17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is (A)from above, coming down from (B)the Father of lights, (C)with whom there is no variation or [a]shifting shadow.

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  1. James 1:17 Lit shadow of turning

17 Every good and perfect gift is from above,(A) coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,(B) who does not change(C) like shifting shadows.

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The Chorus

15 (A)Catch the [a]foxes for us,
The [b]little [c]foxes that are ruining the vineyards,
While our (B)vineyards are in blossom.”

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  1. Song of Solomon 2:15 Or jackals
  2. Song of Solomon 2:15 Or young
  3. Song of Solomon 2:15 Or jackals

15 Catch for us the foxes,(A)
    the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards,(B)
    our vineyards that are in bloom.(C)

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And do not (A)be conformed to (B)this [a]world, but be transformed by the (C)renewing of your mind, so that you may [b](D)prove what the will of God is, that which is good and [c]acceptable and perfect.

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  1. Romans 12:2 Or age
  2. Romans 12:2 Or discover
  3. Romans 12:2 Or pleasing

Do not conform(A) to the pattern of this world,(B) but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.(C) Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is(D)—his good, pleasing(E) and perfect will.

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18 But we all, with unveiled faces, (A)looking as in a mirror at the (B)glory of the Lord, are being (C)transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from (D)the Lord, the Spirit.

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18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate[a](A) the Lord’s glory,(B) are being transformed into his image(C) with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Or reflect

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage battle (A)according to the flesh, for the (B)weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but [a]divinely powerful (C)for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying arguments and all (D)arrogance raised against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the (E)obedience of Christ,

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  1. 2 Corinthians 10:4 Or mighty before God

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.(A) The weapons we fight with(B) are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power(C) to demolish strongholds.(D) We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,(E) and we take captive every thought to make it obedient(F) to Christ.

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(A)For the mind [a]set on the flesh is (B)death, but the mind [b]set on the Spirit is life and peace,

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  1. Romans 8:6 Lit of the
  2. Romans 8:6 Lit of the

The mind governed by the flesh is death,(A) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life(B) and peace.

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(A)I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received a commandment to do from the Father.

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It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth,(A) just as the Father commanded us.

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For I (A)was overjoyed when (B)brothers came and testified to your truth, that is, how you (C)are walking in truth. I have no greater joy than [a]this, to hear of (D)my children (E)walking in the truth.

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  1. 3 John 1:4 Lit these things, that I hear

It gave me great joy when some believers(A) came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.(B) I have no greater joy than to hear that my children(C) are walking in the truth.(D)

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25 If we live by the Spirit, let’s follow (A)the Spirit as well.

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25 Since we live by the Spirit,(A) let us keep in step with the Spirit.

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