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17 Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.
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Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.
18 For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.
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For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
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Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things.
20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
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But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
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who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
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