Romans 11 - 14
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I ask, then, h has God rejected his people? By no means! For i I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
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j God has not rejected his people whom he k foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?
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l "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life."
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But what is God's reply to him? m "I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
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So too at the present time there is n a remnant, chosen by grace.
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o But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
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What then? p Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest q were hardened,
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as it is written,
r "God gave them a spirit of stupor,
s eyes that would not see
and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day."
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And David says,
t "Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
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let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and bend their backs forever."
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So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather through their trespass u salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.
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Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!
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Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as v I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
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in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and w thus save some of them.
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For if their rejection means x the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
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y If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
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But if z some of the branches were broken off, and you, a although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,
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do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.
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Then you will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in."
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That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you b stand fast through faith. So c do not become proud, but d fear.
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For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
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Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, e provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise f you too will be cut off.
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And g even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.
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For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
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h Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: i a partial hardening has come upon Israel, j until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
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And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,
k "The Deliverer will come l from Zion,
he will banish ungodliness from Jacob";
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"and this will be my m covenant with them
n when I take away their sins."
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As regards the gospel, they are enemies of God for your sake. But as regards election, they are o beloved for the sake of their forefathers.
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For the gifts and p the calling of God are irrevocable.
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For just as q you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,
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so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy.
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For God r has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.
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Oh, the depth of the riches and s wisdom and knowledge of God! t How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
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"For u who has known the mind of the Lord,
or v who has been his counselor?"
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"Or w who has given a gift to him
that he might be repaid?"
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For x from him and through him and to him are all things. y To him be glory forever. Amen.
Romans 12
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z I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, a to present your bodies b as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
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c Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by d the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may e discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
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For f by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you g not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, h each according to i the measure of faith that God has assigned.
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For j as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function,
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so we, k though many, l are one body in Christ, and individually m members one of another.
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n Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if o prophecy, p in proportion to our faith;
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if q service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching;
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the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; r the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with s cheerfulness.
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t Let love be genuine. u Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
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v Love one another with brotherly affection. w Outdo one another in showing honor.
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Do not be slothful in zeal, x be fervent in spirit, y serve the Lord.
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z Rejoice in hope, a be patient in tribulation, b be constant in prayer.
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c Contribute to the needs of the saints and d seek to show hospitality.
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e Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
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f Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
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g Live in harmony with one another. h Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. i Never be wise in your own sight.
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j Repay no one evil for evil, but k give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
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If possible, so far as it depends on you, l live peaceably with all.
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Beloved, m never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, n "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord."
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To the contrary, o "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head."
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Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 13
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Let every person p be subject to the governing authorities. For q there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
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Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.
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For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you r will receive his approval,
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for s he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, t an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.
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Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also u for the sake of conscience.
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For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.
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v Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
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w Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for x the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
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For the commandments, y "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: z "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
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Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore a love is the fulfilling of the law.
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Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you b to wake from sleep. c For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.
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d The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us e cast off f the works of darkness and g put on the armor of light.
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h Let us walk properly as in the daytime, i not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, j not in quarreling and jealousy.
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But k put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, l to gratify its desires.
Romans 14
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As for m the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.
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n One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.
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Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and o let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.
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p Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
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q One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. r Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
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The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since s he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.
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For t none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
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For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, u whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
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For to this end Christ v died and lived again, that he might be Lord both w of the dead and of the living.
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Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For w we will all stand before x the judgment seat of God;
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for it is written,
y "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God."
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So then z each of us will give an account of himself to God.
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a Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide b never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
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I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus c that nothing is unclean in itself, d but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.
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For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, e you are no longer walking in love. f By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died.
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g So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil.
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h For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but i of righteousness and j peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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Whoever thus serves Christ is k acceptable to God and approved by men.
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So then let us l pursue what makes for peace and for m mutual upbuilding.
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n Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. o Everything is indeed clean, but p it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats.
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q It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
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The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. r Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves.
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But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
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1 Samuel 12:22
For the Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.
Jeremiah 31:37
Thus says the Lord : "If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done, declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 33:24
Have you not observed that these people are saying, 'The Lord has rejected the two clans that he chose'? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight.
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2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I.
Philippians 3:5
Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee.
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Psalms 94:14
For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage.
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Romans 8:29
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
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1 Kings 19:10
He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
1 Kings 19:14
He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
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1 Kings 19:10
He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
1 Kings 19:14
He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
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1 Kings 19:18
Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.
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1 Kings 19:18
Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.
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Romans 9:27
And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved.
Jeremiah 3:14
Return, O faithless children, declares the Lord ; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
Zechariah 13:8
In the whole land, declares the Lord, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
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Romans 4:4
Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
Deuteronomy 9:4 - 5
Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,' whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you.
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Romans 9:31
But that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.
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Romans 11:25
Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
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Isaiah 29:10
For the Lord has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).
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Deuteronomy 29:4
But to this day the Lord has not given you a he...
Isaiah 43:8
Bring out the people who are blind, yet have ey...
Jeremiah 5:21
Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who ...
Ezekiel 12:2
Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebelli...
Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding, alien...
Matthew 13:14
Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is...
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Psalms 69:22 - 23
Let their own table before them become a snare; and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.
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Psalms 69:22 - 23
Let their own table before them become a snare; and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.
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Acts 28:28
Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.
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Romans 15:16
To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Acts 26:17
Delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles - to whom I am sending you
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
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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?
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
1 Timothy 4:16
Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
James 5:20
Let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
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Romans 5:11
More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
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Numbers 15:18 - 21
Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land to which I bring you
Nehemiah 10:37
And to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our towns where we labor.
Ezekiel 44:30
And the first of all the firstfruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests. You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, that a blessing may rest on your house.
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Jeremiah 11:16
The Lord once called you 'a green olive tree, beautiful with good fruit.' But with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed.
Psalms 52:8
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.
John 15:2
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
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Ephesians 2:12
Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
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1 Corinthians 10:12
Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
2 Corinthians 1:24
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.
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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.
Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
1 Timothy 6:17
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
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Proverbs 28:14
Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
Isaiah 66:2
All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
Isaiah 66:5
Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: "Your brothers who hate you and cast you out for my name's sake have said, 'Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy'; but it is they who shall be put to shame.
Jeremiah 44:10
They have not humbled themselves even to this day, nor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.
Philippians 2:12
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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1 Corinthians 15:2
And by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you - unless you believed in vain.
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.
Hebrews 3:14
For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
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John 15:2
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
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2 Corinthians 3:16
But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
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Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
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2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.
Romans 11:7
What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened.
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Revelation 7:9
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
Luke 21:24
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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Isaiah 59:20 - 21
And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression," declares the Lord.
John 4:22
You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
Hebrews 8:8 - 12
For he finds fault with them when he says: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
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Psalms 14:7
Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
Psalms 53:6
Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
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Isaiah 59:20 - 21
And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression," declares the Lord.
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Romans 9:4
They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.
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Isaiah 27:9
Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.
Hebrews 8:12
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.
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Romans 9:5
To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
Deuteronomy 7:8
But it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:15
Yet the Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day.
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Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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Ephesians 2:2 - 3
In which you once walked, following the course ...
Ephesians 2:11
Therefore remember that at one time you Gentile...
Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far o...
Colossians 1:21
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in...
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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Romans 3:9
What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin.
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Colossians 2:3
In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Psalms 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
Ephesians 3:10
So that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
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Deuteronomy 29:29
The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
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Isaiah 40:13
Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel?
1 Corinthians 2:16
For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
Job 15:8
Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
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Job 36:22 - 23
Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
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Job 35:7
If you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
Job 41:11
Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
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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.
1 Corinthians 11:12
For as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.
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.
Hebrews 2:10
For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.
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Romans 16:27
To the only wise God be glory forevermore throu...
Ephesians 3:21
To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jes...
Philippians 4:20
To our God and Father be glory forever and ever...
1 Timothy 1:17
To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the o...
1 Peter 4:11
Whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of Go...
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord...
Jude 1:25
To the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Chri...
Revelation 1:6
And made us a kingdom, priests to his God and F...
Revelation 5:13
And I heard every creature in heaven and on ear...
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1 Corinthians 1:10
I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
2 Corinthians 10:1
I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ - I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away! -
Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called.
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Romans 6:13
Do not present your members to sin as instrumen...
Romans 6:16
Do you not know that if you present yourselves ...
Romans 6:19
I am speaking in human terms, because of your n...
Psalms 50:13 - 14
Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood ...
1 Corinthians 6:20
For you were bought with a price. So glorify Go...
1 Peter 2:5
You yourselves like living stones are being bui...
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Hebrews 10:20
By the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh.
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1 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance.
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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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.
Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
2 Corinthians 4:16
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
Ephesians 4:23
And to be renewed in the spirit of your minds.
Colossians 3:10
And have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
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Ephesians 5:10
And try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality.
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Romans 1:5
Through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations.
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Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
Romans 11:20
That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear.
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1 Corinthians 7:17
Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
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Ephesians 4:7
But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.
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1 Corinthians 12:12 - 14
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit - just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call -
Ephesians 4:16
From whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
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1 Corinthians 10:17
Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
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 12:20
As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
Ephesians 4:13
Until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
John 17:11
And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
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Ephesians 4:25
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
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 12:27
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
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1 Corinthians 12:4
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Peter 4:10 - 11
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
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.
1 Corinthians 12:7 - 11
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
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1 Corinthians 12:10
To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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2 Timothy 2:15
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
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Acts 6:1
Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution.
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1 Timothy 5:17
Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
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2 Corinthians 9:7
Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
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2 Corinthians 6:6
By purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love.
1 Timothy 1:5
The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
1 Peter 1:22
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
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Psalms 97:10
O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 101:3
I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Amos 5:15
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.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 - 22
But test everything; hold fast what is good.
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Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.
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Romans 13:7
Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
1 Peter 2:17
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
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Acts 18:25
He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
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Acts 20:19
Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews.
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Romans 5:2
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
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Hebrews 10:36
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
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Acts 1:14
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
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Romans 15:25
At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem br...
1 Corinthians 16:1
Now concerning the collection for the saints: a...
1 Corinthians 16:15
Now I urge you, brothers - you know that the ho...
2 Corinthians 9:1
Now it is superfluous for me to write to you ab...
2 Corinthians 9:12
For the ministry of this service is not only su...
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your wo...
Hebrews 13:16
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you...
1 Timothy 6:18
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Matthew 25:35
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
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Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
1 Peter 3:9
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
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1 Corinthians 12:26
If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
Job 30:25
Did not I weep for him whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Hebrews 13:3
Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.
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Romans 15:5
May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus.
2 Corinthians 13:11
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Philippians 2:2
Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
Philippians 4:2
I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
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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.
Psalms 131:1
O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.
Jeremiah 45:5
And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give you your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.
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Romans 11:25
Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
Proverbs 3:7
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
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Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
Matthew 5:39
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.
Romans 14:19
So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
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2 Corinthians 8:21
For we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord's sight but also in the sight of man.
Romans 14:16
So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil.
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Mark 9:50
Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.
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Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
Matthew 5:39
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.
Romans 14:19
So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
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Hebrews 10:30
For we know him who said, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay." And again, "The Lord will judge his people.
Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.
Psalms 94:1
O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth!
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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Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.
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Proverbs 25:21 - 22
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Exodus 23:4 - 5
If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.
2 Kings 6:22
He answered, "You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.
Luke 6:27
But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.
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Proverbs 25:21 - 22
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
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Titus 3:1
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.
1 Peter 2:13
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme.
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John 19:11
Jesus answered him, "You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.
Daniel 2:21
He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.
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1 Peter 2:14
Or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.
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2 Chronicles 19:6
And said to the judges, "Consider what you do, for you judge not for man but for the Lord. He is with you in giving judgment.
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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 Peter 2:19
For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.
Ecclesiastes 8:2
I say: Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him.
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Matthew 17:25
He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?
Matthew 22:21
They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
Mark 12:17
Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they marveled at him.
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Leviticus 19:13
You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
Proverbs 3:27 - 28
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.
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Romans 13:10
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Matthew 22:40
On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.
Colossians 3:14
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
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Matthew 19:18
He said to him, "Which ones?" And Jesus said, "You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness.
Exodus 20:13 - 17
You shall not murder.
Deuteronomy 5:17 - 21
'You shall not murder.
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Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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Exodus 20:13 - 17
You shall not murder.
Deuteronomy 5:17 - 21
You shall not murder.
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Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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John 14:15
If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
Romans 13:8
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
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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.
Ephesians 5:14
For anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
1 Thessalonians 5:6
So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.
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Isaiah 56:1
Thus says the Lord : "Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.
Luke 21:28
Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.
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John 9:4
We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
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Colossians 3:8
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
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Ephesians 5:11
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
John 3:20
For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
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2 Corinthians 6:7
By truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left.
Ephesians 6:11
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
Ephesians 6:13
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
1 Thessalonians 5:8
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
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1 Thessalonians 4:12
So that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.
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Luke 21:34
But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.
Galatians 5:21
Envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Peter 4:3
For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
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James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
James 3:16
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
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Galatians 3:27
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ...
Job 29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my j...
Psalms 132:9
Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,...
Luke 24:49
And behold, I am sending the promise of my Fath...
Ephesians 4:24
And to put on the new self, created after the l...
Colossians 3:10
And have put on the new self, which is being re...
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Galatians 5:16
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
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Romans 15:1
We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
1 Corinthians 8:9 - 11
But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
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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.
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Colossians 2:16
Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.
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James 4:12
There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
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Galatians 4:10
You observe days and months and seasons and years!
Zechariah 7:5 - 6
Say to all the people of the land and the priests, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted?
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Romans 14:23
But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
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1 Corinthians 10:30 - 31
If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?
1 Timothy 4:3 - 4
Who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Matthew 15:36
He took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
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2 Corinthians 5:15
And he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
1 Peter 4:2
So as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.
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.
1 Thessalonians 5:10
Who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.
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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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Revelation 1:18
And the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
Revelation 2:8
And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.
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Acts 10:42
And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
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Romans 14:9
For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
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2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
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Philippians 2:10 - 11
So that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.
Isaiah 45:23
By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: 'To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.
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Isaiah 45:23
By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: 'To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.
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Matthew 12:36
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak.
Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
1 Peter 4:5
But they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
Galatians 6:5
For each will have to bear his own load.
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Matthew 7:1
Judge not, that you be not judged.
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1 Corinthians 8:13
Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
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Romans 14:2
One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.
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.
Acts 10:15
And the voice came to him again a second time, "What God has made clean, do not call common.
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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?
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Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
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1 Corinthians 8:11
And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother 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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Romans 12:17
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
1 Corinthians 10:29 - 30
I do not mean your conscience, but his. For why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience?
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1 Corinthians 8:8
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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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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Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.
Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
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2 Corinthians 8:21
For we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord's sight but also in the sight of man.
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Psalms 34:14
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
1 Corinthians 7:15
But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace.
2 Timothy 2:22
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
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Romans 15:2
Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
1 Corinthians 14:12
So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.
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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.
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Titus 1:15
To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
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.
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1 Corinthians 8:9 - 12
But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
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1 Corinthians 8:13
Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
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1 John 3:21
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.
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