(NIV)
Take these men, join in their purification rites and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law.
take these
men and
purify yourself along
with them and pay their
expenses,
so
that they may
shave their
heads.
Thus all will
know that there
is nothing in
what they have been
told about you,
but that you
yourself also live in
observance of the
law.
(NIV)
And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
and to
make him the
father of the
circumcised who are
not merely circumcised but who
also walk in the
footsteps of the
faith that
our father Abraham had before he was
circumcised.
(NIV)
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
For those
whom he
foreknew he
also predestined to be
conformed to the
image of
his Son, in order
that he might
be the
firstborn among many brothers.
(NIV)
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Do not be
conformed to
this world but be
transformed by the
renewal of your
mind,
that by
testing you may discern
what is the
will of
God, what is
good and acceptable and perfect.
(NIV)
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
If we
live by the
Spirit,
let us
also keep in step with the
Spirit.
(NIV)
Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule – to the Israel of God.
And as for all
who walk by
this rule,
peace and mercy be
upon them,
and upon the
Israel of
God.
(NIV)
I want to know Christ – yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
that I may
know him and the
power of
his resurrection,
and may
share his sufferings, becoming like
him in
his death,
(NIV)
Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
Only let us
hold true to what we have
attained.
(NIV)
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.
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.
(NIV)
As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
As obedient children,
do
not be
conformed to the
passions of
your former ignorance,
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