10 For

(A)“He who would love life
And see good days,
(B)Let him [a]refrain his tongue from evil,
And his lips from speaking deceit.
11 Let him (C)turn away from evil and do good;
(D)Let him seek peace and pursue it.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 3:10 restrain

10 For,

(A)The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
11 (B)He must turn away from evil and do good;
He must seek peace and pursue it.

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10 For,

The one who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good—whether apparent or not],
Must keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from speaking guile (treachery, deceit).
11 
He must turn away from wickedness and do what is right.
He must search for peace [with God, with self, with others] and pursue it eagerly [actively—not merely desiring it].

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10 For,

“Whoever would love life
    and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
    and their lips from deceitful speech.
11 They must turn from evil and do good;
    they must seek peace and pursue it.

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10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

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They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song (A)except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth. These are the ones who were not defiled with women, (B)for they are virgins. These are the ones (C)who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These (D)were [a]redeemed from among men, (E)being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. And (F)in their mouth was found no [b]deceit, for (G)they are without fault [c]before the throne of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:4 M adds by Jesus
  2. Revelation 14:5 NU, M falsehood
  3. Revelation 14:5 NU, M omit the rest of v. 5.

And they *sang [a](A)a new song before the throne and before the (B)four living creatures and the (C)elders; and (D)no one was able to learn the song except the (E)144,000 who had been (F)purchased from the earth. (G)These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are celibate. These are the ones who (H)follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been (I)purchased from mankind (J)as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. And (K)no lie was found in their mouths; they are (L)blameless.

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  1. Revelation 14:3 One early ms something like a new song

And they sang a new song before the throne [of God] and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased (ransomed, redeemed) from the earth.(A) These are the ones who have not been defiled [by relations] with women, for they are celibate. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased and redeemed from among men [of Israel] as the first fruits [sanctified and set apart for special service] for God and the Lamb.(B) No lie was found in their mouth, for they are blameless (spotless, untainted, beyond reproach).

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And they sang a new song(A) before the throne and before the four living creatures(B) and the elders.(C) No one could learn the song except the 144,000(D) who had been redeemed from the earth. These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins.(E) They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.(F) They were purchased from among mankind(G) and offered as firstfruits(H) to God and the Lamb. No lie was found in their mouths;(I) they are blameless.(J)

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And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

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