Romans 7:15
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15 I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.(A)
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Galatians 5:17
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17 For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.(A)
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Nahum 1:7
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7 The Lord is good,
a stronghold in a day of trouble;
he protects those who take refuge in him,
Romans 7:19-20
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19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it but sin that dwells within me.
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Ecclesiastes 7:20
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20 Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning.(A)
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James 3:2
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2 For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is mature,[a] able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.(A)
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- 3.2 Gk a mature man
Philippians 3:12-14
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Pressing toward the Goal
12 Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal,[a] but I press on to lay hold of that for which Christ[b] has laid hold of me.(A) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have laid hold[c] of it, but one thing I have laid hold of: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,(B) 14 I press on toward the goal, toward the prize of the heavenly[d] call of God in Christ Jesus.(C)
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Romans 12:9
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Marks of the True Christian
9 Let love be genuine; hate what is evil; hold fast to what is good;
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1 John 1:7-8
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7 but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.(A) 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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Jude 23
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23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; and have mercy on still others with fear, hating even the tunic defiled by their bodies.[a](A)
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- 23 Gk by the flesh
Psalm 19:12
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12 But who can detect one’s own errors?
Clear me from hidden faults.(A)
2 Timothy 2:19
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19 But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.”(A)
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Romans 14:22
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22 Hold the conviction that you have as your own before God. Blessed are those who do not condemn themselves because of what they approve.
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Hebrews 1:9
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9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;[a]
therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”(A)
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- 1.9 Other ancient authorities read wickedness
Amos 5:15
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15 Hate evil and love good,
and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.(A)
Proverbs 8:13
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13 The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.(A)
Psalm 119:113
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113 I hate the double-minded,
but I love your law.(A)
Psalm 101:3
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3 I will not set before my eyes
anything that is base.
I hate the work of those who fall away;
it shall not cling to me.(A)
Psalm 1:6
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6 for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.(A)
Romans 7:16
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16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good.
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Proverbs 13:5
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5 The righteous hate falsehood,
but the wicked act shamefully and disgracefully.
Psalm 119:163
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163 I hate and abhor falsehood,
but I love your law.
Psalm 119:128
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- 119.128 Gk Jerome: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 65:3
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3 When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us,
you forgive our transgressions.(A)
1 Kings 8:46
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46 “If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near,(A)
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