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Romans 13:

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9 For this, Thou shalt not commit ^aadultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not ^bsteal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not ^ccovet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy ^dneighbour as thyself.

10 ^aLove worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the ^blaw...

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13 Let us walk ^ahonestly, as in the day; not in ^brioting and ^cdrunkenness, not in ^dchambering and wantonness, not in strife and ^eenvying.

14 But ^aput ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the ^blusts thereof.

Romans 8:

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6 For to be ^acarnally minded is ^bdeath; but to be ^cspiritually minded is life and ^dpeace.

7 Because the ^acarnal mind is ^benmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

8 So then they that are ^ain the flesh cannot please God.

Romans 1:

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21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were ^athankful; but became ^bvain in their imaginations, and their ^cfoolish heart was ^ddarkened.

22 Professing themselves to be ^awise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the ^auncorruptible God into an ^bimage made like to ^ccorruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also ^agave them up to ^buncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God ^agave them up unto ^bvile ^caffections: for even their ^dwomen did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their ^alust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

28 And even as they did not like to ^aretain God in their knowledge, God ^bgave them over to a ^creprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, ^awickedness, covetousness, ^bmaliciousness; full of envy, murder, ^cdebate, ^ddeceit, malignity; whisperers,

30 ^aBackbiters, haters of God, ^bdespiteful, ^cproud, ^dboasters, inventors of evil things, ^edisobedient to parents,

31 Without ^aunderstanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of ^adeath, not only do the same, but ^bhave ^cpleasure in them that do them.

1 Corithians 13:

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4 ^aCharity ^bsuffereth long, and is ^ckind; charity ^denvieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5 Doth not behave itself ^aunseemly, seeketh not her ^bown, is not easily ^cprovoked, thinketh no evil;

6 Rejoiceth not in ^ainiquity, but rejoiceth in the ^btruth;

1 Corinthians 6:

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9 Know ye not that the ^aunrighteous shall not ^binherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither ^cfornicators, nor idolaters, nor ^dadulterers, nor ^eeffeminate, nor ^fabusers of themselves with mankind,

10 Nor ^athieves, nor covetous, nor ^bdrunkards, nor ^crevilers, nor ^dextortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 5:

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11 But now I have written unto you not to keep ^acompany, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a ^bdrunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one ^cno not to ^deat.

12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are ^awithout? do not ye ^bjudge them that are within?

13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

Galatians 6:

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7 Be not ^adeceived; God is not ^bmocked: for whatsoever a man ^csoweth, that shall he also ^dreap.

8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

Galatians 5:

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16 This I say then, ^aWalk in the ^bSpirit, and ye shall not fulfil the ^clust of the flesh.

17 For the flesh lusteth against the ^aSpirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

18 But if ye be ^aled of the Spirit, ye are not under the ^blaw.

19 Now the works of the ^aflesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, ^bfornication, ^cuncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, ^astrife, seditions, heresies,

21 ^aEnvyings, murders, ^bdrunkenness, ^crevellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the ^afruit of the ^bSpirit is ^clove, ^djoy, ^epeace, ^flongsuffering, ^ggentleness, goodness, ^hfaith,

23 ^aMeekness, ^btemperance: against such there is no law.

24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the ^aaffections and lusts.

Ephesians 6:

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11 Put on the whole ^aarmour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12 For we ^awrestle not ^bagainst ^cflesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the ^drulers of the ^edarkness of this world, against spiritual ^fwickedness in high places.

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having your loins ^agirt about with ^btruth, and having on the ^cbreastplate of ^drighteousness;

15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of ^apeace;

16 Above all, taking the shield of ^afaith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery ^bdarts of the wicked.

17 And take the helmet of ^asalvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

18 ^aPraying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all ^bperseverance and supplication for all saints;

Ephesians:

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Chapter 5:

5 For this ye know, that no ^awhoremonger, nor ^bunclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any ^cinheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6 Let no man ^adeceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the ^bwrath of God upon the children of ^cdisobedience.

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

Paul: Philippians:

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Chapter 3:

20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the ^aSaviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

21 Who shall ^achange our ^bvile body, ^cthat it may be fashioned like unto his glorious ^dbody, according to the working whereby he is able even to ^esubdue all things unto himself.

Paul: 2 Thesalonians 2

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2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, ^aor be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by ^bletter as from us, as that the ^cday of Christ is at hand.

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: ^afor that day shall not come, except there come a ^bfalling away first, and that ^cman of ^dsin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who ^aopposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Paul: 1 Timothy 1

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9 Knowing this, that the ^alaw is not made for a ^brighteous man, but for the ^clawless and ^ddisobedient, for the

ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

10 For ^awhoremongers, for ^bthem that ^cdefile themselves with mankind, for ^dmenstealers, for liars, for perjured

persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound ^edoctrine;

Paul: 2 Timothy: 3

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1 This know also, that in the ^alast days perilous ^btimes shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, ^acovetous, boasters, ^bproud, blasphemers, ^cdisobedient to parents, ^dunthankful, unholy,

3 Without ^anatural ^baffection, ^ctrucebreakers, ^dfalse accusers, ^eincontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4 ^aTraitors, ^bheady, ^chighminded, lovers of ^dpleasures more than lovers of God;

Titus 1:

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15 ^aUnto the pure all things are ^bpure: but unto them that are ^cdefiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their ^dmind and ^econscience is ^fdefiled.

16 They ^aprofess that they ^bknow God; but in ^cworks they ^ddeny him, being abominable, and ^edisobedient, and unto every good work ^freprobate.

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Chapter 2:

2 Teaching us that, denying ^aungodliness and ^bworldly ^clusts, we should live ^dsoberly, ^erighteously, and godly, in this present world;

13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the ^aglorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

14 Who gave ^ahimself for us, that he might ^bredeem us from all iniquity, and ^cpurify unto himself a ^dpeculiar people, ^ezealous of good works.

James 4:

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1 From whence come ^awars and ^bfightings among you? come they not hence, even of your ^clusts that war in your members?

2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

3 Ye ^aask, and receive not, because ye ^bask ^camiss, that ye may ^dconsume it upon your ^elusts.

4 Ye ^aadulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the ^bworld is ^cenmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the ^denemy of God.

5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to ^aenvy?

6 But he giveth more ^agrace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the ^bproud, but giveth grace unto the ^chumble.

7 ^aSubmit yourselves therefore to God. ^bResist the ^cdevil, and he will flee from you.

8 ^aDraw ^bnigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. ^cCleanse your hands, ye sinners; and ^dpurify your hearts, ye double minded.

9 ^aBe afflicted, and mourn, and ^bweep: let your laughter be turned to ^cmourning, and your joy to heaviness.

10 ^aHumble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

James 1:

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12 ^aBlessed is the man that ^bendureth temptation: for when he is ^ctried, he shall receive the ^dcrown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be ^atempted with ^bevil, neither tempteth he any man:

14 But every man is ^atempted, when he is drawn away of his own ^blust, and enticed.

15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth ^asin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

16 Do not err, my beloved brethren....

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27 Pure ^areligion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To ^bvisit the ^cfatherless and ^dwidows in their ^eaffliction, and to keep himself ^funspotted from ^gthe ^hworld.

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18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my ^afaith by my ^bworks.

19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the ^adevils also ^bbelieve, and tremble.

20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that ^afaith without ^bworks is dead?

2 Peter: 2

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12 But these, as ^anatural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly ^bperish in their own corruption;

13 And shall receive the ^areward of unrighteousness, as they that count it ^bpleasure to ^criot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

15 Which have ^aforsaken the right ^bway, and are gone ^castray, following the way of ^dBalaam the son of Bosor, who loved the ^ewages of unrighteousness;

16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ^aass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

17 These are ^awells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the ^bmist of ^cdarkness is reserved for ever.

18 For when they ^aspeak great swelling words of ^bvanity, they ^callure through the ^dlusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean ^eescaped from them who live in error.

19 While they promise them ^aliberty, they themselves are the ^bservants of ^ccorruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in ^dbondage.

20 For if after they have ^aescaped the ^bpollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are ^cagain ^dentangled therein, and ^eovercome, the latter end is ^fworse with them than the beginning.

21 For it had been better for them not to have ^aknown the way of ^brighteousness, than, after they have known it, to ^cturn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own ^avomit again; and the sow that was ^bwashed to her wallowing in the mire.

2 Peter 2:

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1 But there were ^afalse prophets also among the people, even as there shall be ^bfalse ^cteachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that ^dbought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of ^atruth shall be evil spoken of.

3 And through covetousness shall they with ^afeigned words make merchandise of you: whose ^bjudgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their ^cdamnation slumbereth not.

4 For if God spared not the ^aangels that sinned, but cast them down to ^bhell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto ^cjudgment;

5 And spared not the old world, but saved ^aNoah the eighth person, a preacher of ^brighteousness, bringing in the ^cflood upon the world of the ungodly;

6 And turning the cities of ^aSodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ^bensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

7 And delivered just ^aLot, ^bvexed with the ^cfilthy conversation of the wicked:

8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, ^avexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

9 The Lord knoweth how to ^adeliver the ^bgodly out of ^ctemptations, and to ^dreserve the unjust unto the day of ^ejudgment to be punished:

10 But chiefly them that ^awalk after the flesh in the ^blust of ^cuncleanness, and despise ^dgovernment. ^ePresumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

1 John: Chapter 3: 4-12

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4 Whosoever committeth sin ^atransgresseth also the law: for ^bsin is the transgression of the law.

5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our ^asins; and in him is no sin.

6 Whosoever abideth in him ^asinneth not: ^bwhosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither ^cknown him.

7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

8 He that ^acommitteth ^bsin is of the devil; for the devil ^csinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the ^ddevil.

9 Whosoever is ^aborn of God ^bdoth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

10 In this the children of God are ^amanifest, and the ^bchildren of the devil: whosoever doeth not ^crighteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

11 For this is the ^amessage that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

12 Not as ^aCain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

1 John 2: 15-17

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15 Love not the ^aworld, neither the things that are in the ^bworld. If any man love the world, the ^clove of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world, the ^alust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the ^bpride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the ^cworld.

17 And the ^aworld ^bpasseth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the ^cwill of God ^dabideth for ever.

Jude 1: 3-11

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3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to ^awrite unto you of the common ^bsalvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should ^cearnestly ^dcontend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

4 For there are certain ^amen crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ^bungodly men, turning the grace of our God into ^clasciviousness, and ^ddenying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having ^asaved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward ^bdestroyed them that ^cbelieved not.

6 And the ^aangels which kept not their ^bfirst ^cestate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the ^djudgment of the great day.

7 Even as ^aSodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to ^bfornication, and going after ^cstrange flesh, are set forth for an ^dexample, suffering the ^evengeance of eternal fire.

8 Likewise also these ^afilthy dreamers ^bdefile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

9 Yet ^aMichael the ^barchangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of ^cMoses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of ^aCain, and ran greedily after the error of ^bBalaam for reward, ^cand perished in the gainsaying of Core.