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14 He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.(A)

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14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit[a] offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[b] conscience from dead works to worship the living God!(A)

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  1. 9.14 Other ancient authorities read Holy Spirit
  2. 9.14 Other ancient authorities read your

10 For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we may walk in them.(A)

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18 You know that you were ransomed from the futile conduct inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold

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They sing a new song:

“You are worthy to take the scroll
    and to break its seals,
for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God
    saints from[a] every tribe and language and people and nation;(A)

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  1. 5.9 Gk ransomed for God from

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[a] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(A)

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  1. 2.9 Gk a people for his possession

25 I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.(A)

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The saying is sure.

I desire that you insist on these things, so that those who have come to believe in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works; these things are excellent and profitable to everyone.(A)

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13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”(A)

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20 and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,[a] who loved me and gave himself for me.(A)

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  1. 2.20 Or by faith in the Son of God

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To him who loves us and freed[a] us from our sins by his blood

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  1. 1.5 Other ancient authorities read washed

Peter in Lydda and Joppa

36 Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas.[a] She was devoted to good works and acts of charity.(A)

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  1. 9.36 Tabitha in Aramaic and Dorcas in Greek mean a gazelle

22 Now that you have purified your souls[a] by your obedience to the truth[b] so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.[c](A)

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  1. 1.22 Or lives
  2. 1.22 Other ancient authorities add through the Spirit
  3. 1.22 Other ancient authorities read a pure heart

28 just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.”(A)

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18 For Christ also suffered[a] for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you[b] to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,(A)

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  1. 3.18 Other ancient authorities read died
  2. 3.18 Other ancient authorities read us

12 Conduct yourselves honorably among the gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.[a](A)

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  1. 2.12 Gk God on the day of visitation

It is he who will redeem Israel
    from all its iniquities.(A)

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For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; it is you the Lord has chosen out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(A)

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For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(A)

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Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he[a] is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.(A)

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  1. 3.2 Or it

Now, therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine,(A) but you shall be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the Israelites.”(B)

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16 Terror and dread fell upon them;
    by the might of your arm, they became still as a stone
until your people, O Lord, passed by,
    until the people whom you acquired passed by.(A)

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24 And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds,

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in all things, offering yourself as a model of good works and in your teaching offering integrity, gravity,

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18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share,(A)

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