2 Peter 1:4
New King James Version
4 (A)by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be (B)partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the [a]corruption that is in the world through lust.
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- 2 Peter 1:4 depravity
2 Peter 1:4
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4 For by these He has bestowed on us His precious and magnificent promises [of inexpressible value], so that by them you may escape from the immoral freedom that is in the world because of disreputable desire, and become sharers of the divine nature.
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2 Peter 1:4
King James Version
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
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Ephesians 2:5
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5 (A)even when we were dead in trespasses, (B)made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
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Ephesians 2:5
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5 even when we were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of our sins, He made us [spiritually] alive together with Christ (for by His grace—His undeserved favor and mercy—you have been saved from God’s judgment).(A)
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Ephesians 2:5
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5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
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Ephesians 3:19
New King James Version
19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled (A)with all the fullness of God.
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Ephesians 3:19
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19 and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].
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Ephesians 3:19
King James Version
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
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Ephesians 5:30
New King James Version
30 For (A)we are members of His body, [a]of His flesh and of His bones.
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- Ephesians 5:30 NU omits the rest of v. 30.
Ephesians 5:30
King James Version
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
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John 14:20
New King James Version
20 At that day you will know that (A)I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.
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John 14:20
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20 On that day [when that time comes] you will know for yourselves that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
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John 14:20
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20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
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John 14:23
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23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, (A)and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
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John 14:23
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23 Jesus answered, “If anyone [really] loves Me, he will keep My word (teaching); and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling place with him.
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John 14:23
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23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
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John 17:20-23
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Jesus Prays for All Believers
20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who [a]will believe in Me through their word; 21 (A)that they all may be one, as (B)You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the (C)glory which You gave Me I have given them, (D)that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; (E)that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
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- John 17:20 NU, M omit will
John 17:20-23
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20 “I do not pray for these alone [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for [all] those who [will ever] believe and trust in Me through their message, 21 that they all may be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe [without any doubt] that You sent Me.
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22 I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one, just as We are one; 23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected and completed into one, so that the world may know [without any doubt] that You sent Me, and [that You] have loved them, just as You have loved Me.
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John 17:20-23
King James Version
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
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Hebrews 2:11
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11 For (A)both He who [a]sanctifies and those who are being sanctified (B)are all of one, for which reason (C)He is not ashamed to call them brethren,
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- Hebrews 2:11 sets apart
Hebrews 2:11
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11 Both Jesus who sanctifies and those who are sanctified [that is, spiritually transformed, made holy, and set apart for God’s purpose] are all from one Father; for this reason He is not ashamed to call them [a]brothers and sisters,
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- Hebrews 2:11 Lit brethren.
Hebrews 2:11
King James Version
11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
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Hebrews 3:14
New King James Version
14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,
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Hebrews 3:14
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14 For we [believers] have become partakers of Christ [sharing in all that the Messiah has for us], if only we hold firm our newborn confidence [which originally led us to Him] until the end,
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Hebrews 3:14
King James Version
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
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