you will be liable to judgment, and if you insult[b] a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council, and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell[c] of fire.(A)
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Isaiah 52:3
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3 For thus says the Lord: You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.(A)
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Isaiah 50:1
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50 Thus says the Lord:
Where is your mother’s bill of divorce
with which I dismissed her?
Or which of my creditors is it
to whom I have sold you?
No, because of your sins you were sold,
and for your transgressions your mother was dismissed.(A)
Proverbs 30:5
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5 Every word of God proves true;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.(A)
Ephesians 3:8
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8 Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ(A)
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1 Corinthians 3:1-3
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On Divisions in the Corinthian Church
3 And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people but rather as fleshly, as infants in Christ.(A) 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready,(B) 3 for you are still fleshly. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling[a] among you, are you not fleshly and behaving according to human inclinations?(C)
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- 3.3 Other ancient authorities add and dissensions
Romans 7:22-24
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22 For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self,(A) 23 but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.(B) 24 Wretched person that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
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Luke 7:6
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6 And Jesus went with them, but when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof;
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Luke 5:8
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8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’s knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”
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Matthew 18:25
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25 and, as he could not pay, the lord ordered him to be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions and payment to be made.
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Matthew 5:28
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28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(A)
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Amos 2:6
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Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because they sell the righteous for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals—(A)
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- 2.6 Heb cause it to return
Isaiah 64:5-6
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5 You meet those who gladly do right,
those who remember you in your ways.
But you were angry, and we sinned;
because you hid yourself we transgressed.[a](A)
6 We have all become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth.
We all fade like a leaf,
and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.(B)
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- 64.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 6:5
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5 And I said, “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”(A)
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Proverbs 30:2
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2 Surely I am too stupid to be human;
I do not have human understanding.(A)
Psalm 119:25
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25 My soul clings to the dust;
revive me according to your word.(A)
Psalm 51:6
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- 51.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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