1 Corinthians 5 - 9
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It is actually reported that there is w sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, x for a man has his father's wife.
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And y you are arrogant! Ought you z not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.
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For though a absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing.
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When you are assembled b in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
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you are c to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so d that his spirit may be saved e in the day of the Lord.
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f Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that g a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
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Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
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Let us therefore celebrate the festival, h not with the old leaven, i the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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I wrote to you in my letter j not to associate with sexually immoral people -
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k not at all meaning l the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, m since then you would need to go out of the world.
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But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone n who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler - not even to eat with such a one.
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For what have I to do with judging o outsiders? p Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?
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God judges those outside. q "Purge the evil person from among you."
1 Corinthians 6
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When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous r instead of the saints?
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Or do you not know that s the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?
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Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!
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So if you have such cases, t why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church?
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u I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers,
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but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers?
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To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. v Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?
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But you yourselves wrong and defraud - even w your own brothers!
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Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: x neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
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nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
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And y such were some of you. But z you were washed, a you were sanctified, b you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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c "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be enslaved by anything.
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d "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food" - and God will destroy both one e and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but f for the Lord, and g the Lord for the body.
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And h God raised the Lord and i will also raise us up j by his power.
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Do you not know that k your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
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Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, l "The two will become one flesh."
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But he who is joined to the Lord m becomes one spirit with him.
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n Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person o sins against his own body.
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Or p do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? q You are not your own,
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r for you were bought with a price. s So glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 7
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Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: t "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."
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But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
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u The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.
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For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
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v Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, w so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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Now as a concession, x not a command, I say this.
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y I wish that all were z as I myself am. But a each has his own gift from God, b one of one kind and one of another.
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To the unmarried and the widows I say that c it is good for them to remain single d as I am.
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But if they cannot exercise self-control, e they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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To the married f I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): g the wife should not separate from her husband
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(but if she does, h she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and g the husband should not divorce his wife.
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To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.
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If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.
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For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. i Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
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But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you j to peace.
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For how do you know, wife, k whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
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Only let each person lead the life l that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. m This is my rule in n all the churches.
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Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? o Let him not seek circumcision.
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p For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but q keeping the commandments of God.
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r Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.
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Were you a slave when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.)
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For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is s a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is t a slave of Christ.
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u You were bought with a price; v do not become slaves of men.
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So, brothers, w in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.
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Now concerning the betrothed, x I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as y one who by the Lord's mercy is z trustworthy.
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I think that in view of the present distress a it is good for a person to remain as he is.
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Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
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But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.
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This is what I mean, brothers: b the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,
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and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy c as though they had no goods,
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and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For d the present form of this world is passing away.
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I want you to be e free from anxieties. f The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
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But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,
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and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.
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I say this for your own benefit, g not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.
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If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, if his passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry - it is no sin.
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But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.
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So then he who marries his betrothed h does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better.
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i A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only j in the Lord.
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Yet k in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think l that I too have the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 8
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Now concerning m food offered to idols: we know that n "all of us possess knowledge." This "knowledge" o puffs up, p but love builds up.
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q If anyone imagines that he knows something, r he does not yet know as he ought to know.
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But if anyone loves God, s he is known by God.
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Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that t "an idol has no real existence," and that u "there is no God but one."
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For although there may be v so-called gods in heaven or on earth - as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords" -
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yet w for us there is one God, the Father, x from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and y one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and z through whom we exist.
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However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, a through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and b their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
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c Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.
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But take care d that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block e to the weak.
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For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?
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And so by your knowledge this weak person is f destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died.
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Thus, sinning against your brothers and g wounding their conscience when it is weak, h you sin against Christ.
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Therefore, i if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
1 Corinthians 9
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j Am I not free? k Am I not an apostle? l Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? m Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?
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If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are n the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
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This is my defense to those who would examine me.
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o Do we not have the right to eat and drink?
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p Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and q the brothers of the Lord and r Cephas?
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Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?
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s Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? t Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?
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Do I say these things on human authority? Does not the Law say the same?
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For it is written in the Law of Moses, u "You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned?
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Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written v for our sake, because w the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.
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x If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?
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If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, y we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything z rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
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Do you not know that a those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings?
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In the same way, the Lord commanded that b those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.
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But c I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing these things to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone d deprive me of my ground for boasting.
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For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For e necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
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For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with f a stewardship.
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What then is my reward? That in my preaching g I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
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For h though I am free from all, i I have made myself a servant to all, that I might j win more of them.
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k To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
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To l those outside the law I became m as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but n under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.
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o To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. p I have become all things to all people, that q by all means I might save some.
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I do it all for the sake of the gospel, r that I may share with them in its blessings.
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Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives s the prize? So t run that you may obtain it.
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Every u athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we v an imperishable.
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So I do not run aimlessly; I w do not box as one x beating the air.
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But I discipline my body and y keep it under control, lest after preaching to others z I myself should be a disqualified.
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2 Corinthians 12:21
I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.
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Leviticus 18:8
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.
Deuteronomy 22:30
A man shall not take his father's wife, so that he does not uncover his father's nakedness.
Deuteronomy 27:20
"'Cursed be anyone who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's nakedness.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
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1 Corinthians 4:6
I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.
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2 Corinthians 7:7 - 10
And not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.
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Colossians 2:5
For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:17
But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face.
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2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of ou...
Matthew 16:19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heav...
Matthew 18:18
Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth...
John 20:23
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiv...
2 Corinthians 13:3
Since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in...
2 Corinthians 13:10
For this reason I write these things while I am...
1 Timothy 5:20
As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in...
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1 Timothy 1:20
Among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
Job 2:6
And the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.
Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
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Proverbs 23:14
If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.
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1 Corinthians 1:8
Who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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James 4:16
As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
1 Corinthians 5:2
And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.
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Galatians 5:9
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals.
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Exodus 12:15
Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.
Deuteronomy 16:3
You shall eat no leavened bread with it. Seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction - for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste - that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt.
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Matthew 16:6
Jesus said to them, "Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Matthew 16:12
Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mark 8:15
And he cautioned them, saying, "Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
Luke 12:1
In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
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2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Ephesians 5:11
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
2 Thessalonians 3:14
If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.
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1 Corinthians 10:27
If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience.
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Ephesians 5:5
For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous ( that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Colossians 3:5
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality.
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John 17:15
I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
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2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
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Mark 4:11
And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables.
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1 Corinthians 6:1 - 4
When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?
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Deuteronomy 13:5
But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shal...
Deuteronomy 17:7
The hand of the witnesses shall be first agains...
Deuteronomy 17:12
The man who acts presumptuously by not obeying ...
Deuteronomy 21:21
Then all the men of the city shall stone him to...
Deuteronomy 22:21 - 22
Then they shall bring out the young woman to th...
Deuteronomy 22:24
Then you shall bring them both out to the gate ...
Judges 20:13
Now therefore give up the men, the worthless fe...
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Matthew 18:17
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
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Daniel 7:22
Until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom.
Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
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1 Corinthians 5:12
For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?
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1 Corinthians 15:34
Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
1 Corinthians 4:14
I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
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Matthew 5:39 - 40
But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
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1 Thessalonians 4:6
That no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.
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1 Corinthians 15:50
I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cann...
Galatians 5:21
Envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like thes...
Ephesians 5:5
For you may be sure of this, that everyone who ...
1 Timothy 1:9
Understanding this, that the law is not laid do...
Hebrews 12:14
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the hol...
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and le...
Revelation 21:8
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the det...
Revelation 22:15
Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexu...
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1 Corinthians 12:2
You know that when you were pagans you were led...
Ephesians 2:2 - 3
In which you once walked, following the course ...
Ephesians 4:22
To put off your old self, which belongs to your...
Ephesians 5:8
For at one time you were darkness, but now you ...
Colossians 3:7
In these you too once walked, when you were liv...
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient...
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Acts 22:16
And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Titus 3:5
He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
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1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
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Romans 8:30
And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
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1 Corinthians 10:23
All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.
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Matthew 15:17
Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?
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Colossians 2:22
( referring to things that all perish as they are used) - according to human precepts and teachings?
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1 Corinthians 6:15
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
1 Corinthians 6:19
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own.
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Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
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Acts 2:24
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
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1 Corinthians 15:22 - 23
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
John 6:39 - 40
And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
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Matthew 22:29
But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Ephesians 1:19 - 20
And what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might
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1 Corinthians 6:13
Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food" - and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Ephesians 5:30
Because we are members of his body.
1 Corinthians 12:27
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
Romans 12:5
So we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
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Matthew 19:5
And said, 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?
Mark 10:8
And the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh.
Ephesians 5:31
"Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."
Genesis 2:24
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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Genesis 2:24
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit - just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call -
John 17:21 - 23
That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
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2 Corinthians 12:21
I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.
Ephesians 5:3
But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
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Proverbs 5:11
And at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed.
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John 2:21
But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
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Romans 14:7
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
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1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
Acts 20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
Hebrews 9:12
He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Hebrews 9:14
How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
2 Peter 2:1
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
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Philippians 1:20
As it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
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1 Corinthians 7:8
To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.
1 Corinthians 7:26
I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.
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Exodus 21:10
If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.
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Exodus 19:15
And he said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.
1 Samuel 21:4
And the priest answered David, "I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread - if the young men have kept themselves from women.
Ecclesiastes 3:5
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
Zechariah 12:12 - 14
The land shall mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves.
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1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.
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1 Corinthians 7:12
To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.
1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.
2 Corinthians 8:8
I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.
1 Corinthians 7:10
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband
1 Corinthians 7:40
Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
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Acts 26:29
And Paul said, "Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am - except for these chains.
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1 Corinthians 7:8
To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.
1 Corinthians 9:5
Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?
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1 Corinthians 12:4
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:11
All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
1 Peter 4:10
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
Romans 12:6
Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith.
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Matthew 19:11 - 12
But he said to them, "Not everyone can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given.
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1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:26
I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.
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1 Corinthians 7:7
I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
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1 Timothy 5:14
So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.
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1 Corinthians 7:6
Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.
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Malachi 2:16
"For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless."
Matthew 5:32
But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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Mark 10:12
And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.
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1 Corinthians 7:10
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband
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Ezra 9:2
For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.
Malachi 2:15
Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.
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Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
Romans 14:19
So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
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1 Peter 3:1
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives.
Romans 11:14
In order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.
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Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
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1 Corinthians 4:17
That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
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2 Corinthians 8:18
With him we are sending the brother who is famous among all the churches for his preaching of the gospel.
2 Corinthians 11:28
And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
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Acts 15:1
But some men came down from Judea and were teac...
Acts 15:5
But some believers who belonged to the party of...
Acts 15:19
Therefore my judgment is that we should not tro...
Acts 15:24
Since we have heard that some persons have gone...
Acts 15:28
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and t...
Galatians 5:2
Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept ci...
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Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
Galatians 6:15
For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
Colossians 3:11
Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
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1 John 2:3
And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
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1 Corinthians 7:24
So, brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.
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Colossians 3:24
Knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
Philemon 1:16
No longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother - especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
John 8:36
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
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1 Corinthians 9:21
To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.
1 Peter 2:16
Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
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1 Corinthians 6:20
For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
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Leviticus 25:42
For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.
Leviticus 25:55
For it is to me that the people of Israel are servants. They are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
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1 Corinthians 7:20
Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.
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1 Corinthians 7:6
Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.
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2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
1 Timothy 1:13
Though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief.
1 Timothy 1:16
But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
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1 Corinthians 4:2
Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.
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1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:8
To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.
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Romans 13:11
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.
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2 Corinthians 6:10
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
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Psalms 39:6
Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
James 1:10
And the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
1 Peter 1:24
For "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls.
1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.
1 John 2:17
And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
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Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Luke 10:41
But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.
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1 Timothy 5:5
She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
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Proverbs 22:25
Lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
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Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
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Romans 7:2
For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.
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2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
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1 Corinthians 7:6
Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.
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Acts 15:28
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements:
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1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one.
1 Corinthians 8:7
However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
1 Corinthians 8:10
For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?
Acts 15:29
That you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.
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Romans 15:14
I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.
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Romans 14:3
Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.
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1 Corinthians 13:4 - 13
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
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Galatians 6:3
For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
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1 Corinthians 13:8 - 9
Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
1 Timothy 6:3 - 4
If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness.
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Galatians 4:9
But now that you have come to know God, or rath...
Exodus 33:12
Moses said to the Lord, "See, you say to me, 'B...
Exodus 33:17
And the Lord said to Moses, "This very thing th...
Jeremiah 1:5
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, an...
Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of tr...
2 Timothy 2:19
But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this ...
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1 Corinthians 10:19
What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
Isaiah 41:24
Behold, you are nothing, and your work is less than nothing; an abomination is he who chooses you.
Acts 14:15
Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
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1 Corinthians 8:6
Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
Deuteronomy 4:35
To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him.
Deuteronomy 4:39
Know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
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2 Thessalonians 2:4
Who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
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1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one.
Malachi 2:10
Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Ephesians 4:6
One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
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Romans 11:36
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
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Ephesians 4:5
One Lord, one faith, one baptism.
1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
John 13:13
You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am.
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John 1:3
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Colossians 1:16
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities - all things were created through him and for him.
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Romans 14:14
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.
Romans 14:22 - 23
The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves.
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1 Corinthians 10:25
Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience.
1 Corinthians 10:28 - 29
But if someone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience -
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Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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1 Corinthians 10:23
All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.
Romans 14:21
It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
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Romans 14:1 - 2
As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.
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Romans 14:15
For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died.
Romans 14:20
Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats.
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Zechariah 2:8
For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:
Matthew 18:6
But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
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Matthew 25:45
Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.
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Romans 14:13
Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
Romans 14:21
It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
2 Corinthians 6:3
We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
2 Corinthians 11:29
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?
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1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
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Acts 14:14
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out.
2 Corinthians 12:12
The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with utmost patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works.
1 Thessalonians 2:6
Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:7
Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we.
Revelation 2:2
'I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.
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1 Corinthians 15:8
Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appear...
Acts 9:3
Now as he went on his way, he approached Damasc...
Acts 9:17
So Ananias departed and entered the house. And ...
Acts 18:9
And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision...
Acts 22:14
And he said, 'The God of our fathers appointed ...
Acts 22:18
And saw him saying to me, 'Make haste and get o...
Acts 23:11
The following night the Lord stood by him and s...
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1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
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2 Corinthians 3:2
You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all.
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1 Corinthians 9:14
In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.
1 Thessalonians 2:6
Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
2 Thessalonians 3:8 - 9
Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.
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1 Corinthians 7:7
I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
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Matthew 12:46
While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
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Matthew 8:14
And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.
John 1:42
He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter).
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2 Corinthians 10:4
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.
1 Timothy 1:18
This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.
2 Timothy 2:3 - 4
Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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1 Corinthians 3:6 - 8
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
Deuteronomy 20:6
And is there any man who has planted a vineyard and has not enjoyed its fruit? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
Proverbs 27:18
Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
Song of Solomon 8:12
My vineyard, my very own, is before me; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
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1 Timothy 5:18
For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain," and, "The laborer deserves his wages.
Deuteronomy 25:4
You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
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Deuteronomy 25:4
You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
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Romans 4:24
But for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord.
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2 Timothy 2:6
It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
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Romans 15:27
For they were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings.
Galatians 6:6
One who is taught the word must share all good things with the one who teaches.
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1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing these things to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my ground for boasting.
1 Corinthians 9:18
What then is my reward? That in my preaching I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
Acts 20:33
I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.
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2 Corinthians 6:3
We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
2 Corinthians 11:12
And what I do I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.
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Leviticus 6:16
And the rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat...
Leviticus 6:26
The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. ...
Leviticus 7:6
Every male among the priests may eat of it. It ...
Numbers 5:9 - 10
And every contribution, all the holy donations ...
Numbers 18:8 - 20
Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, "Behold, I have g...
Deuteronomy 18:1
The Levitical priests, all the tribe of Levi, s...
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1 Corinthians 9:4
Do we not have the right to eat and drink?
Matthew 10:10
No bag for your journey, nor two tunics nor sandals nor a staff, for the laborer deserves his food.
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Acts 18:3
And because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
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2 Corinthians 11:10
As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
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Acts 4:20
For we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.
Acts 9:6
But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.
Romans 1:14
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
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1 Corinthians 4:1
This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Galatians 2:7
On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised
Philippians 1:16
The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.
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2 Corinthians 11:7
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached God's gospel to you free of charge?
2 Corinthians 12:13
For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!
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1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 10:29
I do not mean your conscience, but his. For why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience?
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Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
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Matthew 18:15
If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
1 Peter 3:1
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives.
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Acts 16:3
Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Acts 21:23 - 26
Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow.
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Romans 2:12
For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
Romans 2:14
For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
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Galatians 2:3
But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek.
Galatians 3:2
Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?
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1 Corinthians 7:22
For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ.
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2 Corinthians 11:29
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?
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1 Corinthians 10:33
Just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
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1 Corinthians 7:16
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
Romans 11:14
In order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.
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1 Corinthians 10:24
Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
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Philippians 3:14
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 2:18
Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind.
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Galatians 2:2
I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.
Galatians 5:7
You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
Philippians 2:16
Holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.
2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
2 Timothy 2:5
An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Jude 1:3
Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
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James 1:12
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
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Hebrews 12:4
In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
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1 Corinthians 14:9
So with yourselves, if with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air.
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Romans 6:19
I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
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Song of Solomon 1:6
Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept!
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Jeremiah 6:30
Rejected silver they are called, for the Lord has rejected them.
Romans 1:28
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
Hebrews 6:8
But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.
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