Galatians
5
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Christ
Has Set Us Free
5 For freedom Christ has
set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.2 Look: I, Paul, say to
you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. 3 I
testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to
keep the whole law. 4 You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified
by the law; you have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the Spirit, by
faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ
Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only
faith working through love.
7
You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8 This
persuasion is not from him who calls you. 9 A little leaven leavens the whole
lump. 10 I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than
mine, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. 11
But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted?
In that case the offence of the cross has been removed. 12 I wish those who
unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
13
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an
opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole
law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” 15
But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by
one another.
Walk
by the Spirit
16
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the
flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires
of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to
keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are led by the
Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident:
sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife,
jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy,
drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before,
that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control;
against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus
have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the
Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited,
provoking one another, envying one another.
2
Peter 1
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Greeting
1
Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To
those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the
righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:2 May grace and peace be
multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Make
Your Calling and Election Sure
3
His
divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to
his own glory and excellence, 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and
very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the
divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because
of sinful desire. 5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement
your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with
self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with
godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection
with love. 8 For if these qualities are
yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For whoever lacks these qualities
is so short-sighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed
from his former sins. 10 Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make
your calling and election sure, for if you practise these qualities you will
never fall. 11 For in this way there will be richly provided for you an
entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12
Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know
them and are established in the truth that you have. 13 I think it right, as
long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder, 14 since I know
that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear
to me. 15 And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be
able at any time to recall these things.
Christ's
Glory and the Prophetic Word
16
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 were eyewitnesses of his
majesty. 17 For when he received honour and glory from God the Father, and the
voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with
whom I am well pleased”, 18 we ourselves heard this very voice borne from
heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. 19 And we have something
more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to
a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises
in your hearts, 20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture
comes from someone's own interpretation. 21 For no prophecy was ever produced
by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the
Holy Spirit.
Colossians
3
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Put
On the New Self
3
If then you have been raised with Christ,
seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of
God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on
earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When
Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
5
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity,
passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of
these the wrath of God is coming. 7 In these you too once walked, when you were
living in them. 8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice,
slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing
that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the
new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian,
Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
12
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts,
kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 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. 14 And
above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect
harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed
you were called in one body. And be thankful. 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.
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.
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