in hope of eternal life which God, who (A)cannot lie, promised before time began,

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in the hope of eternal life,(A) which God, who does not lie,(B) promised before the beginning of time,(C)

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19 “God(A) is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He (B)said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

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19 God is not human,(A) that he should lie,(B)
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.(C)
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise(D) and not fulfill?

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who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, (A)not according to our works, but (B)according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus (C)before time began,

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He has saved(A) us and called(B) us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done(C) but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

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25 (A)And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.

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25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life.(A)

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11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 (A)He who has the Son has [a]life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, [b]and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 5:12 Or the life
  2. 1 John 5:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.

11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,(A) and this life is in his Son.(B) 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(C)

Concluding Affirmations

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God(D) so that you may know that you have eternal life.(E)

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17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to (A)the heirs of promise (B)the [a]immutability of His counsel, [b]confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two [c]immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to (C)lie, we [d]might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope (D)set before us.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 6:17 unchangeableness of His purpose
  2. Hebrews 6:17 guaranteed
  3. Hebrews 6:18 unchangeable
  4. Hebrews 6:18 M omits might

17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging(A) nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised,(B) he confirmed it with an oath. 18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie,(C) we who have fled to take hold of the hope(D) set before us may be greatly encouraged.

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Greeting

Paul, an apostle of [a]Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the (A)promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

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  1. 2 Timothy 1:1 NU, M Christ Jesus

Paul, an apostle(A) of Christ Jesus by the will of God,(B) in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,(C)

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21 keep yourselves in the love of God, (A)looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

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21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait(A) for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.(B)

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that having been justified by His grace (A)we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

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so that, having been justified by his grace,(A) we might become heirs(B) having the hope(C) of eternal life.(D)

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13 (A)looking for the blessed (B)hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

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13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing(A) of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,(B)

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13 If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He (A)cannot deny Himself.

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13 if we are faithless,
    he remains faithful,(A)
    for he cannot disown himself.

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20 And we know that the (A)Son of God has come and (B)has given us an understanding, (C)that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. (D)This is the true God (E)and eternal life.

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20 We know also that the Son of God has come(A) and has given us understanding,(B) so that we may know him who is true.(C) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(D)

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Beloved, (A)now we are children of God; and (B)it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, (C)we shall be like Him, for (D)we shall see Him as He is. (E)And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

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Dear friends,(A) now we are children of God,(B) and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a](C) we shall be like him,(D) for we shall see him as he is.(E) All who have this hope in him purify themselves,(F) just as he is pure.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:2 Or when it is made known