14 The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness,
But who can bear a broken spirit?

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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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(A)Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall 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 (A)Woe to you who are full,
For you shall hunger.
(B)Woe to you who laugh now,
For you shall mourn and (C)weep.

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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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eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;

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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, O my God,
And Your law is (B)within my heart.”

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“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 (A)delight in the law of God according to (B)the inward man.

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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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The Heavenly Hope

13 These all died in faith, (A)not having received the (B)promises, but (C)having seen them afar off [a]were assured of them, embraced them and (D)confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things (E)declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly if they had called to mind (F)that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed (G)to be called their God, for He has (H)prepared a city for them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:13 NU, M omit were assured of them

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 who exchanged (A)the truth of God (B)for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

26 For this reason God gave them up to (C)vile passions. For even their [a]women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the [b]men, leaving the natural use of the [c]woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things (D)which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, [d]sexual immorality, wickedness, [e]covetousness, [f]maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:26 Lit. females
  2. Romans 1:27 Lit. males
  3. Romans 1:27 Lit. female
  4. Romans 1:29 NU omits sexual immorality
  5. Romans 1:29 greed
  6. Romans 1:29 malice

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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