The saying is (A)trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful (B)to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.

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This is a trustworthy saying.(A) And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good.(B) These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.

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14 And let our people learn (A)to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not (B)be unfruitful.

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14 Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good,(A) in order to provide for urgent needs and not live unproductive lives.

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14 (A)who gave himself for us to (B)redeem us from all lawlessness and (C)to purify for himself (D)a people for his own possession who are (E)zealous for good works.

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14 who gave himself for us(A) to redeem us from all wickedness(B) and to purify(C) for himself a people that are his very own,(D) eager to do what is good.(E)

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Be Ready for Every Good Work

Remind them (A)to be submissive to rulers and authorities, (B)to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

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Saved in Order to Do Good

Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities,(A) to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good,(B)

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15 The saying is (A)trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus (B)came into the world to save sinners, (C)of whom I am the foremost.

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15 Here is a trustworthy saying(A) that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners(B)—of whom I am the worst.

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I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
    (A)I have no good apart from you.”

As for (B)the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
    in whom is all my delight.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 16:3 Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:

I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;(A)
    apart from you I have no good thing.”(B)
I say of the holy people(C) who are in the land,(D)
    “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”

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He must (A)hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in (B)sound[a] doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

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  1. Titus 1:9 Or healthy; also verse 13

He must hold firmly(A) to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine(B) and refute those who oppose it.

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And to the one who does not work but (A)believes in[a] him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:5 Or but trusts; compare verse 24

However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.(A)

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24 Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)whoever hears my word and (B)believes him who sent me has eternal life. He (C)does not come into judgment, but (D)has passed from death to life.

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24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(A) has eternal life(B) and will not be judged(C) but has crossed over from death to life.(D)

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(A)“Can a man be profitable to God?
    Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

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“Can a man be of benefit to God?(A)
    Can even a wise person benefit him?(B)

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10 Whoever believes in the Son of God (A)has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God (B)has made him a liar, (C)because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us (D)eternal life, and (E)this life is in his Son. 12 (F)Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

That You May Know

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

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10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.(A) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,(B) because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,(C) and this life is in his Son.(D) 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(E)

Concluding Affirmations

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

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21 (A)who through him are believers in God, (B)who raised him from the dead and (C)gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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21 Through him you believe in God,(A) who raised him from the dead(B) and glorified him,(C) and so your faith and hope(D) are in God.

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11 (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)

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11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

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