(NIV)
The sceptre will not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until he to whom it belongs shall come
and the obedience of the nations shall be his.
(ESV)
The
scepter shall
not depart from
Judah,
nor the
ruler’s staff from between his
feet,
until tribute comes to him;
and to him shall be the
obedience of the
peoples.
(NIV)
‘The eye that mocks a father,
that scorns an aged mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will be eaten by the vultures.
(ESV)
The
eye that
mocks a
father and
scorns to
obey a
mother will be
picked out by the
ravens of the
valley and
eaten by the
vultures.
(NIV)
‘But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
(ESV)
Our fathers refused to
obey him,
but thrust him
aside,
and in
their hearts they
turned to Egypt,
(NIV)
Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name’s sake.
(ESV)
through whom we have
received grace and apostleship to
bring about the
obedience of
faith for the
sake of
his name among all the
nations,
(NIV)
For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
(ESV)
For as by the
one man’s disobedience the
many were
made sinners,
so by the
one man’s obedience the
many will be
made righteous.
(NIV)
Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey – whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?
(ESV)
Do you
not know that if you
present yourselves to
anyone as
obedient slaves, you
are slaves of the
one whom you
obey,
either of
sin, which leads
to death,
or of
obedience, which leads
to righteousness?
(NIV)
I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done –
(ESV)
For I will
not venture to
speak of
anything except what
Christ has
accomplished through me to bring the
Gentiles to
obedience—by
word and deed,
(NIV)
Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.
(ESV)
For your obedience is
known to all,
so that I
rejoice over you,
but I
want you to be
wise as
to what
is good and innocent as
to what is
evil.
(NIV)
but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith –
(ESV)
but has
now been
disclosed and through the
prophetic writings has been
made known to all nations,
according to the
command of the
eternal God to
bring about the
obedience of
faith—
(NIV)
Another reason I wrote to you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
(ESV)
For this is
why I
wrote,
that I might
test you and
know whether you
are obedient in everything.
(NIV)
And his affection for you is all the greater when he remembers that you were all obedient, receiving him with fear and trembling.
(ESV)
And his affection for you is even
greater, as he
remembers the
obedience of
you all,
how you
received him with fear and trembling.
(NIV)
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
(ESV)
We
destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the
knowledge of
God,
and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
(NIV)
And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.
(ESV)
being
ready to
punish every disobedience when your obedience is
complete.
(NIV)
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death –
even death on a cross!
(ESV)
And being
found in human form, he
humbled himself by
becoming obedient to the
point of
death even death on a
cross.
(NIV)
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
(ESV)
Confident of
your obedience, I
write to
you,
knowing that you will
do even
more than I
say.
(NIV)
Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered
(ESV)
Although he
was a
son he
learned obedience through what he
suffered.
(NIV)
who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
(ESV)
according to the
foreknowledge of
God the
Father in the
sanctification of the
Spirit,
for obedience to Jesus Christ
and for
sprinkling with his
blood:
May
grace and peace be
multiplied to you.
(NIV)
As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
(ESV)
As obedient children do
not be
conformed to the
passions of
your former ignorance,
(NIV)
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.
(ESV)
Having
purified your souls by your
obedience to the
truth for a
sincere brotherly love,
love one another earnestly from a
pure heart,
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