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They claim to know God, and they call themselves the Lord's children.
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We can't stand the sight of people like that; what they are contradicts our whole way of thinking.
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They are not like other people; they have strange ways.
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They think that our moral standards are so corrupt that everything we do should be avoided. They boast of having God for their Father, and believe that when all is said and done, only the righteous will be happy.
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But we'll see if that's true! Let's see what will happen when it's time for them to die!
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.