The New Man

17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should (A)no longer walk as [a]the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,

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  1. Ephesians 4:17 NU omits the rest of

The Christian’s Walk

17 (A)So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, (B)that you are to no longer walk just as the [a]Gentiles also walk, in the (C)futility of their minds,

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  1. Ephesians 4:17 I.e., unbelieving Gentiles

17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

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The New Life

17 Now this I say and (A)testify in the Lord, (B)that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, (C)in the futility of their minds.

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11 The Lord (A)knows the thoughts of man,
That they are futile.

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11 The Lord (A)knows human thoughts,
[a]That they are mere breath.

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  1. Psalm 94:11 Or For

11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

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11     (A)the Lord—knows the thoughts of man,
    that they are (B)but a breath.[a]

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  1. Psalm 94:11 Septuagint they are futile

26 (A)The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord,
(B)But the words of the pure are pleasant.

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26 Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord,
But pleasant words are pure.

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26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

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26 (A)The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord,
    but (B)gracious words are pure.

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(A)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (B)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(C)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

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  1. Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity

(A)Let the wicked abandon his way,
And the unrighteous person his (B)thoughts;
And let him (C)return to the Lord,
And He will have (D)compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will (E)abundantly pardon.

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Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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let the wicked forsake his way,
    and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
    and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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(A)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in (B)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and (C)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

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Among them [a]we too all (A)previously lived in (B)the lusts of our flesh, [b]indulging the desires of the flesh and of the [c]mind, and were (C)by nature (D)children of wrath, (E)just as the rest.

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 I.e., Jewish believers
  2. Ephesians 2:3 Lit doing
  3. Ephesians 2:3 Lit thoughts

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

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among whom we all once lived in (A)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and (B)were by nature (C)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b]

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 Greek flesh
  2. Ephesians 2:3 Greek like the rest

(A)I have stretched out My hands all day long to a (B)rebellious people,
Who (C)walk in a way that is not good,
According to their own thoughts;

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(A)I have spread out My hands all day long to a (B)rebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, [a]following their own (C)thoughts,

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  1. Isaiah 65:2 Lit after

I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

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(A)I spread out my hands all the day
    to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
    following their own devices;

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“For(A) My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
“For(B) as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.

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“For My thoughts are not (A)your thoughts,
Nor are (B)your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
“For (C)as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.

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For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
(A)For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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