John 1:13
13who were born, not merely in a physical sense, ▼▼Lit. not of bloods
or from a fleshly impulse, or from man's desire, but of God.John 3:5; James 1:18; 1Pet 1:23 Romans 6:11
11In the same way, you too must continually consider yourselves dead as far as sin is concerned, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. ▼▼Other mss. read Christ Jesus our Lord
Rom 6:2; Gal 2:19 Romans 14:7
7For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.1Cor 6:19-20; Gal 2:20; 1Thes 5:10; 1Pet 4:22 Corinthians 5:15
15He died for all people, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for the one who died and rose for them.Rom 6:11-12; 14:7-8; 1Cor 6:19; Gal 2:20; 1Thes 5:10; 1Pet 4:2Galatians 2:20
20I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and the life that I now live in the flesh I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, ▼▼Or by faith in the Son of God
who loved me and gave himself for me.Rom 6:6; 2Cor 5:15; Gal 1:4; 5:24; 6:14; Eph 5:2; 1Thes 5:10; Titus 2:14; 1Pet 4:2 James 1:18
18In accordance with his will he made us his children by the word of truth, so that we might become the most important of his creatures. ▼▼Lit. a kind of first fruits among his creatures
Jer 2:3; John 1:13; 3:3; 1Cor 4:15; Eph 1:12; 1Pet 1:23; Rev 14:4 1 Peter 1:14
14As obedient children, do not be shaped by the desires that you once had in your ignorance.Acts 17:30; Rom 12:2; 1Thes 4:5; 1Pet 4:21 Peter 2:1
1Live as God's Chosen PeopleTherefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander.Eph 4:22, 25, 31; Col 3:8; Heb 12:1; James 1:21; 5:9; 1Pet 4:2
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