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The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
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For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward.
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The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us."
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And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
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Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk."
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let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that this man is standing before you in good health by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead.
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But when they believed Philip, who was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
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Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your bed!" And immediately he got up.
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You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all.
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So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they invited him to stay for several days.
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If then God gave them the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could hinder God?"
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who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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She kept doing this for many days. But Paul, very much annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I order you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour.
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Some days later when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak concerning faith in Christ Jesus.
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proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.
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Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
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and was declared to be Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
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including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,
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To all God's beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the world.
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on the day when, according to my gospel, God, through Jesus Christ, will judge the secret thoughts of all.
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the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,
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they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
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Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
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But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.
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But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
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But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died through the one man's trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many.
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If, because of the one man's trespass, death exercised dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
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so that, just as sin exercised dominion in death, so grace might also exercise dominion through justification leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
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Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
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But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
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We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
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So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
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For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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In the same way, my friends, you 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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Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I am a slave to the law of God, but with my flesh I am a slave to the law of sin.
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There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
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But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
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But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
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If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.
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and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ—if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.
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Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us.
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Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
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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.
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I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit—
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For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according to the flesh.
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For Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
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But the righteousness that comes from faith says, "Do not say in your heart, "Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down)
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"or "Who will descend into the abyss?' " (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
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So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.
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so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another.
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Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
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For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
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If your brother or sister is being injured by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died.
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The one who thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and has human approval.
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For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."
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May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus,
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so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
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For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God in order that he might confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,
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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.
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In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to boast of my work for God.
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For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and deed,
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by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and as far around as Illyricum I have fully proclaimed the good news of Christ.
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Thus I make it my ambition to proclaim the good news, not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on someone else's foundation,
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and I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
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I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in earnest prayer to God on my behalf,
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Greet Prisca and Aquila, who work with me in Christ Jesus,
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Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert in Asia for Christ.
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Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives who were in prison with me; they are prominent among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
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Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.
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Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulus.
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Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.
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For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.
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The God of peace will shortly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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Now to God who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages
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to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever! Amen.
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Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
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To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus,
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just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you—
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so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose.
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What I mean is that each of you says, "I belong to Paul," or "I belong to Apollos," or "I belong to Cephas," or "I belong to Christ."
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Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
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For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power.
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but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
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but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
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He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
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For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
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"For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
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And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
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For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.
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and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
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Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God's mysteries.
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We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.
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For though you might have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Indeed, in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
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For this reason I sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
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Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch, as you really are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.
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And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
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Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I therefore take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
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For whoever was called in the Lord as a slave is a freed person belonging to the Lord, just as whoever was free when called is a slave of Christ.
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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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So by your knowledge those weak believers for whom Christ died are destroyed.
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But when you thus sin against members of your family, and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
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If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we still more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
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To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law) so that I might win those outside the law.
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and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
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We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents.
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The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?
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Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
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But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the husband is the head of his wife, and God is the head of Christ.
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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.
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Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
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For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,
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Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?
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If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised;
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and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain.
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We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ—whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
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For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised.
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If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
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Then those also who have died in Christ have perished.
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If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
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But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.
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for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ.
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But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
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I die every day! That is as certain, brothers and sisters, as my boasting of you—a boast that I make in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus.
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is in Corinth, including all the saints throughout Achaia:
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation,
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For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ.
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For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not "Yes and No"; but in him it is always "Yes."
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But it is God who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us,
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Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ.
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When I came to Troas to proclaim the good news of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord;
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But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him.
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For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;
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For we are not peddlers of God's word like so many; but in Christ we speak as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God and standing in his presence.
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and you show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
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Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.
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But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, that same veil is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside.
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In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus' sake.
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For it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive recompense for what has been done in the body, whether good or evil.
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For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.
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From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way.
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So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
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All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;
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that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.
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So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
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What agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share with an unbeliever?
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For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
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As for Titus, he is my partner and co-worker in your service; as for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
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Through the testing of this ministry you glorify God by your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ and by the generosity of your sharing with them and with all others,
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I myself, Paul, appeal to 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!—
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and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.
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Look at what is before your eyes. If you are confident that you belong to Christ, remind yourself of this, that just as you belong to Christ, so also do we.
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For we were not overstepping our limits when we reached you; we were the first to come all the way to you with the good news of Christ.
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I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
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But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by its cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
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As the truth of Christ is in me, this boast of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
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For such boasters are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
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Are they ministers of Christ? I am talking like a madman—I am a better one: with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless floggings, and often near death.
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I know a person in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows.
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but he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
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Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
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Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves before you? We are speaking in Christ before God. Everything we do, beloved, is for the sake of building you up.
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since you desire proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful in you.
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Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless, indeed, you fail to meet the test!
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
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Paul an apostle—sent neither by human commission nor from human authorities, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
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I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
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not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are confusing you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
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Am I now seeking human approval, or God's approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
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and I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea that are in Christ;
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But because of false believers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might enslave us—
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yet we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law.
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But if, in our effort to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have been found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
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For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ;
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and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
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You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified!
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Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"—
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in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
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Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring; it does not say, "And to offsprings," as of many; but it says, "And to your offspring," that is, to one person, who is Christ.
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But the scripture has imprisoned all things under the power of sin, so that what was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
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Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.
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for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.
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As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
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There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
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And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to the promise.
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though my condition put you to the test, you did not scorn or despise me, but welcomed me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
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My little children, for whom I am again in the pain of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
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For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
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Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
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You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.
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And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
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It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that try to compel you to be circumcised—only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
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May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
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May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.
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He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
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he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,
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In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will,
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so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory.
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I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him,
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God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
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even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ —by grace you have been saved—
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and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
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so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
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For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.
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remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens 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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But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
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built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
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This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
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a reading of which will enable you to perceive my understanding of the mystery of Christ.
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that is, the Gentiles have become fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
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Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the Gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ,
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This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,
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and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.
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and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
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to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ's gift.
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to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
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until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.
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But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
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That is not the way you learned Christ!
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and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
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and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
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Be sure of this, that no fornicator or impure person, or one who is greedy (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
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for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
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giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.
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For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Savior.
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Just as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives ought to be, in everything, to their husbands.
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
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For no one ever hates his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,
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This is a great mystery, and I am applying it to Christ and the church.
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Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ;
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not only while being watched, and in order to please them, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.
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Peace be to the whole community, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Grace be with all who have an undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.
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For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus.
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to help you to determine what is best, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless,
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having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.
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so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to everyone else that my imprisonment is for Christ;
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Some proclaim Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.
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These proclaim Christ out of love, knowing that I have been put here for the defense of the gospel;
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the others proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but intending to increase my suffering in my imprisonment.
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What does it matter? Just this, that Christ is proclaimed in every way, whether out of false motives or true; and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,
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for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance.
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It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way, but that by my speaking with all boldness, Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or by death.
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For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
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I am hard pressed between the two: my desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better;
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so that I may share abundantly in your boasting in Christ Jesus when I come to you again.
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Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel,
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For he has graciously granted you the privilege not only of believing in Christ, but of suffering for him as well—
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If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy,
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Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,
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and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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It is by your holding fast to the word of life that I can boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
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All of them are seeking their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
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because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for those services that you could not give me.
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For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh—
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Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ.
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More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
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and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith.
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I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death,
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Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
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I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.
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For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even with tears.
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But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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And my God will fully satisfy every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
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Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The friends who are with me greet you.
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
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To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
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In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,
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This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,
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I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.
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To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
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I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ himself,
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For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, and I rejoice to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
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As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
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See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ.
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In him also you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ;
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These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
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If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the universe, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations,
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So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
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for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
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When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.
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In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!
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And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.
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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.
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since you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you serve the Lord Christ.
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At the same time pray for us as well that God will open to us a door for the word, that we may declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in prison,
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Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you. He is always wrestling in his prayers on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in everything that God wills.
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Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
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remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children.
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For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, for you suffered the same things from your own compatriots as they did from the Jews,
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and we sent Timothy, our brother and co-worker for God in proclaiming the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you for the sake of your faith,
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For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel's call and with the sound of God's trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
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For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters,
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For this purpose he called you through our proclamation of the good news, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
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May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
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Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they received from us.
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Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
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To Timothy, my loyal child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service,
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and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.
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But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience, making me an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life.
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For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human,
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for those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
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If you put these instructions before the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound teaching that you have followed.
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But refuse to put younger widows on the list; for when their sensual desires alienate them from Christ, they want to marry,
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In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels, I warn you to keep these instructions without prejudice, doing nothing on the basis of partiality.
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Whoever teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that is in accordance with godliness,
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In the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you
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to keep the commandment without spot or blame until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
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To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,
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but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
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Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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You then, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus;
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Share in suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David—that is my gospel,
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Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, so that they may also obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
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Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
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and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I solemnly urge you:
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Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and the knowledge of the truth that is in accordance with godliness,
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To Titus, my loyal child in the faith we share: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
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while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
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Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and co-worker,
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective when you perceive all the good that we may do for Christ.
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For this reason, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do your duty,
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yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love—and I, Paul, do this as an old man, and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus.
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Yes, brother, let me have this benefit from you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in Christ.
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Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
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Christ, however, was faithful over God's house as a son, and we are his house if we hold firm the confidence and the pride that belong to hope.
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For we have become partners of Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end.
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So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you";
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Therefore let us go on toward perfection, leaving behind the basic teaching about Christ, and not laying again the foundation: repentance from dead works and faith toward God,
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But when Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation),
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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 worship the living God!
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For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
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so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
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Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body you have prepared for me;
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And it is by God's will that we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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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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He considered abuse suffered for the Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward.
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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
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make you complete in everything good so that you may do his will, working among us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.
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My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ?
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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood: May grace and peace be yours in abundance.
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
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inquiring about the person or time that the Spirit of Christ within them indicated when it testified in advance to the sufferings destined for Christ and the subsequent glory.
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Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.
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but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.
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like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps.
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but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you;
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yet do it with gentleness and reverence. Keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.
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For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,
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And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
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Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same intention (for whoever has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin),
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Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
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But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.
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If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory, which is the Spirit of God, is resting on you.
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Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you
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And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.
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Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
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Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
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For if these things are yours and are increasing among you, they keep you from being ineffective and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
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since I know that my death will come soon, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
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For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
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But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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we declare to you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
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My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
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Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
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And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
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By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
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Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.
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This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.
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And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
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Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, in truth and love.
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Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh; any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist!
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Everyone who does not abide in the teaching of Christ, but goes beyond it, does not have God; whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
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for they began their journey for the sake of Christ, accepting no support from non-believers.
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Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, who are beloved in God the Father and kept safe for Jesus Christ:
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For certain intruders have stolen in among you, people who long ago were designated for this condemnation as ungodly, who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
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But you, beloved, must remember the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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keep yourselves in the love of God; look forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
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to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
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The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place; he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
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who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
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and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood,
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Then I saw thrones, and those seated on them were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. Over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him a thousand years.