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12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
    and give ear to my cry;
    do not hold your peace at my tears.
For I am your passing guest,
    an alien, like all my forebears.(A)

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12 “Hear my prayer, Lord,
    listen to my cry for help;(A)
    do not be deaf(B) to my weeping.(C)
I dwell with you as a foreigner,(D)
    a stranger,(E) as all my ancestors were.(F)

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The New Life in Christ

12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship.(A)

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A Living Sacrifice

12 Therefore, I urge you,(A) brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,(B) holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

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The Works of the Flesh

16 Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.(A)

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16 So I say, walk by the Spirit,(A) and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.(B)

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Friendship with the World

Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you?

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Submit Yourselves to God

What causes fights and quarrels(A) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(B) within you?

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