17 (A)for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and (B)peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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17 for the kingdom of God (A)is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and (B)peace and (C)joy in the Holy Spirit.

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17 for the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking [what one likes], but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking,(A) but of righteousness, peace(B) and joy in the Holy Spirit,(C)

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17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

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For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

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For by it the (A)people of old [a](B)gained approval.

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  1. Hebrews 11:2 Lit obtained a good testimony

For by this [kind of] faith the [a]men of old gained [divine] approval.

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  1. Hebrews 11:2 I.e. those men and women who were faithful to God before the old covenant and those faithful to God after its establishment, those mentioned in this chapter.

This is what the ancients were commended for.(A)

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For by it the elders obtained a good report.

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There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

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Consequently, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

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So there remains a [full and complete] Sabbath rest for the people of God.

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There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;

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There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

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13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying [a]to me, “Write: (A)‘Blessed are the dead (B)who die in the Lord from now on.’ ”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, (C)“that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow (D)them.”

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  1. Revelation 14:13 NU, M omit to me

13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write: ‘(A)Blessed are the dead who (B)die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” (C)says the Spirit, “so that they may (D)rest from their labors, for their (E)deeds follow with them.”

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13 Then I heard [the distinct words of] a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘[a]Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes, [blessed indeed],” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest and have relief from their labors, for their deeds do follow them.”

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  1. Revelation 14:13 This is the second of the seven promised blessings. See note 1:3.

13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord(A) from now on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit,(B) “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”

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13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

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