14 The (A)spirit of a person can endure his sickness,
But as for a (B)broken spirit, who can endure it?

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14 
The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness,
But as for a broken spirit, who can bear it?

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14 The human spirit can endure in sickness,
    but a crushed spirit who can bear?(A)

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“Blessed are (A)those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

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“Blessed [forgiven, refreshed by God’s grace] are those who mourn [over their sins and repent], for they will be comforted [when the burden of sin is lifted].(A)

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Blessed are those who mourn,
    for they will be comforted.(A)

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25 Woe to you who [a]are well-fed now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

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  1. Luke 6:25 Or have plenty to eat

25 Woe to you who are well-fed (gorged, satiated) now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now [enjoying a life of self-indulgence], for you will mourn and weep [and deeply long for God].

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25 Woe to you who are well fed now,
    for you will go hungry.(A)
Woe to you who laugh now,
    for you will mourn and weep.(B)

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to those who by (A)perseverance in doing good seek (B)glory, honor, and (C)immortality, He will give (D)eternal life;

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to those who by persistence in doing good seek [unseen but certain heavenly] glory, honor, and immortality, [He will give the gift of] eternal life.

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To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor(A) and immortality,(B) he will give eternal life.(C)

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(A)I delight to do Your will, my God;
(B)Your Law is within my [a]heart.”

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  1. Psalm 40:8 Lit inner being


“I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my heart.”(A)

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I desire to do your will,(A) my God;(B)
    your law is within my heart.”(C)

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22 For I joyfully agree with the law of God [a]in (A)the inner person,

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  1. Romans 7:22 Or with respect to

22 For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature],(A)

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22 For in my inner being(A) I delight in God’s law;(B)

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13 (A)All these died in faith, (B)without receiving the promises, but (C)having seen and welcomed them from a distance, and (D)having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. 15 And indeed if they had been [a]thinking of that country which they left, (E)they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a (F)heavenly one. Therefore (G)God is not [b]ashamed to be (H)called their God; for (I)He has prepared a city for them.

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  1. Hebrews 11:15 Or remembering
  2. Hebrews 11:16 Lit ashamed of them, to be

13 All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.(A) 14 Now those who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 And if they had been thinking of that country from which they departed [as their true home], they would have had [a continuing] opportunity to return. 16 But the truth is that they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. For that reason God is not ashamed [of them or] to be called their God [even to be surnamed their God—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob]; for He has prepared a city for them.(B)

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13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(A) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(B) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(C) 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.(D) 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.(E) Therefore God is not ashamed(F) to be called their God,(G) for he has prepared a city(H) for them.

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25 For they exchanged the truth of God for [a](A)falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, (B)who is blessed [b]forever. Amen.

26 For this reason (C)God gave them over to (D)degrading passions; for their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature, 27 and likewise the men, too, abandoned natural relations [c]with women and burned in their desire toward one another, (E)males with males committing [d]shameful acts and receiving in [e]their own persons the due penalty of their error.

28 And just as they did not see fit [f]to acknowledge God, (F)God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper, 29 people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are (G)gossips, 30 slanderers, [g](H)haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, (I)disobedient to parents,

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  1. Romans 1:25 Lit the lie
  2. Romans 1:25 Lit unto the ages
  3. Romans 1:27 Lit of the female
  4. Romans 1:27 Lit shamelessness
  5. Romans 1:27 Lit themselves
  6. Romans 1:28 Lit to have God in knowledge
  7. Romans 1:30 Or hateful to God

25 because [by choice] they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.(A)

26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading and vile passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural [a function contrary to nature], 27 and in the same way also the men turned away from the natural function of the woman and were consumed with their desire toward one another, men with men committing shameful acts and in return receiving in their own bodies the inevitable and appropriate penalty for their wrongdoing.

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or consider Him worth knowing [as their Creator], God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do things which are improper and repulsive, 29 until they were filled (permeated, saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice and mean-spiritedness. They are gossips [spreading rumors], 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors [of new forms] of evil, disobedient and disrespectful to parents,

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25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie,(A) and worshiped and served created things(B) rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.(C) Amen.(D)

26 Because of this, God gave them over(E) to shameful lusts.(F) Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.(G) 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.(H)

28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over(I) to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,(J) 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;(K)

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