Ephesians 3:8-6:4
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To me, e though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, f to preach to the Gentiles the g unsearchable h riches of Christ,
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and i to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery j hidden for ages in God k who created all things,
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so that through the church the manifold l wisdom of God m might now be made known to n the rulers and authorities o in the heavenly places.
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This was p according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,
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in whom we have q boldness and r access with s confidence through our t faith in him.
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So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering u for you, v which is your glory.
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For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
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from whom w every family in heaven and on earth is named,
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that according to x the riches of his glory y he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit z in your inner being,
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a so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith - that you, being b rooted and c grounded in love,
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may have strength to d comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and e height and depth,
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and to know the love of Christ f that surpasses knowledge, that g you may be filled with all h the fullness of God.
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i Now to j him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, k according to the power at work within us,
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l to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 4
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I therefore, m a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to n walk in a manner worthy of o the calling to which you have been called,
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with all p humility and q gentleness, with r patience, s bearing with one another in love,
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eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in t the bond of peace.
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There is u one body and v one Spirit - just as you were called to the one w hope that belongs to your call -
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x one Lord, y one faith, z one baptism,
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a one God and Father of all, b who is over all and through all and in all.
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But c grace was given d to each one of us e according to the measure of Christ's gift.
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Therefore it says,
f "When he ascended on high g he led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men."
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( h In saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also descended into i the lower regions, the earth?
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He who descended is the one who also j ascended k far above all the heavens, that he might l fill all things.)
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And m he gave the n apostles, the prophets, the o evangelists, the p shepherds and teachers,
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q to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for r building up s the body of Christ,
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until we all attain to t the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, u to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of v the fullness of Christ,
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so that we may no longer be children, w tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in x deceitful schemes.
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Rather, y speaking the truth in love, we are to z grow up in every way into him who is a the head, into Christ,
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b from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, c when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
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Now this I say and d testify in the Lord, e that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, f in the futility of their minds.
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They g are darkened in their understanding, h alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to i their hardness of heart.
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They j have become callous and k have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
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But that is not the way you l learned Christ! -
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assuming that m you have heard about him and n were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus,
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to o put off p your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through q deceitful desires,
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and r to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
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and to put on s the new self, t created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
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Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you u speak the truth with his neighbor, for v we are members one of another.
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w Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
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and x give no opportunity to the devil.
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Let the thief no longer steal, but rather y let him labor, z doing honest work with his own hands, so a that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
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b Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give c grace to those who hear.
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And d do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, e by whom you were sealed for the day of f redemption.
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g Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
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h Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, i forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Ephesians 5
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j Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
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And k walk in love, l as Christ loved us and m gave himself up for us, a n fragrant o offering and sacrifice to God.
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But p sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness q must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
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Let there be r no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, s which are out of place, but instead t let there be thanksgiving.
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For you may be sure of this, that u everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous ( v that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
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w Let no one x deceive you with empty words, for because of these things y the wrath of God comes upon z the sons of disobedience.
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Therefore a do not become partners with them;
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for b at one time you were c darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. d Walk as children of light
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(for e the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),
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and f try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.
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g Take no part in the h unfruitful i works of darkness, but instead j expose them.
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For k it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.
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But when l anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,
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for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
m "Awake, O sleeper,
and n arise from the dead,
and o Christ will shine on you."
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p Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
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p making the best use of the time, because q the days are evil.
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Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what r the will of the Lord is.
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And s do not get drunk with wine, for that is t debauchery, but u be filled with the Spirit,
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addressing one another in v psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,
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w giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father x in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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y submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
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z Wives, a submit to your own husbands, b as to the Lord.
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For c the husband is the head of the wife even as d Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is e himself its Savior.
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Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit f in everything to their husbands.
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g Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and h gave himself up for her,
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that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by i the washing of water j with the word,
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so k that he might present the church to himself in splendor, l without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
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In the same way m husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
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For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
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because n we are members of his body.
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o "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and p the two shall become one flesh."
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This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.
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However, q let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she r respects her husband.
Ephesians 6
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s Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
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t "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise),
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"that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land."
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Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, u but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
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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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Job 5:9
Who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
Romans 11:33
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
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Ephesians 1:18
Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.
Romans 2:4
Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
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Ephesians 3:2 - 3
Assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you.
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Colossians 1:26
The mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.
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Revelation 4:11
"Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created."
Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
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Romans 11:33
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
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1 Peter 1:12
It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.
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Ephesians 1:21
Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
Ephesians 6:12
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
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Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
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Ephesians 1:11
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will.
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Hebrews 4:16
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus.
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Ephesians 2:18
For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
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2 Corinthians 3:4
Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.
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Mark 11:22
And Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.
Philippians 3:9
And be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith -
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Ephesians 3:1
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles -
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2 Corinthians 1:6
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
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Ephesians 1:10
As a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
Ephesians 1:21
Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
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Ephesians 3:8
To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.
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1 Corinthians 16:13
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Colossians 1:11
May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy.
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Romans 7:22
For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being.
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Ephesians 2:22
In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
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Colossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
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Colossians 1:23
If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
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John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
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Romans 8:39
Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Job 11:8 - 9
It is higher than heaven - what can you do? Deeper than Sheol - what can you know?
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Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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Colossians 2:10
And you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.
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Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
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Romans 16:25
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages
Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy.
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2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
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Ephesians 3:7
Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power.
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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 3:1
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles -
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Colossians 1:10
So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Colossians 2:6
Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him.
1 Thessalonians 2:12
We exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
Philippians 1:27
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel.
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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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Acts 20:19
Serving the Lord with all humility and with tea...
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humi...
Colossians 3:12
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and bel...
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympat...
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to th...
Colossians 2:18
Let no one disqualify you, insisting on ascetic...
Colossians 2:23
These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in pr...
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Galatians 5:23
Gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
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Colossians 1:11
May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy.
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Colossians 3:13
Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
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Colossians 3:14
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
Acts 8:23
For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
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Ephesians 2:16
And might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
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Ephesians 2:18
For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
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Ephesians 1:18
Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.
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Zechariah 14:9
And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be one and his name one.
1 Corinthians 1:13
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
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.
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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.
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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Galatians 3:27 - 28
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
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1 Corinthians 12:5 - 6
And there are varieties of service, but the same Lord.
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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.
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Ephesians 3:2
Assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you.
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Matthew 25:15
To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.
1 Corinthians 12:7
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
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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.
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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Psalms 68:18
You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.
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Judges 5:12
Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, break out in a song! Arise, Barak, lead away your captives, O son of Abinoam.
Colossians 2:15
He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
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Psalms 68:18
You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.
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John 3:13
No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
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Psalms 63:9
But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth.
Isaiah 44:23
Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it; shout, O depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and will be glorified in Israel.
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Mark 16:19
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
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Hebrews 4:14
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
Hebrews 7:26
For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
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Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
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1 Corinthians 12:5 - 6
And there are varieties of service, but the same Lord.
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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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Acts 21:8
On the next day we departed and came to Caesarea, and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
2 Timothy 4:5
As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
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Jeremiah 3:15
'And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
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.
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2 Corinthians 13:9
For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. Your restoration is what we pray for.
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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.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
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1 Corinthians 12:27
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
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Ephesians 4:5
One Lord, one faith, one baptism.
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Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
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Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
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Matthew 11:7
As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Hebrews 13:9
Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.
James 1:6
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
Jude 1:12
These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted.
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Ephesians 6:11
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
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1 John 3:18
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
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.
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Ephesians 2:21
In whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
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Ephesians 1:22
And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church.
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Colossians 2:19
And not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
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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 Thessalonians 2:12
We exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
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Ephesians 4:22
To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires.
Ephesians 2:1 - 3
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
Colossians 3:7
In these you too once walked, when you were living in them.
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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Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
1 Peter 1:18
Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold.
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.
2 Peter 2:18
For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.
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Romans 11:10
Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs forever.
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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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Mark 3:5
And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
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Proverbs 23:35
"They struck me," you will say, "but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I must have another drink."
1 Timothy 4:2
Through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared.
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1 Kings 21:25
( There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.
Romans 1:24
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves.
Romans 1:26
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature.
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.
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Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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Ephesians 1:13
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.
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Colossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
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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.
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.
James 1:21
Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
1 Peter 2:1
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
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Romans 6:6
We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
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Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
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Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
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Romans 6:4
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
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Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
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Zechariah 8:16
These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace.
Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
Ephesians 4:15
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
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Romans 12:5
So we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
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Psalms 37:8
Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
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James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Acts 20:35
In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
Galatians 6:10
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
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1 Thessalonians 4:11
And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you.
2 Thessalonians 3:8
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.
2 Thessalonians 3:11 - 12
For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.
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Proverbs 21:26
All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
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Ephesians 5:4
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
Colossians 3:8
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
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Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.
1 Thessalonians 5:19
Do not quench the Spirit.
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Ephesians 1:13
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.
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Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
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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.
Colossians 3:19
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
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Colossians 3:12 - 13
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.
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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2 Corinthians 2:7
So you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
2 Corinthians 2:10
Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ.
Matthew 6:14
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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Ephesians 4:32
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Matthew 5:48
You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Luke 6:36
Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
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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.
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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Romans 8:37
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
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Romans 4:25
Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
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Genesis 8:21
And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
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Hebrews 7:27
He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
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.
Hebrews 10:10
And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 10:12
But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.
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1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
Galatians 5:19
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality.
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Ephesians 5:12
For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.
Psalms 16:4
The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips.
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Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Ecclesiastes 10:13
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness.
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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.
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Ephesians 5:20
Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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Colossians 3:5
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
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Matthew 24:4
And Jesus answered them, "See that no one leads you astray.
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Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
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Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
Colossians 3:6
On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
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Ephesians 2:2
In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience -
1 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance.
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Ephesians 3:6
This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
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Ephesians 2:1 - 2
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
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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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Isaiah 2:5
O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
Luke 16:8
The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
John 12:35 - 36
So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
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Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.
Romans 7:4
Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
But test everything; hold fast what is good.
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1 Corinthians 5:9
I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people -
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Romans 6:21
But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
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Romans 13:12
The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.
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Leviticus 19:17
You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.
1 Timothy 5:20
As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.
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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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John 3:20 - 21
For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
Ephesians 5:9
(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true).
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Isaiah 51:17
Wake yourself, wake yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl, the cup of staggering.
Isaiah 52:1
Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Isaiah 60:1
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
Malachi 4:2
But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
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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Isaiah 26:19
Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
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Luke 1:78 - 79
Because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
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Colossians 4:5
Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.
Proverbs 15:21
Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.
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Ephesians 5:15
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise.
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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.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, "I have no pleasure in them".
Amos 5:13
Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
Galatians 1:4
Who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.
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Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Proverbs 23:20
Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat.
Proverbs 23:31
Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone 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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Titus 1:6
If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.
1 Peter 4:4
With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you.
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Luke 1:15
For he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
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Acts 16:25
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
1 Corinthians 14:26
What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
James 5:13
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
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Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1 Thessalonians 1:2
We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
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Hebrews 13:15
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
John 14:13
Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
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Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
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Ephesians 5:22 - 6:9
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Colossians 3:18 - 4:1
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
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Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.
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Ephesians 6:5
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ.
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1 Corinthians 11:3
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
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Ephesians 1:22 - 23
And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church.
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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.
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Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
Colossians 3:22
Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
Titus 2:9
Slaves are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative.
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Ephesians 5:28
In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Ephesians 5:33
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
1 Peter 3:7
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
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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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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.
Revelation 7:14
I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Ephesians 6:17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Hebrews 6:5
And have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come.
John 15:3
Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
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2 Corinthians 11:2
For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
Ephesians 1:4
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
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Song of Solomon 4:7
You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.
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Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Ephesians 5:33
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
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Genesis 2:23
Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
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!
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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 10:7 - 8
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife.
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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1 Corinthians 6:16
Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will 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 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Ephesians 5:28
In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
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1 Peter 3:2
When they see your respectful and pure conduct.
1 Peter 3:6
As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.
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Proverbs 1:8
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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Genesis 18:19
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Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, ...
Deuteronomy 6:7
You shall teach them diligently to your childre...
Deuteronomy 11:19
You shall teach them to your children, talking ...
Psalms 78:4
We will not hide them from their children, but ...
Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not ...
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go; even ...
Proverbs 29:17
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2 Timothy 3:15
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