21 (A)Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 (B)Many will say to Me on (C)that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many [a]miracles?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; (D)leave Me, you who practice lawlessness.’

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  1. Matthew 7:22 Or works of power

True and False Disciples

21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’(A) will enter the kingdom of heaven,(B) but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.(C) 22 Many will say to me on that day,(D) ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’(E) 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’(F)

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37 (A)Everything that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I certainly will not cast out. 38 For (B)I have come down from heaven, (C)not to do My own will, but (D)the will of Him who (E)sent Me. 39 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of (F)everything that He has given Me I will (G)lose nothing, but will (H)raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who (I)sees the Son and (J)believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will (K)raise him up on the last day.”

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37 All those the Father gives me(A) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven(B) not to do my will but to do the will(C) of him who sent me.(D) 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,(E) but raise them up at the last day.(F) 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son(G) and believes in him shall have eternal life,(H) and I will raise them up at the last day.”

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27 My sheep (A)listen to My voice, and (B)I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give them (C)eternal life, and they will never perish; and (D)no one will snatch them out of My hand. 29 [a]My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

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  1. John 10:29 One early ms What My Father has given Me is greater than all

27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,(A) and they follow me.(B) 28 I give them eternal life,(C) and they shall never perish;(D) no one will snatch them out of my hand.(E) 29 My Father, who has given them to me,(F) is greater than all[a];(G) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

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  1. John 10:29 Many early manuscripts What my Father has given me is greater than all

11 I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet (A)they themselves are in the world, and (B)I am coming to You. (C)Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name (D)which You have given Me, so that (E)they may be one just as We are.

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11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,(A) and I am coming to you.(B) Holy Father, protect them by the power of[a] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one(C) as we are one.(D)

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  1. John 17:11 Or Father, keep them faithful to

12 While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name, (A)which You have given Me; and I guarded them, and (B)not one of them perished except (C)the [a]son of destruction, so that the (D)Scripture would be fulfilled.

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  1. John 17:12 Heb idiom for one destined to perish

12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by[a] that name you gave me. None has been lost(A) except the one doomed to destruction(B) so that Scripture would be fulfilled.(C)

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  1. John 17:12 Or kept them faithful to

20 For if, after they have (A)escaped the defilements of the world by (B)the knowledge of the (C)Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again (D)entangled in them and are overcome, (E)the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 (F)For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from (G)the holy commandment (H)handed on to them. 22 [a]It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “(I)A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.”

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  1. 2 Peter 2:22 Lit The thing of the true proverb has happened to them

20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing(A) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(B) and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.(C) 21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.(D) 22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”[a](E) and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

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  1. 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11

18 Children, (A)it is the last hour; and just as you heard that (B)antichrist is coming, (C)even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.

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Warnings Against Denying the Son

18 Dear children, this is the last hour;(A) and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming,(B) even now many antichrists have come.(C) This is how we know it is the last hour.

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19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, (B)so that [a]it would be evident that they all are not of us.

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  1. 1 John 2:19 Lit they would be revealed

19 They went out from us,(A) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.(B)

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