INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.023","PHP","4","PP4_23","<span class='v PP4_23' data-id='PP4_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.001","COL","1","CL1_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL1_1' data-id='CL1_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the will of God, and from our brother Timothy. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.002","COL","1","CL1_2","<span class='v CL1_2' data-id='CL1_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>To the believers and trusting Christians at Colossae: may you have grace and peace from God our Father. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.003","COL","1","CL1_3","<span class='v CL1_3' data-id='CL1_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>We are always thankful to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for you, and pray for you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.004","COL","1","CL1_4","<span class='v CL1_4' data-id='CL1_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>We’ve heard about your trust in Christ Jesus and your love for all the believers </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.005","COL","1","CL1_5","<span class='v CL1_5' data-id='CL1_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>because of the hope prepared for you in heaven. You already heard about this in the good news, the message of truth </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.006","COL","1","CL1_6","<span class='v CL1_6' data-id='CL1_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>that came to you just as it has gone throughout the whole world, spreading widely and bringing results. It’s done the same for you too, ever since you heard it and realized the true nature of God’s grace. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.007","COL","1","CL1_7","<span class='v CL1_7' data-id='CL1_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Our dear friend and fellow-worker Epaphras, who is a trustworthy minister of Christ on our behalf, taught you about this. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.008","COL","1","CL1_8","<span class='v CL1_8' data-id='CL1_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>He’s also made clear to us your love in the Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.009","COL","1","CL1_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL1_9' data-id='CL1_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Because of this we continue to pray for you from the time we heard about you, asking God to give you understanding of what he wants you to do and to give you every kind of spiritual wisdom and understanding. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.010","COL","1","CL1_10","<span class='v CL1_10' data-id='CL1_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>That way you’ll live lives that rightly represent the Lord and please him, producing all kinds of good results and gaining greater knowledge of God. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.012","COL","1","CL1_12","<span class='v CL1_12' data-id='CL1_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>May you happily praise the Father, who has made it possible for us to share in the inheritance of God’s people who live in the light. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.013","COL","1","CL1_13","<span class='v CL1_13' data-id='CL1_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>He rescued us from the tyranny of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.014","COL","1","CL1_14","<span class='v CL1_14' data-id='CL1_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>through whom we have been set free and our sins forgiven. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.015","COL","1","CL1_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL1_15' data-id='CL1_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>The Son is the visible picture of the invisible God. He was before<span class='note' id='footnote-747'><a href='#note-747' class='key'>*</a></span> all creation, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.016","COL","1","CL1_16","<span class='v CL1_16' data-id='CL1_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>for everything was created through him—in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, empires, rulers, leaders and authorities—everything was created through him and for him. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.018","COL","1","CL1_18","<span class='v CL1_18' data-id='CL1_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>He is also the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the first and highest of those raised from the dead, so that he is supreme in everything. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.019","COL","1","CL1_19","<span class='v CL1_19' data-id='CL1_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>God was pleased to have his full nature live in him, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.020","COL","1","CL1_20","<span class='v CL1_20' data-id='CL1_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>and through him brought back everything in the universe to himself, since he made peace through the blood of his cross, through him reconciling all those on the earth and in heaven.<span class='note' id='footnote-748'><a href='#note-748' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.021","COL","1","CL1_21","<span class='v CL1_21' data-id='CL1_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>You once were alienated from God, enemies in the way you thought and the way you acted, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.022","COL","1","CL1_22","<span class='v CL1_22' data-id='CL1_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>but now he has reconciled you through his dying human body, bringing you into his presence where you stand holy, pure, and faultless. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.024","COL","1","CL1_24","</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL1_24' data-id='CL1_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>I’m happy to have trouble for your sake, for by means of what happens to me physically I’m part of Christ’s sufferings that he continues to experience for the sake of his body, the church. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.025","COL","1","CL1_25","<span class='v CL1_25' data-id='CL1_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>I serve the church following the direction God gave me about you, to present fully the word of God to you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.026","COL","1","CL1_26","<span class='v CL1_26' data-id='CL1_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>This is the mystery that was hidden down through the ages and for many generations, but it’s now been revealed to God’s people. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.028","COL","1","CL1_28","<span class='v CL1_28' data-id='CL1_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>We’re telling everyone about him, instructing and teaching them in the best way we know how so that we can bring everyone before God fully mature in Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.001.029","COL","1","CL1_29","<span class='v CL1_29' data-id='CL1_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>That’s what I’m working for too, making every effort as I rely on his strength which is powerfully at work in me. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.004","COL","2","CL2_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL2_4' data-id='CL2_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>I’m telling you this so that no one will fool you by spinning you a tale.<span class='note' id='footnote-750'><a href='#note-750' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.005","COL","2","CL2_5","<span class='v CL2_5' data-id='CL2_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Even though I’m not physically there with you, I’m with you in spirit. I’m so happy to see the way you stick together and how firm you are in your trust in Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.006","COL","2","CL2_6","<span class='v CL2_6' data-id='CL2_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Just as you accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, go on following him, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.007","COL","2","CL2_7","<span class='v CL2_7' data-id='CL2_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>grounded in him and built up by him. May your trust in him continue to grow strong, following what you were taught, full of gratitude to God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.008","COL","2","CL2_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL2_8' data-id='CL2_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Watch out that nobody enslaves you through their philosophy and worthless delusions, following human traditions and concepts of this world, and not following Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.009","COL","2","CL2_9","<span class='v CL2_9' data-id='CL2_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>For the fullness of God’s divine nature lives in Christ in bodily form, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.010","COL","2","CL2_10","<span class='v CL2_10' data-id='CL2_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>and you have been made full<span class='note' id='footnote-751'><a href='#note-751' class='key'>†</a></span> in him. He is supreme over every ruler and authority. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.011","COL","2","CL2_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL2_11' data-id='CL2_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>You were “circumcised” in him but not by human hands. You have been set free from sinful human nature by the “circumcision” Christ performed.<span class='note' id='footnote-752'><a href='#note-752' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.012","COL","2","CL2_12","<span class='v CL2_12' data-id='CL2_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>You were buried with him in baptism, and you were raised with him through your trust in what God did by raising him from the dead. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.013","COL","2","CL2_13","<span class='v CL2_13' data-id='CL2_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>And even though you were dead because of your sins and being physically “uncircumcised,” he brought you to life together with him. He has forgiven us all our sins. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.016","COL","2","CL2_16","</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL2_16' data-id='CL2_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>So don’t let anyone criticize you for what you eat or what you drink, or regarding which religious festival, new moon ritual, or ceremonial sabbaths you choose to observe.<span class='note' id='footnote-755'><a href='#note-755' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.017","COL","2","CL2_17","<span class='v CL2_17' data-id='CL2_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>These are just a shadow of what was to come, for the physical reality is Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.018","COL","2","CL2_18","<span class='v CL2_18' data-id='CL2_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Don’t let anyone cheat you out of your prize by insisting you have to beat yourself,<span class='note' id='footnote-756'><a href='#note-756' class='key'>‡</a></span> or worship angels. They think they are better than anyone else because of visions they say they’ve had, and become ridiculously conceited in their sinful minds. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.019","COL","2","CL2_19","<span class='v CL2_19' data-id='CL2_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Such people are not connected to the head that directs the body, nourished and joined together through the body’s sinews and muscles. As the body is united together it grows the way God wants it to grow. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.020","COL","2","CL2_20","</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL2_20' data-id='CL2_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>If you died with Christ to the religious demands that this world insists upon,<span class='note' id='footnote-757'><a href='#note-757' class='key'>§</a></span> why would you make yourself subject to such demands as if you were still part of this world? </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.022","COL","2","CL2_22","<span class='v CL2_22' data-id='CL2_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>These commands refer to things that don’t last since they’re used up,<span class='note' id='footnote-758'><a href='#note-758' class='key'>*</a></span> and they’re based on man-made requirements and teachings. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.002.023","COL","2","CL2_23","<span class='v CL2_23' data-id='CL2_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>Such rules may make some kind of sense to those who practice self-centered piety, who are so proud of being humble, and who “mortify the body;” but in reality they don’t help at all in dealing with sinful desires. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.001","COL","3","CL3_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL3_1' data-id='CL3_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So if you’ve been brought back to life with Christ, look for what comes from above, where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.002","COL","3","CL3_2","<span class='v CL3_2' data-id='CL3_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Fix your mind on what’s above, not what’s here on earth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.003","COL","3","CL3_3","<span class='v CL3_3' data-id='CL3_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>You died, and your life is kept safe with Christ in God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.004","COL","3","CL3_4","<span class='v CL3_4' data-id='CL3_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>When Christ—your life—is revealed, then you will also share in his visible glory. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.005","COL","3","CL3_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL3_5' data-id='CL3_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>So kill your worldly nature—sexual sin, immorality, lust, evil desires, greedily wanting to have more—this is the worship of idols. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.006","COL","3","CL3_6","<span class='v CL3_6' data-id='CL3_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Because of such things those who disobey experience God’s judgment. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.007","COL","3","CL3_7","<span class='v CL3_7' data-id='CL3_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>At one time you lived like that when you behaved in such a way, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.008","COL","3","CL3_8","<span class='v CL3_8' data-id='CL3_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>but now you should get rid of such things as anger, rage, wickedness, abuse, and using obscenities. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.009","COL","3","CL3_9","<span class='v CL3_9' data-id='CL3_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Don’t lie to each other, since you’ve discarded your old self and what you used to do, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.010","COL","3","CL3_10","<span class='v CL3_10' data-id='CL3_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>and put on your new self that is always being made more like your Creator, understanding better who he really is. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.011","COL","3","CL3_11","<span class='v CL3_11' data-id='CL3_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>In this new situation there’s no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, foreigner, barbarian<span class='note' id='footnote-759'><a href='#note-759' class='key'>*</a></span>, slave or free, for Christ is everything, and he lives in all of us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.012","COL","3","CL3_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL3_12' data-id='CL3_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Since you are God’s special people, holy and dearly loved, adopt a sympathetic nature that is kind, humble, gentle, and patient. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.013","COL","3","CL3_13","<span class='v CL3_13' data-id='CL3_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Be patient with one another, forgive others among you if you have grievances against one another. Just as the Lord forgave you, you should do the same. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.014","COL","3","CL3_14","<span class='v CL3_14' data-id='CL3_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Above all, love one another, which is the perfect bond that will hold you together. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.015","COL","3","CL3_15","<span class='v CL3_15' data-id='CL3_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>May the peace of Christ direct your thinking, because you were called to this by God who makes you one, and thank God for it! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.016","COL","3","CL3_16","<span class='v CL3_16' data-id='CL3_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Let Christ’s message fully live in you. In every wise way teach and instruct one another through psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, graciously singing praise to God from your hearts. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.018","COL","3","CL3_18","<span class='v CL3_18' data-id='CL3_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>You married women, respect your husbands appropriately in the Lord. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.020","COL","3","CL3_20","<span class='v CL3_20' data-id='CL3_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>You children, always do what your parents tell you because this is what pleases the Lord. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.003.022","COL","3","CL3_22","<span class='v CL3_22' data-id='CL3_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Those of you who are servants, do everything your human masters tell you, not with just an eye to please them, but honestly and sincerely, respecting the Lord. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.004.001","COL","4","CL4_1","<div class='c'>4</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL4_1' data-id='CL4_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>You masters, treat your servants in a way that is right and fair, recognizing that you too have a Master in heaven. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.004.003","COL","4","CL4_3","<span class='v CL4_3' data-id='CL4_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Pray for us too that God may open a door of opportunity to spread the message, to tell about the revealed mystery of Christ—which is the reason I’m here in prison. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.004.004","COL","4","CL4_4","<span class='v CL4_4' data-id='CL4_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Pray that I may make it as clear as I should when I speak. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.004.005","COL","4","CL4_5","<span class='v CL4_5' data-id='CL4_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Behave wisely with outsiders, making the best use of every opportunity. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.004.006","COL","4","CL4_6","<span class='v CL4_6' data-id='CL4_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Always be gracious when you speak. Make sure it’s in good taste, and think about how best to answer everyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.004.007","COL","4","CL4_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL4_7' data-id='CL4_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Tychicus will tell you all about what’s happening to me. He’s a dear brother, a trustworthy minister and co-worker in the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.004.008","COL","4","CL4_8","<span class='v CL4_8' data-id='CL4_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>I’m sending him to you for this very reason—so that you’ll know how things are with me and this will cheer you up. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.004.009","COL","4","CL4_9","<span class='v CL4_9' data-id='CL4_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Onesimus is going with him too, a trusted and dear brother, who’s one of you. They’ll explain to you everything that’s going on here. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.004.010","COL","4","CL4_10","<span class='v CL4_10' data-id='CL4_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Aristarchus who’s with me here in prison sends his best wishes; likewise Mark, Barnabas’ cousin (you’ve already had instructions to welcome him if he visits you), </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.004.011","COL","4","CL4_11","<span class='v CL4_11' data-id='CL4_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>and Jesus—also called Justus—who are the only Jewish Christians<span class='note' id='footnote-760'><a href='#note-760' class='key'>*</a></span> among those working with me here for the kingdom of God, men who have been a great help to me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.004.012","COL","4","CL4_12","<span class='v CL4_12' data-id='CL4_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Epaphras who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends his greetings. He’s always passionate in his prayers on your behalf, praying that you’ll stand firm as grown-up Christians, totally convinced about everything as God would want. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.004.013","COL","4","CL4_13","<span class='v CL4_13' data-id='CL4_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>For the record I can tell you that he’s done a lot for you, and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis as well. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.004.015","COL","4","CL4_15","<span class='v CL4_15' data-id='CL4_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Greet the believers that are in Laodicea—Nympha too, and the church that meets in her house. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("081.004.018","COL","4","CL4_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v CL4_18' data-id='CL4_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>I Paul write my closing greetings with my own hand. Remember I’m in prison. Grace be with you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.001.001","1TH","1","H11_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v H11_1' data-id='H11_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians who belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May you have grace and peace! </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.001.003","1TH","1","H11_3","<span class='v H11_3' data-id='H11_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>We remember you before our God and Father—how you put your trust in him into practice, how you work hard in love, and how you patiently wait in the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.001.004","1TH","1","H11_4","<span class='v H11_4' data-id='H11_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, we already know that you are loved by God and are very special to him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.001.005","1TH","1","H11_5","<span class='v H11_5' data-id='H11_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>The good news we brought to you wasn’t just words, but had power too, for the Holy Spirit completely convinced you. In the same way you know what kind of men we are since we demonstrated to you that we were working for your benefit. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.001.007","1TH","1","H11_7","<span class='v H11_7' data-id='H11_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>So you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Greece!<span class='note' id='footnote-761'><a href='#note-761' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.001.009","1TH","1","H11_9","<span class='v H11_9' data-id='H11_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>In fact they talk about what a marvelous welcome you gave us, how you abandoned idols and turned to God, how you serve the true and living God, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.001.010","1TH","1","H11_10","<span class='v H11_10' data-id='H11_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>as you look forward to the coming of his Son from heaven—Jesus, the one God raised from the dead, who will save us from the judgment to come. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.001","1TH","2","H12_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v H12_1' data-id='H12_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, you yourselves know what our visit meant to you, and that it wasn’t wasted! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.002","1TH","2","H12_2","<span class='v H12_2' data-id='H12_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>You’ll recall that after having had much trouble and bad treatment at Philippi, with the help of God we still dared to share God’s good news with you, despite the opposition we faced. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.003","1TH","2","H12_3","<span class='v H12_3' data-id='H12_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>For what we speak about isn’t deceptive, or worthless, or fraudulent. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.004","1TH","2","H12_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v H12_4' data-id='H12_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>On the contrary, we have God’s approval for what we say—he’s entrusted us with sharing the good news. We don’t set out to please people, but God. He’s the one who judges our motives. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.005","1TH","2","H12_5","<span class='v H12_5' data-id='H12_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>As you know, we’ve never used flattering words. Nor were we covering up some greedy, selfish attitude—as God is our witness! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.006","1TH","2","H12_6","<span class='v H12_6' data-id='H12_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>We weren’t trying to win anybody’s praise—not from you, nor anyone else. We could have become a “burden” to you as messengers of Christ, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.007","1TH","2","H12_7","<span class='v H12_7' data-id='H12_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>but instead we acted kindly among you, like a mother caring for her own children. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.010","1TH","2","H12_10","<span class='v H12_10' data-id='H12_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>You yourselves can testify as to how we acted, and God can too—how we treated you believers with a holy attitude, fairly and blamelessly. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.011","1TH","2","H12_11","<span class='v H12_11' data-id='H12_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>You know how we cared for every one of you like a father caring for his own children. We encouraged you, comforted you, and shared with you our experience </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.012","1TH","2","H12_12","<span class='v H12_12' data-id='H12_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>so that you could live as God would want you to live—the God who calls you to his own kingdom and glory. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.013","1TH","2","H12_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v H12_13' data-id='H12_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Another thing: we’re always thanking God that when you heard and accepted the word of God, you didn’t treat it as some human words, but what it truly is, the word of God. This is what is at work in those of you who trust in him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.014","1TH","2","H12_14","<span class='v H12_14' data-id='H12_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>The experience you brothers and sisters have had imitates that of God’s churches that belong to Christ Jesus in Judaea. Just like your fellow Jewish Christians you suffered as they did at the hands of the Jewish leaders </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.015","1TH","2","H12_15","<span class='v H12_15' data-id='H12_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and chased us out. They don’t please God and they are hostile to everyone, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.016","1TH","2","H12_16","<span class='v H12_16' data-id='H12_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>trying to stop us speaking to the other nations<span class='note' id='footnote-762'><a href='#note-762' class='key'>*</a></span> to prevent them from being saved. They’re always sinning to the maximum extent, but for them full judgment has arrived! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.017","1TH","2","H12_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v H12_17' data-id='H12_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, since we felt as if we’d experienced a family separation because we hadn’t seen you for a while (separated physically though not in spirit), we tried even harder to come and see you again face to face because that’s what we wanted to do. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.018","1TH","2","H12_18","<span class='v H12_18' data-id='H12_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>We really wanted to come and visit you, and I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan stopped us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.019","1TH","2","H12_19","<span class='v H12_19' data-id='H12_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>For what gives us hope, what makes us happy, what we are really proud of as we stand before our Lord Jesus Christ when he comes back—is having you there too! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.002.020","1TH","2","H12_20","<span class='v H12_20' data-id='H12_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>You are our pride and joy! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.003.001","1TH","3","H13_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v H13_1' data-id='H13_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So when we couldn’t bear it any longer, we decided it would be best for us to stay behind in Athens, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.003.002","1TH","3","H13_2","<span class='v H13_2' data-id='H13_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>and send Timothy on to you. He is our brother and God’s co-worker in spreading the good news of Christ. We sent him to strengthen and encourage you in your trust in God </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.003.003","1TH","3","H13_3","<span class='v H13_3' data-id='H13_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>so that none of you would be upset by your troubles—for you know we should expect such things. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.003.004","1TH","3","H13_4","<span class='v H13_4' data-id='H13_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Even while we were with you we kept on warning you that we would suffer persecution soon— and as you well know that is exactly what has happened. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.003.005","1TH","3","H13_5","<span class='v H13_5' data-id='H13_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>This is why, when I couldn’t stand it anymore, I sent to find out whether you were still trusting in God. I was concerned that the Devil<span class='note' id='footnote-763'><a href='#note-763' class='key'>*</a></span> had successfully tempted you and that all our work had been for nothing!<span class='note' id='footnote-764'><a href='#note-764' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.003.006","1TH","3","H13_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v H13_6' data-id='H13_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Now Timothy has just returned from visiting you and he has brought us good news of your trust in God and the love you have. He’s told us that you still have fond memories of us, longing to see us just as we long to see you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.003.007","1TH","3","H13_7","<span class='v H13_7' data-id='H13_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>This news really encouraged us while we were suffering troubles ourselves, brothers and sisters, knowing that you continue to hold on to your trust in God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.003.008","1TH","3","H13_8","<span class='v H13_8' data-id='H13_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>For us life is worth living now because you’re standing firm in the Lord! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.003.009","1TH","3","H13_9","<span class='v H13_9' data-id='H13_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>As we go into the presence of our God, how can we ever thank God enough for you because of all the joy you bring to us? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.003.010","1TH","3","H13_10","<span class='v H13_10' data-id='H13_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Night and day we pray with all our hearts, hoping to see you again face to face, and to help you continue developing your trust in God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.003.011","1TH","3","H13_11","<span class='v H13_11' data-id='H13_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>May God our Father and our Lord Jesus make it possible for us to come to see you soon. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.003.012","1TH","3","H13_12","<span class='v H13_12' data-id='H13_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>May the Lord increase your love so it overflows to one another, and to everyone, just as we love you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.003.013","1TH","3","H13_13","<span class='v H13_13' data-id='H13_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>In this way may the Lord strengthen you so you may stand with minds that are holy and blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.001","1TH","4","H14_1","<div class='c'>4</div><div class='p'><span class='v H14_1' data-id='H14_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>A few more things: Brothers and sisters, we plead with you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to behave in ways that please God, just as we instructed you. Of course you’re already doing this, just do it more and more! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.002","1TH","4","H14_2","<span class='v H14_2' data-id='H14_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>You remember the instructions we gave you on behalf of the Lord Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.003","1TH","4","H14_3","<span class='v H14_3' data-id='H14_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>What God wants is for you to live holy lives. So stay away from sexual immorality </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.004","1TH","4","H14_4","<span class='v H14_4' data-id='H14_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>in order that each of you may control yourselves<span class='note' id='footnote-765'><a href='#note-765' class='key'>*</a></span> in a way that is holy and respectful, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.005","1TH","4","H14_5","<span class='v H14_5' data-id='H14_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>not indulging passionate lust like the heathen<span class='note' id='footnote-766'><a href='#note-766' class='key'>†</a></span> who have no knowledge of God. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.007","1TH","4","H14_7","<span class='v H14_7' data-id='H14_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>For God did not call us to live impure lives, but holy lives. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.008","1TH","4","H14_8","<span class='v H14_8' data-id='H14_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>So anyone who rejects this position isn’t just rejecting what a human being is saying; they are rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.009","1TH","4","H14_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v H14_9' data-id='H14_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>We certainly don’t need to write and tell you to love fellow believers, because God teaches you to love one another— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.010","1TH","4","H14_10","<span class='v H14_10' data-id='H14_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>and in fact you are demonstrating this love to all the believers throughout Macedonia. Even so we want to encourage you, brothers and sisters, to love more and more. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.011","1TH","4","H14_11","<span class='v H14_11' data-id='H14_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Try to live a quiet life, minding your own business, doing your own work, as we’ve already explained to you, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.012","1TH","4","H14_12","<span class='v H14_12' data-id='H14_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>so that your way of life may be respected by non-Christians and you won’t have to rely on anyone to provide what you need. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.013","1TH","4","H14_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v H14_13' data-id='H14_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>We don’t want you to be confused about what happens when people die,<span class='note' id='footnote-767'><a href='#note-767' class='key'>‡</a></span> brothers and sisters, so that you won’t grieve like others who don’t have any hope. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.014","1TH","4","H14_14","<span class='v H14_14' data-id='H14_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Since we’re convinced that Jesus died and rose again, we’re also sure that God will bring<span class='note' id='footnote-768'><a href='#note-768' class='key'>§</a></span> with Jesus those who have died trusting in him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.015","1TH","4","H14_15","<span class='v H14_15' data-id='H14_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>What we’re telling you comes from the Lord: those of us who are alive and still here when the Lord comes certainly won’t precede those who have died. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.016","1TH","4","H14_16","<span class='v H14_16' data-id='H14_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the cry of the archangel, and with the sound of God’s trumpet, and those who have died in Christ will rise first. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.004.017","1TH","4","H14_17","<span class='v H14_17' data-id='H14_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Then those of us who are alive and still here will be carried up together with them into the clouds, and we shall meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever! </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.001","1TH","5","H15_1","<div class='c'>5</div><div class='p'><span class='v H15_1' data-id='H15_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, we don’t need to write anything to you about prophetic times and dates. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.002","1TH","5","H15_2","<span class='v H15_2' data-id='H15_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>You yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.003","1TH","5","H15_3","<span class='v H15_3' data-id='H15_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>When people talk about peace and security suddenly they will be completely ruined. It will be just like the sudden onset of childbirth, and they certainly won’t escape. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.004","1TH","5","H15_4","<span class='v H15_4' data-id='H15_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the dark about this so that you won’t be caught by surprise when the Day of Judgment<span class='note' id='footnote-769'><a href='#note-769' class='key'>*</a></span> arrives suddenly like a thief. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.005","1TH","5","H15_5","<span class='v H15_5' data-id='H15_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>For you are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night or to darkness. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.006","1TH","5","H15_6","<span class='v H15_6' data-id='H15_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>So then we shouldn’t be sleeping like everybody else—we should stay awake and keep ourselves clear-headed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.007","1TH","5","H15_7","<span class='v H15_7' data-id='H15_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>For it’s during the night that people sleep; and it’s at night that they get drunk. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.008","1TH","5","H15_8","<span class='v H15_8' data-id='H15_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>But since we belong to the day we should keep our heads clear, strapping on the breastplate of trust and love, and putting on as a helmet the hope of salvation. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.009","1TH","5","H15_9","<span class='v H15_9' data-id='H15_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>For God hasn’t placed us in a position to be punished, but has reserved us for salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.010","1TH","5","H15_10","<span class='v H15_10' data-id='H15_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>He’s the one who died for<span class='note' id='footnote-770'><a href='#note-770' class='key'>†</a></span> us so that whether we’re alive or dead we shall live together with him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.011","1TH","5","H15_11","<span class='v H15_11' data-id='H15_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>So encourage and strengthen one another, just as you are doing. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.012","1TH","5","H15_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v H15_12' data-id='H15_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, we’re asking you to respect those who work with you, who lead you in the Lord and teach you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.013","1TH","5","H15_13","<span class='v H15_13' data-id='H15_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>You should value them highly in love for the work they do. Live in peace with each other. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.014","1TH","5","H15_14","<span class='v H15_14' data-id='H15_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>We urge you, brothers and sisters, to warn those who are lazy, encourage those who are anxious, help those who are weak, and be patient with everyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.015","1TH","5","H15_15","<span class='v H15_15' data-id='H15_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Make sure none of you pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to one another, and to everyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.016","1TH","5","H15_16","<span class='v H15_16' data-id='H15_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Always be full of joy, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.017","1TH","5","H15_17","<span class='v H15_17' data-id='H15_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>never stop praying, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.018","1TH","5","H15_18","<span class='v H15_18' data-id='H15_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>be thankful in every situation—because this is what God in Christ Jesus wants you to do. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.019","1TH","5","H15_19","<span class='v H15_19' data-id='H15_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Don’t hold the Spirit back, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.020","1TH","5","H15_20","<span class='v H15_20' data-id='H15_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>don’t look down on prophecy, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.021","1TH","5","H15_21","<span class='v H15_21' data-id='H15_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>make sure to check everything. Hold onto whatever is good; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.022","1TH","5","H15_22","<span class='v H15_22' data-id='H15_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>keep away from every kind of evil. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.023","1TH","5","H15_23","</div><div class='p'><span class='v H15_23' data-id='H15_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>May the God of peace himself make you completely holy, and may your whole being—body, mind and spirit—be kept blameless for when our Lord Jesus Christ returns. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.024","1TH","5","H15_24","<span class='v H15_24' data-id='H15_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>The One who calls you is trustworthy, and he will do this. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.025","1TH","5","H15_25","<span class='v H15_25' data-id='H15_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, pray for us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.026","1TH","5","H15_26","<span class='v H15_26' data-id='H15_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>Greet all the believers there affectionately<span class='note' id='footnote-771'><a href='#note-771' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.027","1TH","5","H15_27","<span class='v H15_27' data-id='H15_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>I’m requiring you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the believers. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("082.005.028","1TH","5","H15_28","<span class='v H15_28' data-id='H15_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.001.001","2TH","1","H21_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v H21_1' data-id='H21_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians who belong to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.001.002","2TH","1","H21_2","<span class='v H21_2' data-id='H21_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>May you have grace and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.001.003","2TH","1","H21_3","<span class='v H21_3' data-id='H21_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>We keep on thanking God for you, brothers and sisters—we just have to! This is the right thing to do because your trust in God is growing in leaps and bounds, and the love you all have for each other increases more and more. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.001.004","2TH","1","H21_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v H21_4' data-id='H21_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>We speak so proudly of you among the churches of God because of your patient courage and trust in God during all the persecution and trouble you’re going through. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.001.005","2TH","1","H21_5","<span class='v H21_5' data-id='H21_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>For this is evidence that God is right in the decisions he makes, and that you deserve the kingdom of God for which you are suffering. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.001.006","2TH","1","H21_6","<span class='v H21_6' data-id='H21_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Since God does what’s right he will deal appropriately with those who cause you trouble. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.001.007","2TH","1","H21_7","<span class='v H21_7' data-id='H21_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>He will free you from your suffering—and us too—when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.001.008","2TH","1","H21_8","<span class='v H21_8' data-id='H21_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>bringing judgment on those who reject God and refuse to accept the good news of our Lord Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.001.009","2TH","1","H21_9","<span class='v H21_9' data-id='H21_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>They will rightly experience the consequence of eternal loss, separated from the presence of the Lord and his glorious power, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.001.010","2TH","1","H21_10","<span class='v H21_10' data-id='H21_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>on the day when he comes to receive glory from his people, admired by all those who trust in him. This includes you because you were convinced about what we told you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.001.011","2TH","1","H21_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v H21_11' data-id='H21_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>That’s why we continue to pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of what he’s called us to do. May God powerfully fulfill every desire you have to do good and every action that comes from trusting him </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.001.012","2TH","1","H21_12","<span class='v H21_12' data-id='H21_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be honored by what you do—and in turn you are honored by him through the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.001","2TH","2","H22_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v H22_1' data-id='H22_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Talking about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we’re brought together to him, brother and sisters— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.002","2TH","2","H22_2","<span class='v H22_2' data-id='H22_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>please don’t become upset or concerned by any spiritual revelation, or message, or letter supposedly from us that makes you think that the day of the Lord has already come. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.003","2TH","2","H22_3","<span class='v H22_3' data-id='H22_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, because the Rebellion<span class='note' id='footnote-772'><a href='#note-772' class='key'>*</a></span> must come first, and the lawless man be revealed, the one whose end is destruction. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.004","2TH","2","H22_4","<span class='v H22_4' data-id='H22_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>He is the enemy of God, and proudly sets himself up over everything that is called God and is worshiped. He even installs himself in God’s Temple, claiming to be God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.005","2TH","2","H22_5","<span class='v H22_5' data-id='H22_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Don’t you remember that I told you all this while I was still with you? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.006","2TH","2","H22_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v H22_6' data-id='H22_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Now you know what’s keeping him in check, because he will be revealed for what he is at the appropriate time.<span class='note' id='footnote-773'><a href='#note-773' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.007","2TH","2","H22_7","<span class='v H22_7' data-id='H22_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>For the secret ways of lawlessness<span class='note' id='footnote-774'><a href='#note-774' class='key'>‡</a></span> are already at work; however he who now restrains it will continue to do so until he is out of the way. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.008","2TH","2","H22_8","<span class='v H22_8' data-id='H22_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Then the lawless one will be revealed, the one whom the Lord Jesus will wipe out, blowing him away,<span class='note' id='footnote-775'><a href='#note-775' class='key'>§</a></span> destroying him by the brilliance of his coming. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.009","2TH","2","H22_9","<span class='v H22_9' data-id='H22_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>He (the lawless one) comes to do Satan’s work, having all kinds of powers, using miracles, and performing amazing but deceptive displays. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.010","2TH","2","H22_10","<span class='v H22_10' data-id='H22_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Using every type of evil trick he deludes those who are on their way to destruction, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.011","2TH","2","H22_11","<span class='v H22_11' data-id='H22_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Because of this God sends them a convincing delusion so that they put their trust in the lie.<span class='note' id='footnote-776'><a href='#note-776' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.012","2TH","2","H22_12","<span class='v H22_12' data-id='H22_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>As a result everyone who did not trust in the truth will be condemned, for they preferred what is evil. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.013","2TH","2","H22_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v H22_13' data-id='H22_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>But we just have to keep on thanking God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you to be saved through the Spirit who makes you right as you trust in the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.014","2TH","2","H22_14","<span class='v H22_14' data-id='H22_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>This is what he called you to through the good news we shared with you, so that you could participate in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.015","2TH","2","H22_15","<span class='v H22_15' data-id='H22_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>So, brothers and sisters, stand firm, and hold on to what you’ve been taught, whether by what you were told, or through a letter from us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.016","2TH","2","H22_16","<span class='v H22_16' data-id='H22_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God the Father (who through his grace gave us eternal confidence and a trustworthy hope), </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.002.017","2TH","2","H22_17","<span class='v H22_17' data-id='H22_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>encourage you and strengthen you so you can say and do everything that is good. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.003.001","2TH","3","H23_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v H23_1' data-id='H23_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Lastly, brothers and sisters, please pray for us, so that the Lord’s message may spread and be truly appreciated, just as it is by you— </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.003.003","2TH","3","H23_3","<span class='v H23_3' data-id='H23_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>But the Lord is trustworthy and will strengthen you, and protect you from the Evil One. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.003.006","2TH","3","H23_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v H23_6' data-id='H23_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Now we want to tell you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, not to associate with any believer who can’t be bothered to work for their living—those who don’t follow the teachings they learned from us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.003.007","2TH","3","H23_7","<span class='v H23_7' data-id='H23_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>You certainly know that you should follow our example, because while we were with you we weren’t lazy, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.003.008","2TH","3","H23_8","<span class='v H23_8' data-id='H23_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>—we didn’t eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead we worked hard day and night so we wouldn’t be a burden to any of you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.003.009","2TH","3","H23_9","<span class='v H23_9' data-id='H23_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Not that we don’t have the right to do so—but we wanted to be an example to you, so that you could copy what we did. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("083.003.010","2TH","3","H23_10","<span class='v H23_10' data-id='H23_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Even while we were with you we gave strict instructions that anybody who didn’t want to work shouldn’t eat. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.001.001","1TI","1","T11_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v T11_1' data-id='T11_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus appointed by the authority of God our Savior and Christ Jesus, who is our hope. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.001.003","1TI","1","T11_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T11_3' data-id='T11_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>When I was on my way to Macedonia I asked you to stay behind in Ephesus, so that you could speak with those who teach false ideas and insist that they stop. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.001.008","1TI","1","T11_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T11_8' data-id='T11_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Now we recognize that the law is good if people use it properly. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.001.009","1TI","1","T11_9","<span class='v T11_9' data-id='T11_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>We also know that law isn’t laid down for those who do what is right, but for those who are rebellious and ignore the law. It applies to people who have no use for God, who are sinful, who treat nothing as holy and are completely irreligious. It’s for those who kill fathers and mothers, for murderers, </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.001.015","1TI","1","T11_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T11_15' data-id='T11_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>You can trust this saying that everyone should accept: “Christ Jesus came to this world to save sinners,” and I’m the worst of them. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.002.005","1TI","2","T12_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T12_5' data-id='T12_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>For there is one God, and one mediator of God and mankind—the man Christ Jesus. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.002.007","1TI","2","T12_7","<span class='v T12_7' data-id='T12_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>I was appointed to share this message and be its messenger,<span class='note' id='footnote-783'><a href='#note-783' class='key'>*</a></span> a teacher to the foreigners<span class='note' id='footnote-784'><a href='#note-784' class='key'>†</a></span> about trusting God and the truth (I’m not lying, I’m telling the truth!). </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.002.008","1TI","2","T12_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T12_8' data-id='T12_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>What I really want is for men everywhere to pray sincerely to God.<span class='note' id='footnote-785'><a href='#note-785' class='key'>‡</a></span> No anger or arguments! </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.002.010","1TI","2","T12_10","<span class='v T12_10' data-id='T12_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>but by the good things they do—as is appropriate for women who claim to follow God. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.002.012","1TI","2","T12_12","<span class='v T12_12' data-id='T12_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>I don’t allow women to be instructors, or to dominate men; let them remain quiet.<span class='note' id='footnote-786'><a href='#note-786' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.003.011","1TI","3","T13_11","<span class='v T13_11' data-id='T13_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Their wives<span class='note' id='footnote-790'><a href='#note-790' class='key'>‡</a></span> should be respected too. They should not slander people with gossip, and they should be self-controlled and trustworthy in all they do. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.002","1TI","4","T14_2","<span class='v T14_2' data-id='T14_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>These hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.003","1TI","4","T14_3","<span class='v T14_3' data-id='T14_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>tell people to not marry and not to eat certain foods made by God that should be accepted with thanks by those who trust and know the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.004","1TI","4","T14_4","<span class='v T14_4' data-id='T14_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Everything created by God is good, and nothing should be rejected but should be received with thanks, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.005","1TI","4","T14_5","<span class='v T14_5' data-id='T14_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>since it is made sacred by the word of God and by prayer. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.006","1TI","4","T14_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T14_6' data-id='T14_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>If you point out these things to the brothers and sisters you will be a good minister<span class='note' id='footnote-791'><a href='#note-791' class='key'>*</a></span> of Christ Jesus. You gain strength by trusting in the truth, and in the good teaching you’ve followed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.007","1TI","4","T14_7","<span class='v T14_7' data-id='T14_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Reject what is irreligious, and old wives’ tales. Make sure your exercise is spiritual— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.008","1TI","4","T14_8","<span class='v T14_8' data-id='T14_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>for while physical exercise is useful to some extent, spiritual exercise is much more useful. For “it has promise for the present life, and for the life to come.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.009","1TI","4","T14_9","<span class='v T14_9' data-id='T14_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>You can trust this saying<span class='note' id='footnote-792'><a href='#note-792' class='key'>†</a></span> that should be accepted by everyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.010","1TI","4","T14_10","<span class='v T14_10' data-id='T14_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>The reason we work and do the best we can is because our hope is in the living God. He is the Savior of all people, especially of those who trust in him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.011","1TI","4","T14_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T14_11' data-id='T14_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>This is what you should teach. Tell everyone to follow your instructions. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.012","1TI","4","T14_12","<span class='v T14_12' data-id='T14_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young. Be an example to those who trust in God—in the way you speak, the kind of life you live, in love, in trust, and in purity. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.013","1TI","4","T14_13","<span class='v T14_13' data-id='T14_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Until I get there, make sure you read the Scriptures to the church, and encourage them by your speaking and teaching. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.014","1TI","4","T14_14","<span class='v T14_14' data-id='T14_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Don’t neglect the gracious gift you have that was given to you by prophetic inspiration when the church elders laid their hands on you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.015","1TI","4","T14_15","<span class='v T14_15' data-id='T14_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Think carefully about these things, and dedicate yourself completely to them so that everyone can see the progress you’re making. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.004.016","1TI","4","T14_16","<span class='v T14_16' data-id='T14_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Mind what you’re doing and what you’re teaching. Keep going with all of this, because as you do so you’ll save both yourself and those who listen to you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.001","1TI","5","T15_1","<div class='c'>5</div><div class='p'><span class='v T15_1' data-id='T15_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Don’t rebuke a man who is older than you. Instead, encourage him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.002","1TI","5","T15_2","<span class='v T15_2' data-id='T15_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with the highest standards of decency. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.003","1TI","5","T15_3","<span class='v T15_3' data-id='T15_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Help widows who don’t have a family. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.004","1TI","5","T15_4","<span class='v T15_4' data-id='T15_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>For the Christian responsibility of a widow’s children or grandchildren is to do their duty for their own family, and repay their parents by helping them out. This is what pleases God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.005","1TI","5","T15_5","<span class='v T15_5' data-id='T15_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Now a real widow, having no family, alone and without support, puts her hope in God and prays for help night and day. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.006","1TI","5","T15_6","<span class='v T15_6' data-id='T15_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>But a widow who concentrates on pleasing herself is already dead, even though she’s still physically alive. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.007","1TI","5","T15_7","<span class='v T15_7' data-id='T15_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Give people these instructions so that they will be above criticism. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.008","1TI","5","T15_8","<span class='v T15_8' data-id='T15_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>But those who don’t look after their relatives, especially their own family, have denied their beliefs, and are worse than those who don’t believe. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.009","1TI","5","T15_9","<span class='v T15_9' data-id='T15_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Only widows over sixty who have been faithful to their husbands should be put on the list.<span class='note' id='footnote-793'><a href='#note-793' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.010","1TI","5","T15_10","<span class='v T15_10' data-id='T15_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>The widow should have a reputation for doing good. Did she bring up children properly? Has she been hospitable? Has she washed the feet of church members? Has she helped those who were in trouble? Has she really tried to do good in every way? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.011","1TI","5","T15_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T15_11' data-id='T15_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Don’t take on widows who are younger, because when their physical desires make them want to re-marry they abandon their dedication to Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.012","1TI","5","T15_12","<span class='v T15_12' data-id='T15_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>In this they are guilty of breaking their previous commitment.<span class='note' id='footnote-794'><a href='#note-794' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.013","1TI","5","T15_13","<span class='v T15_13' data-id='T15_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>They also get used to a lazy life, just visiting each other in their homes. Not only lazy, but they gossip and meddle, talking about things they shouldn’t. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.014","1TI","5","T15_14","<span class='v T15_14' data-id='T15_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>So my best advice is that younger widows marry and have children and take care of the home. That way there’s no opportunity for criticism from the Enemy. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.015","1TI","5","T15_15","<span class='v T15_15' data-id='T15_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>However some have already gone the way of Satan. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.016","1TI","5","T15_16","<span class='v T15_16' data-id='T15_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Any Christian woman who has widows in the family should help them, so that the church is not burdened with the responsibility, and can help those widows who are truly in need. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.017","1TI","5","T15_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T15_17' data-id='T15_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Elders who direct the church well should be seen as doubly valuable,<span class='note' id='footnote-795'><a href='#note-795' class='key'>‡</a></span> particularly those who work in speaking the Word and in teaching. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.018","1TI","5","T15_18","<span class='v T15_18' data-id='T15_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “You must not muzzle the ox when it is threshing the corn.” Also, “The worker deserves to be paid.”<span class='note' id='footnote-796'><a href='#note-796' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.019","1TI","5","T15_19","<span class='v T15_19' data-id='T15_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Don’t entertain any accusation against an elder unless two or three witnesses support it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.020","1TI","5","T15_20","<span class='v T15_20' data-id='T15_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Censure those who sin in front of everyone as a warning to others as well. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.021","1TI","5","T15_21","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T15_21' data-id='T15_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Before God and Christ Jesus, and the holy angels, I instruct you to follow these instructions without bias. Don’t do anything from an attitude of favoritism. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.022","1TI","5","T15_22","<span class='v T15_22' data-id='T15_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Don’t be in a hurry to lay hands on anyone; and don’t get involved in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.023","1TI","5","T15_23","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T15_23' data-id='T15_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>Don’t just drink water, but use a little bit of wine because of your bad stomach—you’re sick so often! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.024","1TI","5","T15_24","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T15_24' data-id='T15_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>The sins of some people are really obvious, and they are clearly guilty, but the sins of others are not seen until later. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.005.025","1TI","5","T15_25","<span class='v T15_25' data-id='T15_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Similarly some good works are obvious, and even those that are hidden won’t be for long. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.001","1TI","6","T16_1","<div class='c'>6</div><div class='p'><span class='v T16_1' data-id='T16_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>All who are bound under slavery should consider their masters worthy of respect, so that God’s name and Christian beliefs won’t be defamed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.002","1TI","6","T16_2","<span class='v T16_2' data-id='T16_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Slaves who have Christian masters should not disrespect them because they are brothers. Instead they should serve them even better, because those who are benefiting from their service are fellow-believers they should love. Teach these instructions, and encourage people to follow them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.003","1TI","6","T16_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T16_3' data-id='T16_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Those that teach different beliefs, and don’t listen to good counsel, particularly the words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the true teachings of God, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.004","1TI","6","T16_4","<span class='v T16_4' data-id='T16_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>are arrogant and don’t understand anything. They’re obsessed with speculation and philosophical debates which only lead to jealousy, arguments, malicious gossip and evil suspicions— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.005","1TI","6","T16_5","<span class='v T16_5' data-id='T16_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>the constant arguing of people whose minds are totally corrupt and who have lost the truth, thinking that they can profit financially from religion… </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.006","1TI","6","T16_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T16_6' data-id='T16_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>But knowing and following God is so incredibly satisfying! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.007","1TI","6","T16_7","<span class='v T16_7' data-id='T16_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>For we didn’t bring anything into the world, and we can’t take anything out with us either. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.008","1TI","6","T16_8","<span class='v T16_8' data-id='T16_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>But if we have food and clothes then that’s enough for us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.009","1TI","6","T16_9","<span class='v T16_9' data-id='T16_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Those who are determined to become rich fall into the trap of temptation, following many foolish and damaging impulses. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.010","1TI","6","T16_10","<span class='v T16_10' data-id='T16_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>For the desire to be rich leads to many kinds of evil results. Some of those who longed for this have turned away from the truth, and have hurt themselves, experiencing a lot of pain. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.011","1TI","6","T16_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T16_11' data-id='T16_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>But you as a man of God should run away from such things. You should seek to do what is right, practice true religion, and trust in God. Aim to love, to be patient, and gentle. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.012","1TI","6","T16_12","<span class='v T16_12' data-id='T16_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Fight the good fight as you trust in God. Hold on tightly to the eternal life to which you were called. This is what you promised to do in front of many witnesses. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.013","1TI","6","T16_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T16_13' data-id='T16_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>My charge to you before God the Life-giver, and before Christ Jesus who testified to the good news before Pontius Pilate, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.014","1TI","6","T16_14","<span class='v T16_14' data-id='T16_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>is to follow faithfully what you’ve been told<span class='note' id='footnote-797'><a href='#note-797' class='key'>*</a></span> so you will be above criticism until our Lord Jesus Christ appears. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.015","1TI","6","T16_15","<span class='v T16_15' data-id='T16_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>At the right time Jesus will be revealed—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.016","1TI","6","T16_16","<span class='v T16_16' data-id='T16_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>He is the only one who is immortal, and lives in unapproachable light. No one has seen him or can see him—honor and eternal power is his! Amen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.017","1TI","6","T16_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T16_17' data-id='T16_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Warn those who are rich in the present world not to become proud. Tell them not to place their trust in wealth that is so insecure but in God who so freely gives us everything for our enjoyment. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.018","1TI","6","T16_18","<span class='v T16_18' data-id='T16_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Tell them to do good, and to become rich in doing good things, ready to share what they have, and to be generous. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.019","1TI","6","T16_19","<span class='v T16_19' data-id='T16_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>In this way they store up treasure that will provide a solid basis for the future, so that they can take hold of true life. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.020","1TI","6","T16_20","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T16_20' data-id='T16_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Timothy, take care of what’s been given to you. Don’t pay any attention to pointless chatter and arguments based on so-called “knowledge.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("084.006.021","1TI","6","T16_21","<span class='v T16_21' data-id='T16_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Some who promote these ideas have wandered away from their trust in God. May grace be with you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.001","2TI","1","T21_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v T21_1' data-id='T21_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus chosen by God, sent to tell about the promise of real life<span class='note' id='footnote-798'><a href='#note-798' class='key'>*</a></span> that is in Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.002","2TI","1","T21_2","<span class='v T21_2' data-id='T21_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>I’m sending it to you Timothy, my dear son. May you have grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.003","2TI","1","T21_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T21_3' data-id='T21_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>I’m always thinking of you and I’m so thankful to God, whom I serve as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience. I never forget to mention you in my prayers. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.004","2TI","1","T21_4","<span class='v T21_4' data-id='T21_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>I remember how you cried, and I so want to see you! That would make me really happy. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.005","2TI","1","T21_5","<span class='v T21_5' data-id='T21_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>I keep in mind your sincere trust in God, the same trust that that your grandmother Lois and mother Eunice also had—and I know that same trust continues in you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.006","2TI","1","T21_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T21_6' data-id='T21_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>That’s why I want to remind you to revitalize God’s gracious gift to you which you received when I placed my hands on you.<span class='note' id='footnote-799'><a href='#note-799' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.007","2TI","1","T21_7","<span class='v T21_7' data-id='T21_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>God didn’t give us a spirit that makes us fearful, but a spirit of power and love and good sense. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.008","2TI","1","T21_8","<span class='v T21_8' data-id='T21_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>So don’t be ashamed to tell others about our Lord, or be ashamed of me. Instead be ready to share in suffering for the good news as God gives you strength. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.009","2TI","1","T21_9","<span class='v T21_9' data-id='T21_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>He is the one who has saved us and called us to live a holy life—not through what we do, but by God’s own plan and through his grace. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.010","2TI","1","T21_10","<span class='v T21_10' data-id='T21_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>He gave this grace to us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, and is now revealed in the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He destroyed death, making life and immortality brilliantly clear through the good news. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.011","2TI","1","T21_11","<span class='v T21_11' data-id='T21_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>I was appointed speaker, apostle, and teacher of this good news. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.012","2TI","1","T21_12","<span class='v T21_12' data-id='T21_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>That’s also the reason I’m suffering all this, but I’m not ashamed, because I know whom I’ve trusted. I’m confident that he can look after what I’ve entrusted to him until the Day<span class='note' id='footnote-800'><a href='#note-800' class='key'>‡</a></span> he returns. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.013","2TI","1","T21_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T21_13' data-id='T21_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>You should follow the model of good advice that you learned from me, with an attitude of trust and love in Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.014","2TI","1","T21_14","<span class='v T21_14' data-id='T21_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Guard the truth that was entrusted to you through the Holy Spirit who lives in us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.015","2TI","1","T21_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T21_15' data-id='T21_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>You already know that everyone from Asia<span class='note' id='footnote-801'><a href='#note-801' class='key'>§</a></span> has abandoned me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.016","2TI","1","T21_16","<span class='v T21_16' data-id='T21_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>May the Lord be kind to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often took care of me and wasn’t embarrassed about me being in prison. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.017","2TI","1","T21_17","<span class='v T21_17' data-id='T21_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>When he was in Rome, he took the trouble to search for me, and he found me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.001.018","2TI","1","T21_18","<span class='v T21_18' data-id='T21_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>May the Lord grant him his blessing in the Day of Judgment. (Timothy, you’re very much aware of how much Onesiphorus did for me when he was in Ephesus). </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.001","2TI","2","T22_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v T22_1' data-id='T22_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So then, my son, grow strong in the grace of Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.002","2TI","2","T22_2","<span class='v T22_2' data-id='T22_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Take what you heard me say in front of many witnesses and share it with those who are trustworthy, who then can teach others as well. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.003","2TI","2","T22_3","<span class='v T22_3' data-id='T22_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Suffer together with me like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.004","2TI","2","T22_4","<span class='v T22_4' data-id='T22_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>A soldier on active duty doesn’t get caught up in the business of everyday life. He wants to please the one who enlisted him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.005","2TI","2","T22_5","<span class='v T22_5' data-id='T22_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Similarly athletes who compete in the games don’t win a prize if they don’t keep to the rules. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.006","2TI","2","T22_6","<span class='v T22_6' data-id='T22_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>The farmer that does all the hard work should be the first to benefit from the crop. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.007","2TI","2","T22_7","<span class='v T22_7' data-id='T22_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Think about what I’m telling you. The Lord will help you to understand all this. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.008","2TI","2","T22_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T22_8' data-id='T22_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Focus your mind on Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, who was raised from the dead. This is my good news, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.009","2TI","2","T22_9","<span class='v T22_9' data-id='T22_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>and I’m suffering imprisonment because of it as if I were a criminal—but the word of God is not imprisoned. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.010","2TI","2","T22_10","<span class='v T22_10' data-id='T22_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Despite all this I’m willing to keep on going for the sake of God’s people<span class='note' id='footnote-802'><a href='#note-802' class='key'>*</a></span> so that they may gain the salvation of Christ Jesus that is eternal glory. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.011","2TI","2","T22_11","<span class='v T22_11' data-id='T22_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>This is a trustworthy saying: “If we died with him, we will also live with him; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.012","2TI","2","T22_12","<span class='v T22_12' data-id='T22_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>if we keep going, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.013","2TI","2","T22_13","<span class='v T22_13' data-id='T22_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>If we are not trustworthy, he is still trustworthy, for he cannot be untrue to himself.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.014","2TI","2","T22_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T22_14' data-id='T22_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>This is what you should remind people about, telling them before God that they shouldn’t have meaningless arguments over words. To do this only harms those who listen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.015","2TI","2","T22_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T22_15' data-id='T22_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Make sure you work hard so you can present yourself to God and gain his approval. Be a worker that doesn’t need to be embarrassed, using the word of truth correctly. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.016","2TI","2","T22_16","<span class='v T22_16' data-id='T22_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Avoid pointless chatter because people who do this are heading away from God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.017","2TI","2","T22_17","<span class='v T22_17' data-id='T22_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Their teachings are as destructive as gangrene that destroys healthy flesh. Hymenaeus and Philetus are like this. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.018","2TI","2","T22_18","<span class='v T22_18' data-id='T22_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>They have deviated from the truth by saying that the resurrection has already happened, which has ruined some people’s trust in God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.019","2TI","2","T22_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T22_19' data-id='T22_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>But God’s solid, trustworthy foundation stone stands firm, with this inscription, “The Lord knows those who belong to him,” and “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord should stay away from all that is evil.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.020","2TI","2","T22_20","<span class='v T22_20' data-id='T22_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>A stately home doesn’t just have cups and bowls<span class='note' id='footnote-803'><a href='#note-803' class='key'>†</a></span> made of gold and silver. It also has ones made from wood and clay. Some are made for special use; others for more commonplace functions. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.021","2TI","2","T22_21","<span class='v T22_21' data-id='T22_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>So if you get rid of what is evil, you will become a cup or bowl that is holy and special, useful to the Lord, ready to do all that’s good. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.022","2TI","2","T22_22","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T22_22' data-id='T22_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Run away from anything that fires up the desires of youth. Run after what is right and trustworthy, run after love and peace along with those who are true and pure Christians. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.024","2TI","2","T22_24","<span class='v T22_24' data-id='T22_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>For the Lord’s minister must not fight, but be kind to everyone, able to teach, patient, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.025","2TI","2","T22_25","<span class='v T22_25' data-id='T22_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>gently correcting opponents. Perhaps God may help them to come to repent and to understand the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.002.026","2TI","2","T22_26","<span class='v T22_26' data-id='T22_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>In this way they may come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap. For he has captured them and made them do whatever he wants. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.003.001","2TI","3","T23_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v T23_1' data-id='T23_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Be aware that there will be troubled times in the last days. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.003.002","2TI","3","T23_2","<span class='v T23_2' data-id='T23_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>People will love themselves and love money. They will be boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and without God in their lives. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.003.003","2TI","3","T23_3","<span class='v T23_3' data-id='T23_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Heartless and unforgiving, they’ll commit slander and have no self-control. Brutal people who hate what’s good, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.003.004","2TI","3","T23_4","<span class='v T23_4' data-id='T23_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>they will betray others and be totally thoughtless. They are absurdly full of themselves, living so much for pleasure that they don’t care about loving God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.003.005","2TI","3","T23_5","<span class='v T23_5' data-id='T23_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>They may give an outward impression of being religious, but they don’t actually believe it works. Stay away from these people! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.003.006","2TI","3","T23_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T23_6' data-id='T23_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>They’re the kind of people that slip into homes and take control of vulnerable women who are burdened down by the guilt of sin and distracted by all kinds of desires. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.003.008","2TI","3","T23_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T23_8' data-id='T23_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Just like Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, these teachers also oppose the truth. They are people with corrupted minds whose supposed trust in God is a lie.<span class='note' id='footnote-804'><a href='#note-804' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.003.009","2TI","3","T23_9","<span class='v T23_9' data-id='T23_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>But they won’t get far. Their stupidity will be obvious to everyone, just like that of Jannes and Jambres. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.003.010","2TI","3","T23_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T23_10' data-id='T23_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>But you know all about my teaching and behavior, and my aim in life. You know my trust in God and my love. You know what I’ve had to endure— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.003.011","2TI","3","T23_11","<span class='v T23_11' data-id='T23_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>how I’ve been persecuted and what I’ve suffered. You know what happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—the troubles I had and how the Lord rescued me from all of them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.003.012","2TI","3","T23_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T23_12' data-id='T23_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Of course it’s true that everyone who wants to live a life devoted to God in Christ Jesus will experience persecution, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.003.013","2TI","3","T23_13","<span class='v T23_13' data-id='T23_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>while wicked people and frauds will do well, going from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceiving themselves too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.003.014","2TI","3","T23_14","<span class='v T23_14' data-id='T23_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>But you must hold onto the things you’ve learned and are convinced are true. You know who taught you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.003.015","2TI","3","T23_15","<span class='v T23_15' data-id='T23_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>From your childhood you’ve known the holy Scriptures which can give you understanding for salvation by trusting in Christ Jesus. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.001","2TI","4","T24_1","<div class='c'>4</div><div class='p'><span class='v T24_1' data-id='T24_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This is what I instruct you to do before God and Christ Jesus who will judge the living and the dead when he comes to establish his kingdom. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.002","2TI","4","T24_2","<span class='v T24_2' data-id='T24_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Speak God’s word whether it is convenient or not, tell people where they’re going wrong, warn them, encourage them. Do this with a great deal of patient teaching. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.003","2TI","4","T24_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T24_3' data-id='T24_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>For the time is coming when people won’t bother to listen to true teaching. Instead they will be curious to listen to something different,<span class='note' id='footnote-805'><a href='#note-805' class='key'>*</a></span> and will surround themselves with teachers who’ll tell them what they want to hear. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.005","2TI","4","T24_5","<span class='v T24_5' data-id='T24_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>You need to keep your wits about you at all times. Put up with troubles, do the work of sharing the good news, fulfill your ministry. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.006","2TI","4","T24_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T24_6' data-id='T24_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>For I’m about to be sacrificed—the time of my death is approaching. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.007","2TI","4","T24_7","<span class='v T24_7' data-id='T24_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept my trust in God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.008","2TI","4","T24_8","<span class='v T24_8' data-id='T24_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Now there’s a prize reserved for me—the crown for a life lived according to what is right. The Lord, (who is the judge that always does what’s right), will give that to me on that Day.<span class='note' id='footnote-806'><a href='#note-806' class='key'>†</a></span> And not just to me, but to everyone who longs for his coming. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.009","2TI","4","T24_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T24_9' data-id='T24_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Please try to come to me as soon as you can. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.010","2TI","4","T24_10","<span class='v T24_10' data-id='T24_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Demas has abandoned me because he loves the things of this world more, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.011","2TI","4","T24_11","<span class='v T24_11' data-id='T24_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Only Luke is here with me. Bring Mark with you, because he can help me with my work. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.012","2TI","4","T24_12","<span class='v T24_12' data-id='T24_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.014","2TI","4","T24_14","<span class='v T24_14' data-id='T24_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Alexander the coppersmith caused me a lot of trouble—may God judge him for what he did. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.015","2TI","4","T24_15","<span class='v T24_15' data-id='T24_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>You watch out for him too, because he was very much against what we were saying. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.016","2TI","4","T24_16","</div><div class='p'><span class='v T24_16' data-id='T24_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>When it came to my first defense,<span class='note' id='footnote-807'><a href='#note-807' class='key'>‡</a></span> no-one stood up for me—everyone abandoned me. May they not be blamed for this. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.017","2TI","4","T24_17","<span class='v T24_17' data-id='T24_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength so that I could declare the whole of the message so that all the foreigners<span class='note' id='footnote-808'><a href='#note-808' class='key'>§</a></span> could hear it. I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth! </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.019","2TI","4","T24_19","<span class='v T24_19' data-id='T24_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>My greetings to Prisca and Aquila, and to Onesiphorus’ family. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.020","2TI","4","T24_20","<span class='v T24_20' data-id='T24_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Erastus stayed on in Corinth. I left Trophimus behind in Miletus because he was sick. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.021","2TI","4","T24_21","<span class='v T24_21' data-id='T24_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Please try to come before winter. Eubulus sends his best wishes—and Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers and sisters too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("085.004.022","2TI","4","T24_22","<span class='v T24_22' data-id='T24_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>The Lord be with you.<span class='note' id='footnote-809'><a href='#note-809' class='key'>*</a></span> May his grace be with you all. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.001","TIT","1","TT1_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v TT1_1' data-id='TT1_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Paul, servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I’m sent to build up the trust of God’s chosen people and to share the knowledge of the truth that leads to lives lived for God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.002","TIT","1","TT1_2","<span class='v TT1_2' data-id='TT1_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>This gives them the hope of eternal life that God (who cannot lie) promised ages ago, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.003","TIT","1","TT1_3","<span class='v TT1_3' data-id='TT1_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>but which at the proper time he revealed through his word in the message which I was entrusted to give, following the command of God our Savior. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.004","TIT","1","TT1_4","<span class='v TT1_4' data-id='TT1_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>This letter is sent to Titus, my true son through the trust in God we share in common. May you have grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.005","TIT","1","TT1_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v TT1_5' data-id='TT1_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>The reason I left you in Crete was for you to organize what was still needed and to appoint elders in every town, as I told you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.006","TIT","1","TT1_6","<span class='v TT1_6' data-id='TT1_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>An elder must have a good reputation, the husband of one wife, and have children who believe and who are not accused of being wild or disobedient. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.007","TIT","1","TT1_7","<span class='v TT1_7' data-id='TT1_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>As a leader for God, a head elder must have a good reputation and not be arrogant. He should not have a quick temper nor get drunk; he shouldn’t be violent or greedy for money. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.008","TIT","1","TT1_8","<span class='v TT1_8' data-id='TT1_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>He should be hospitable, someone who loves what’s good and does what’s right. He should be living a life for God, self-controlled, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.009","TIT","1","TT1_9","<span class='v TT1_9' data-id='TT1_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>and must be devoted to the trustworthy message as it’s taught. In this way he can encourage others through correct teaching, and be able to convince those who disagree. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.010","TIT","1","TT1_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v TT1_10' data-id='TT1_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>For there are many rebels around who talk a lot of deceptive nonsense, especially from the circumcision group.<span class='note' id='footnote-810'><a href='#note-810' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.011","TIT","1","TT1_11","<span class='v TT1_11' data-id='TT1_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Their talking must stop, these people who throw whole families into turmoil, teaching things that aren’t right for the sake of making money. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.012","TIT","1","TT1_12","<span class='v TT1_12' data-id='TT1_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>As someone of their own people,<span class='note' id='footnote-811'><a href='#note-811' class='key'>†</a></span> a prophet, has stated, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts who are lazy, greedy people.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.013","TIT","1","TT1_13","<span class='v TT1_13' data-id='TT1_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>This is a true statement! Consequently give them a good telling-off so that they can have a healthy trust in God, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.014","TIT","1","TT1_14","<span class='v TT1_14' data-id='TT1_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>not paying attention to Jewish myths and human commandments from those who deviate from the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.015","TIT","1","TT1_15","<span class='v TT1_15' data-id='TT1_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>To those who have clean minds everything is clean, but to those who are corrupt and refuse to trust in God, nothing is clean—both their minds and their consciences are corrupt. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.001.016","TIT","1","TT1_16","<span class='v TT1_16' data-id='TT1_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>They claim to know God, but they prove this is false by what they do. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.001","TIT","2","TT2_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v TT2_1' data-id='TT2_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>You however must teach what is consistent with healthy beliefs. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.002","TIT","2","TT2_2","<span class='v TT2_2' data-id='TT2_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Older men shouldn’t drink; they should be respectable and sensible,<span class='note' id='footnote-812'><a href='#note-812' class='key'>*</a></span> with a healthy trust in God, loving and patient. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.003","TIT","2","TT2_3","<span class='v TT2_3' data-id='TT2_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Similarly older women ought to behave in a way that shows they live their lives for God. They shouldn’t destroy people’s reputations by what they say, and they shouldn’t be addicted to wine. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.004","TIT","2","TT2_4","<span class='v TT2_4' data-id='TT2_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>They should be teachers of what’s good, teaching the young wives to love their husbands and their children. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.005","TIT","2","TT2_5","<span class='v TT2_5' data-id='TT2_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>They are to be sensible and pure, working in their homes, doing good and listening to what their husbands tell them. In this way the word of God will not be spoken about badly. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.006","TIT","2","TT2_6","<span class='v TT2_6' data-id='TT2_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Likewise tell the young men to be sensible. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.007","TIT","2","TT2_7","<span class='v TT2_7' data-id='TT2_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>You should set an example of doing good in all areas of life: show integrity and seriousness in what you teach, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.008","TIT","2","TT2_8","<span class='v TT2_8' data-id='TT2_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>sharing healthy beliefs that can’t be criticized. In this way those who are opposed will be ashamed of themselves and won’t have anything bad to say about us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.009","TIT","2","TT2_9","<span class='v TT2_9' data-id='TT2_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Tell servants to always obey their masters. They should try to please them and not talk back to them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.010","TIT","2","TT2_10","<span class='v TT2_10' data-id='TT2_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>They shouldn’t steal things for themselves, but show they are completely trustworthy so that they may rightly represent the truth about God our Savior in every way. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.011","TIT","2","TT2_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v TT2_11' data-id='TT2_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>For God’s grace has been revealed, bringing salvation to everyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.012","TIT","2","TT2_12","<span class='v TT2_12' data-id='TT2_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>It teaches us to reject a godless way of life with the desires of this world. Instead we should live thoughtful, self-controlled lives that are right before God in the present world </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.013","TIT","2","TT2_13","<span class='v TT2_13' data-id='TT2_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>as we look for the wonderful hope of the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.014","TIT","2","TT2_14","<span class='v TT2_14' data-id='TT2_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>He gave himself for us, so that he could set us free from all our wickedness, and to make us clean for him—a people who belong to him, keen to do good. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.002.015","TIT","2","TT2_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v TT2_15' data-id='TT2_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>This is what you should be teaching. You have the authority to encourage and to correct as necessary. Don’t let anyone look down on you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.001","TIT","3","TT3_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v TT3_1' data-id='TT3_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Remind them to follow what rulers tell them to do, and to obey authorities. They should always be ready to do what is good. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.002","TIT","3","TT3_2","<span class='v TT3_2' data-id='TT3_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>They should not speak badly about anyone, and they should not be argumentative. Tell them to show gentleness and kindness to everyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.003","TIT","3","TT3_3","<span class='v TT3_3' data-id='TT3_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>For there was a time when we too were foolish and disobedient. We were deceived and slaves to various desires and pleasures. We lived wicked lives full of jealousy, hateful people hating one another. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.004","TIT","3","TT3_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v TT3_4' data-id='TT3_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>But when the goodness and love of God our Savior was revealed, he saved us, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.005","TIT","3","TT3_5","<span class='v TT3_5' data-id='TT3_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>not because of anything good that we’ve done, but because of his mercy. He did this through the cleansing of rebirth and renewal of the Holy Spirit, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.006","TIT","3","TT3_6","<span class='v TT3_6' data-id='TT3_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>which he poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.007","TIT","3","TT3_7","<span class='v TT3_7' data-id='TT3_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Now that we are set right by his grace we have become heirs having the hope of eternal life. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.008","TIT","3","TT3_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v TT3_8' data-id='TT3_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>You can trust what I’m saying, and I want you to emphasize these instructions so that those who trust in God will think seriously about them and continue to do good. They are excellent and helpful for everyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.009","TIT","3","TT3_9","<span class='v TT3_9' data-id='TT3_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Avoid pointless discussions, and obsessions about ancestry. Don’t get into arguments, and avoid fights over the Jewish laws—they’re useless and don’t help at all. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.010","TIT","3","TT3_10","<span class='v TT3_10' data-id='TT3_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Warn someone who is divisive once, and then again—after that don’t pay them any attention, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.011","TIT","3","TT3_11","<span class='v TT3_11' data-id='TT3_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>realizing that they’re perverse and sinful and have condemned themselves. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.012","TIT","3","TT3_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v TT3_12' data-id='TT3_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, try and come to me at Nicopolis because I’m planning to spend the winter there. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.013","TIT","3","TT3_13","<span class='v TT3_13' data-id='TT3_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Do all you can to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way so that they have everything they need. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.014","TIT","3","TT3_14","<span class='v TT3_14' data-id='TT3_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>May our people learn the habit of doing good in providing for the daily needs of others. They need to be productive! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("086.003.015","TIT","3","TT3_15","<span class='v TT3_15' data-id='TT3_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Everyone here with me sends their greetings. Give our best wishes to those who love us, those who trust in God. May grace be with you all. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.001","PHM","1","PM1_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v PM1_1' data-id='PM1_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter is sent from Paul, prisoner of Jesus Christ, and from our brother Timothy, to Philemon, our good friend and co-worker; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.002","PHM","1","PM1_2","<span class='v PM1_2' data-id='PM1_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>to our sister Apphia, to Archippus who fights alongside us, and to your house church. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.003","PHM","1","PM1_3","<span class='v PM1_3' data-id='PM1_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>May you have grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.004","PHM","1","PM1_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PM1_4' data-id='PM1_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>I always thank my God for you, remembering you in my prayers, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.005","PHM","1","PM1_5","<span class='v PM1_5' data-id='PM1_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>because I hear of your trust in the Lord Jesus and your love for all believers. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.006","PHM","1","PM1_6","<span class='v PM1_6' data-id='PM1_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>I pray that you will put the generous nature of your trust in God into action as you recognize all the good things we share in Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.007","PHM","1","PM1_7","<span class='v PM1_7' data-id='PM1_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Your love, my dear brother, has brought me much happiness and encouragement. You have revived the hearts of those of us who believe! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.008","PHM","1","PM1_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PM1_8' data-id='PM1_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>That’s why even though I’m brave enough in Christ to order you to do your duty, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.009","PHM","1","PM1_9","<span class='v PM1_9' data-id='PM1_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>I would rather ask you this favor out of love. Old Paul, now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.010","PHM","1","PM1_10","<span class='v PM1_10' data-id='PM1_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>is appealing to you on behalf of Onesimus who became my adopted son during my imprisonment. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.011","PHM","1","PM1_11","<span class='v PM1_11' data-id='PM1_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>In the past he was of no use to you, but now he’s useful to both you and me! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.012","PHM","1","PM1_12","<span class='v PM1_12' data-id='PM1_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>I send him to you with my fondest wishes.<span class='note' id='footnote-813'><a href='#note-813' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.013","PHM","1","PM1_13","<span class='v PM1_13' data-id='PM1_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>I’d have preferred to keep him here with me so that he could have helped me as you would have done while I am in chains for telling the good news. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.014","PHM","1","PM1_14","<span class='v PM1_14' data-id='PM1_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>But I decided not do anything without your permission. I didn’t want you to be forced to do good, but to do so willingly. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.015","PHM","1","PM1_15","<span class='v PM1_15' data-id='PM1_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Maybe you lost him for a while so that you could have him back forever! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.016","PHM","1","PM1_16","<span class='v PM1_16' data-id='PM1_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>He’s not a servant anymore, because he’s more than a servant. He’s a specially-loved brother, particularly to me, and even more to you, both as a man and as a fellow-believer in the Lord.<span class='note' id='footnote-814'><a href='#note-814' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.017","PHM","1","PM1_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PM1_17' data-id='PM1_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>So if you consider me as a colleague working together with you for the Lord,<span class='note' id='footnote-815'><a href='#note-815' class='key'>‡</a></span> welcome him as if you were welcoming me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.018","PHM","1","PM1_18","<span class='v PM1_18' data-id='PM1_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>If he has done you any wrong, or owes you anything, charge it to my account. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.019","PHM","1","PM1_19","<span class='v PM1_19' data-id='PM1_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>I Paul am signing this with my own hand: I will repay you. Of course I won’t mention what you owe me, including your very self! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.020","PHM","1","PM1_20","<span class='v PM1_20' data-id='PM1_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Yes, brother, I’m expecting this favor from you in the Lord; please make me happy in Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.021","PHM","1","PM1_21","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PM1_21' data-id='PM1_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>I’m writing about this to you because I’m convinced you’ll do as I ask—in fact I know you’ll do even more than I’ve asked! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.022","PHM","1","PM1_22","<span class='v PM1_22' data-id='PM1_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>In the meantime please have a room ready for me, for I hope to be able to return to see you soon in answer to your prayers. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.023","PHM","1","PM1_23","<span class='v PM1_23' data-id='PM1_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>Epaphras who is here in prison with me sends his greetings, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.024","PHM","1","PM1_24","<span class='v PM1_24' data-id='PM1_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>as do my co-workers Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("087.001.025","PHM","1","PM1_25","<span class='v PM1_25' data-id='PM1_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.001.001","HEB","1","HB1_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB1_1' data-id='HB1_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>God, who in the past spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at various times and in many ways, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.001.002","HEB","1","HB1_2","<span class='v HB1_2' data-id='HB1_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>has in these last days spoken to us through his Son. God appointed the Son heir of everything, and made the universe through him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.001.003","HEB","1","HB1_3","<span class='v HB1_3' data-id='HB1_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>The Son is the radiant glory of God, and the visible expression of his true character. He sustains everything by his powerful command. When he had provided cleansing for sin he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.001.004","HEB","1","HB1_4","<span class='v HB1_4' data-id='HB1_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>He was placed much higher than the angels since he received a greater name than them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.001.005","HEB","1","HB1_5","<span class='v HB1_5' data-id='HB1_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>God never said to any angel, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father,” or “I will be a Father to him, and he will be a Son to me.”<span class='note' id='footnote-816'><a href='#note-816' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.001.006","HEB","1","HB1_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB1_6' data-id='HB1_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Also, when he brought his firstborn<span class='note' id='footnote-817'><a href='#note-817' class='key'>†</a></span> Son into the world, he said, “Let all God’s angels worship him.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.001.007","HEB","1","HB1_7","<span class='v HB1_7' data-id='HB1_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Regarding the angels, he says, “He makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire,” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.001.008","HEB","1","HB1_8","<span class='v HB1_8' data-id='HB1_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>but about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, lasts forever and ever, and justice is the ruling scepter of your kingdom. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.001.009","HEB","1","HB1_9","<span class='v HB1_9' data-id='HB1_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>You love what is right, and hate what is lawless. That is why God, your God, has placed you above everyone else by anointing<span class='note' id='footnote-818'><a href='#note-818' class='key'>‡</a></span> you with the oil of joy.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.001.010","HEB","1","HB1_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB1_10' data-id='HB1_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>“You, Lord, laid the foundations of the earth in the beginning. The heavens are the product of your hands. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.001.011","HEB","1","HB1_11","<span class='v HB1_11' data-id='HB1_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>They will come to an end, but you will continue. They will wear out like clothes do, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.001.012","HEB","1","HB1_12","<span class='v HB1_12' data-id='HB1_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>and you will roll them up like a cloak. Like clothes, they will be changed, but you never change, and your life never ends.”<span class='note' id='footnote-819'><a href='#note-819' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.001.013","HEB","1","HB1_13","<span class='v HB1_13' data-id='HB1_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>But he never said to any angel, “Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies in subjection under your feet.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.001.014","HEB","1","HB1_14","<span class='v HB1_14' data-id='HB1_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>What are the angels? They are beings that serve, sent out to help those who will receive salvation. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.001","HEB","2","HB2_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB2_1' data-id='HB2_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So we should pay even closer attention to what we’ve learned so we don’t drift away from it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.002","HEB","2","HB2_2","<span class='v HB2_2' data-id='HB2_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>If the message the angels brought was trustworthy, and every sin and disobedient act brings its own consequence,<span class='note' id='footnote-820'><a href='#note-820' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.003","HEB","2","HB2_3","<span class='v HB2_3' data-id='HB2_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>how will we escape if we don’t pay attention to this great salvation that the Lord first announced, and then we had confirmed to us by those who heard him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.004","HEB","2","HB2_4","<span class='v HB2_4' data-id='HB2_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>God also testified through signs and miracles, by acts that show his power, and by the gifts of the Holy Spirit, given as he chose. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.005","HEB","2","HB2_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB2_5' data-id='HB2_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>It’s not angels who will be in charge of the world to come that we’re talking about. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.006","HEB","2","HB2_6","<span class='v HB2_6' data-id='HB2_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>But as it’s been said, “What are human beings that you should worry about them? What is a son of man<span class='note' id='footnote-821'><a href='#note-821' class='key'>†</a></span> that you should care about him? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.007","HEB","2","HB2_7","<span class='v HB2_7' data-id='HB2_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>You set him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor, and placed him over all your creation.<span class='note' id='footnote-822'><a href='#note-822' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.008","HEB","2","HB2_8","<span class='v HB2_8' data-id='HB2_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>You gave him authority over everything.”<span class='note' id='footnote-823'><a href='#note-823' class='key'>§</a></span> Nothing was left out when God gave him authority over everything. However we see that not everything is subject to his authority yet. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.009","HEB","2","HB2_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB2_9' data-id='HB2_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>But we see Jesus, placed a little lower than the angels, through the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor. Through God’s grace Jesus experienced death for everyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.010","HEB","2","HB2_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB2_10' data-id='HB2_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>It was appropriate that God, who creates and maintains everything, should bring many of his children to glory, and to completely prepare through suffering the one who leads them to salvation. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.011","HEB","2","HB2_11","<span class='v HB2_11' data-id='HB2_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>For both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy belong to the same family.<span class='note' id='footnote-824'><a href='#note-824' class='key'>*</a></span> That’s why he doesn’t hesitate to call them “brothers,” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.012","HEB","2","HB2_12","<span class='v HB2_12' data-id='HB2_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>saying “I will announce your name to my brothers; I will praise you among your people when they meet together.”<span class='note' id='footnote-825'><a href='#note-825' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.013","HEB","2","HB2_13","<span class='v HB2_13' data-id='HB2_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Also: “I will place my trust in him,” and “Here I am, together with the children God has given to me.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.014","HEB","2","HB2_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB2_14' data-id='HB2_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Because the children share flesh and blood in common, he shared in this in the same way so that through death he could destroy the one that had the power of death—the devil— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.015","HEB","2","HB2_15","<span class='v HB2_15' data-id='HB2_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>and free everyone who through fear of death were enslaved all their lives. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.016","HEB","2","HB2_16","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB2_16' data-id='HB2_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Of course it’s not angels he’s concerned about; he’s concerned to help the children of Abraham. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.017","HEB","2","HB2_17","<span class='v HB2_17' data-id='HB2_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>That’s why it was necessary for him to become like his brothers in everything, so that he could become a merciful and trustworthy high priest in the things of God, to forgive his people’s sins. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.002.018","HEB","2","HB2_18","<span class='v HB2_18' data-id='HB2_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.001","HEB","3","HB3_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB3_1' data-id='HB3_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So, my brothers and sisters who live for God and who share in this heavenly calling, we need to think carefully about Jesus—the one we say is sent by God,<span class='note' id='footnote-826'><a href='#note-826' class='key'>*</a></span> and is the High Priest. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.002","HEB","3","HB3_2","<span class='v HB3_2' data-id='HB3_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>He was faithful to God in the work he was chosen to do, just like Moses was faithful to God in God’s house.<span class='note' id='footnote-827'><a href='#note-827' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.003","HEB","3","HB3_3","<span class='v HB3_3' data-id='HB3_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>But Jesus deserves much greater glory than Moses, in the same way that the builder of a house deserves more credit than the house. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.004","HEB","3","HB3_4","<span class='v HB3_4' data-id='HB3_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Every house has its builder; God is the builder of everything. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.005","HEB","3","HB3_5","<span class='v HB3_5' data-id='HB3_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>As a servant, Moses was faithful in God’s house. He provided evidence of what would be announced later. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.006","HEB","3","HB3_6","<span class='v HB3_6' data-id='HB3_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>But Christ is a son, in charge of God’s house. And we are God’s house as long as we hold on with confidence to the hope we boast we believe in. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.007","HEB","3","HB3_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB3_7' data-id='HB3_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>This is why the Holy Spirit says, “If you hear what God is saying to you today, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.008","HEB","3","HB3_8","<span class='v HB3_8' data-id='HB3_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>don’t harden your hearts<span class='note' id='footnote-828'><a href='#note-828' class='key'>‡</a></span> like the time you rebelled against him, when you tested him in the wilderness. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.009","HEB","3","HB3_9","<span class='v HB3_9' data-id='HB3_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Your fathers put me through it, trying my patience, and they saw the evidence I gave them for forty years. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.010","HEB","3","HB3_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB3_10' data-id='HB3_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>“That generation made me angry<span class='note' id='footnote-829'><a href='#note-829' class='key'>§</a></span> and so I said, ‘They’re always mistaken in what they think, and they don’t know me or what I’m doing.’ </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.011","HEB","3","HB3_11","<span class='v HB3_11' data-id='HB3_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>So in my frustration I vowed, ‘They shall not enter my rest.’ ”<span class='note' id='footnote-830'><a href='#note-830' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.012","HEB","3","HB3_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB3_12' data-id='HB3_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, make sure that none of you has an evil mindset that’s given up trusting in the God of life. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.013","HEB","3","HB3_13","<span class='v HB3_13' data-id='HB3_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Encourage each other every day while you still have “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and become hard-hearted. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.014","HEB","3","HB3_14","<span class='v HB3_14' data-id='HB3_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>For we are partners with Christ as long as we hold on to our confidence in God from beginning to end. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.015","HEB","3","HB3_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB3_15' data-id='HB3_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “If you hear what God is saying to you today, don’t harden your hearts like the time you rebelled against him.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.016","HEB","3","HB3_16","<span class='v HB3_16' data-id='HB3_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Who was it that rebelled against God, even though they heard what he said? Wasn’t it all those who were led out of Egypt by Moses? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.017","HEB","3","HB3_17","<span class='v HB3_17' data-id='HB3_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Who was God upset with for forty years? Wasn’t it those who sinned, those who were buried in the desert? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.018","HEB","3","HB3_18","<span class='v HB3_18' data-id='HB3_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Who was God speaking of when he vowed they should not enter into his rest? Wasn’t it those who disobeyed him? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.003.019","HEB","3","HB3_19","<span class='v HB3_19' data-id='HB3_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>So we see that they were not able to enter because they didn’t trust him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.001","HEB","4","HB4_1","<div class='c'>4</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB4_1' data-id='HB4_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Therefore let’s take care to make sure that even though God has given us his promise of entering his rest, none of you miss out! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.002","HEB","4","HB4_2","<span class='v HB4_2' data-id='HB4_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>For we’ve heard the good news just like they did, but it didn’t help them because they didn’t accept and trust in what they heard. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.003","HEB","4","HB4_3","<span class='v HB4_3' data-id='HB4_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>However those of us who trust in God ‘have’ entered into that rest God mentioned when he said, “In my frustration I vowed, ‘They shall not enter my rest.’ ” (This is so even though God’s plans were already complete when he created the world). </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.004","HEB","4","HB4_4","<span class='v HB4_4' data-id='HB4_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Regarding the seventh day there’s a place in Scripture that says, “God rested on the seventh day from all his work.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.005","HEB","4","HB4_5","<span class='v HB4_5' data-id='HB4_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>And as the previous passage stated, “They shall not enter my rest.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.006","HEB","4","HB4_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB4_6' data-id='HB4_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>God’s rest is still there for some to enter, even though those who previously heard the good news failed to enter because of disobedience. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.007","HEB","4","HB4_7","<span class='v HB4_7' data-id='HB4_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>So God again sets a day—today—saying a long time later through David<span class='note' id='footnote-831'><a href='#note-831' class='key'>*</a></span> as he did before, “If you hear what God is saying to you today, don’t harden your hearts.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.008","HEB","4","HB4_8","<span class='v HB4_8' data-id='HB4_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>For if Joshua had been able to give them rest, God wouldn’t have spoken later about another day. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.009","HEB","4","HB4_9","<span class='v HB4_9' data-id='HB4_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>So a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.010","HEB","4","HB4_10","<span class='v HB4_10' data-id='HB4_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from what he’s doing, just as God did. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.011","HEB","4","HB4_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB4_11' data-id='HB4_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>As a result we should try hard to enter that rest so nobody falls through following the same bad example of disobedience. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.012","HEB","4","HB4_12","<span class='v HB4_12' data-id='HB4_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>For God’s word is alive and effective, sharper than any twin-edged sword, so penetrating it separates life and breath,<span class='note' id='footnote-832'><a href='#note-832' class='key'>†</a></span> bone joints and their marrow, judging the thoughts and intentions of the mind. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.013","HEB","4","HB4_13","<span class='v HB4_13' data-id='HB4_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>No living being is hidden from his sight; everything is exposed and visible to the one we’re accountable to. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.014","HEB","4","HB4_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB4_14' data-id='HB4_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Since we have such a great high priest who has ascended to heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us make sure we hold on to what we say we believe. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.015","HEB","4","HB4_15","<span class='v HB4_15' data-id='HB4_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>For the high priest we have isn’t one who doesn’t sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who was tempted in all the ways we are, but did not sin. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.004.016","HEB","4","HB4_16","<span class='v HB4_16' data-id='HB4_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>So we should go confidently to God on his throne of grace so we can receive mercy, and discover grace to help us when we really need it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.005.001","HEB","5","HB5_1","<div class='c'>5</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB5_1' data-id='HB5_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Every high priest is chosen from the people and is appointed to work for the people as they relate to God. He presents to God both their gifts and sacrifices for their sins. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.005.002","HEB","5","HB5_2","<span class='v HB5_2' data-id='HB5_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>The high priest understands how ignorant and deluded people feel because he also experiences the same kind of human weaknesses. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.005.003","HEB","5","HB5_3","<span class='v HB5_3' data-id='HB5_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>As a result he has to offer sacrifices for his sins as well as for those of the people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.005.004","HEB","5","HB5_4","<span class='v HB5_4' data-id='HB5_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>No one can take the position of high priest for himself; he must be chosen by God, just like Aaron was. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.005.005","HEB","5","HB5_5","<span class='v HB5_5' data-id='HB5_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>In just the same way Christ did not honor himself by becoming high priest. It was God who said to him, “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.005.006","HEB","5","HB5_6","<span class='v HB5_6' data-id='HB5_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>In another verse, God says, “You are a priest forever, following the order of Melchizedek.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.005.007","HEB","5","HB5_7","<span class='v HB5_7' data-id='HB5_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Jesus, while he was here in human form, prayed and appealed with loud cries and tears to God, the one who was able to save him from death. Jesus was heard because of his respect for God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.005.008","HEB","5","HB5_8","<span class='v HB5_8' data-id='HB5_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Even though he was God’s Son, Jesus learned practically the meaning of obedience through suffering.<span class='note' id='footnote-833'><a href='#note-833' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.005.009","HEB","5","HB5_9","<span class='v HB5_9' data-id='HB5_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>When his experience was complete,<span class='note' id='footnote-834'><a href='#note-834' class='key'>†</a></span> he became the source of eternal salvation to everyone who does what he says, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.005.010","HEB","5","HB5_10","<span class='v HB5_10' data-id='HB5_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>having been designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.005.011","HEB","5","HB5_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB5_11' data-id='HB5_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>We have much to say about Jesus, and it’s hard to explain because you don’t seem able to understand! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.005.012","HEB","5","HB5_12","<span class='v HB5_12' data-id='HB5_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>By now you should have had enough time to become teachers, but you need someone to teach you the fundamentals, the first principles of God’s word. It’s like you need to go back to baby milk instead of solid food! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.005.013","HEB","5","HB5_13","<span class='v HB5_13' data-id='HB5_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Those who drink baby milk don’t have the experience of living the right way—they’re just babies. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.005.014","HEB","5","HB5_14","<span class='v HB5_14' data-id='HB5_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Solid food is for grown-ups—those who by always using their brains have learned to tell the difference between good and evil. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.001","HEB","6","HB6_1","<div class='c'>6</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB6_1' data-id='HB6_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So let’s not get stuck on the basic teachings about Christ, but let’s progress to a more mature understanding. We don’t need to go over again the ideas of repenting from what we used to do, about trusting in God— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.002","HEB","6","HB6_2","<span class='v HB6_2' data-id='HB6_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>or teachings about baptism, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.003","HEB","6","HB6_3","<span class='v HB6_3' data-id='HB6_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>So let’s get on with it, as God gives us the opportunity! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.004","HEB","6","HB6_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB6_4' data-id='HB6_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>It’s impossible for those who once understood and experienced God’s heavenly gift—who shared in receiving the Holy Spirit, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.005","HEB","6","HB6_5","<span class='v HB6_5' data-id='HB6_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>who had known God’s good word and the power of the coming age— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.006","HEB","6","HB6_6","<span class='v HB6_6' data-id='HB6_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>and then completely abandon God, for them to be brought back to repentance once more. They themselves have crucified the Son of God all over again and publicly humiliated him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.007","HEB","6","HB6_7","<span class='v HB6_7' data-id='HB6_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Land that has been watered by rain, and produces crops for those who farm it, has God’s blessing. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.008","HEB","6","HB6_8","<span class='v HB6_8' data-id='HB6_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>But land that only produces weeds and thorns is worthless, and is about to be condemned. In the end all that can be done is to burn it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.009","HEB","6","HB6_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB6_9' data-id='HB6_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>But dear friends, we believe better of you and your salvation, even if we talk like this! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.010","HEB","6","HB6_10","<span class='v HB6_10' data-id='HB6_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>God wouldn’t be so unjust as to forget what you’ve done and the love you’ve shown for him by the care you’ve shown for fellow-believers—something you’re still doing. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.011","HEB","6","HB6_11","<span class='v HB6_11' data-id='HB6_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>We want each of you to show the same kind of commitment, confident in God’s hope until it’s fulfilled. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.012","HEB","6","HB6_12","<span class='v HB6_12' data-id='HB6_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Don’t be spiritually lazy, but follow the example of those who through trusting in God and patience inherit what God has promised. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.013","HEB","6","HB6_13","<span class='v HB6_13' data-id='HB6_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>When God gave his promise to Abraham he could swear by no one greater so he took an oath on himself, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.014","HEB","6","HB6_14","<span class='v HB6_14' data-id='HB6_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>saying, “I will definitely bless you, and multiply your descendants.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.015","HEB","6","HB6_15","<span class='v HB6_15' data-id='HB6_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham received the promise. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.016","HEB","6","HB6_16","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB6_16' data-id='HB6_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>People swear on things that are greater than they are, and when they have some dispute the oath is taken as the final word on the matter. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.017","HEB","6","HB6_17","<span class='v HB6_17' data-id='HB6_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>That’s why God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to those who would inherit the promise that he would never ever change his mind. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.018","HEB","6","HB6_18","<span class='v HB6_18' data-id='HB6_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>So by these two actions<span class='note' id='footnote-835'><a href='#note-835' class='key'>*</a></span> that can’t be changed, and since it’s impossible for God to lie, we can have total confidence, having run for safety to take hold of the hope God presented to us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.019","HEB","6","HB6_19","<span class='v HB6_19' data-id='HB6_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>This hope is our spiritual anchor—it’s both certain and reliable, and it takes us past the curtain to the presence of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.006.020","HEB","6","HB6_20","<span class='v HB6_20' data-id='HB6_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>That’s where Jesus went in on our behalf, because he had become a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.001","HEB","7","HB7_1","<div class='c'>7</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB7_1' data-id='HB7_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of the Most High God. He met Abraham who was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.002","HEB","7","HB7_2","<span class='v HB7_2' data-id='HB7_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Abraham gave him a tithe of all that he had won. Melchizedek’s name means “king of right” while king of Salem means “king of peace.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.003","HEB","7","HB7_3","<span class='v HB7_3' data-id='HB7_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>We don’t have any information about his father or his mother or his family tree. We don’t know when he was born or when he died. Like the Son of God he continues as a priest forever. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.004","HEB","7","HB7_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB7_4' data-id='HB7_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Think how great this man was for Abraham the patriarch to give him a tithe of what was won in battle. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.005","HEB","7","HB7_5","<span class='v HB7_5' data-id='HB7_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Yes, the sons of Levi who are priests were commanded by the law to receive a tithe from the people, their brothers and sisters, who are descended from Abraham. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.006","HEB","7","HB7_6","<span class='v HB7_6' data-id='HB7_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>But Melchizedek who doesn’t share their ancestry received tithes from Abraham, and blessed the one who had God’s promises. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.007","HEB","7","HB7_7","<span class='v HB7_7' data-id='HB7_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>There’s no argument that the lesser person is blessed by the one who is greater. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.008","HEB","7","HB7_8","<span class='v HB7_8' data-id='HB7_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>In the one case tithes are received by men who die, but in the other by one who is said to be living. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.009","HEB","7","HB7_9","<span class='v HB7_9' data-id='HB7_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>So you could say that Levi, the one who receives tithes, has paid tithes through being a descendant of Abraham, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.010","HEB","7","HB7_10","<span class='v HB7_10' data-id='HB7_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>for he was yet to be born from his father<span class='note' id='footnote-836'><a href='#note-836' class='key'>*</a></span> when Melchizedek met Abraham. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.011","HEB","7","HB7_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB7_11' data-id='HB7_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Now if perfection could have been achieved through the priesthood of Levi (for that’s how the law was received), what was the need for another priest to come following the order of Melchizedek, and not following the order of Aaron? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.012","HEB","7","HB7_12","<span class='v HB7_12' data-id='HB7_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>If the priesthood is changed, then the law needs to be changed too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.013","HEB","7","HB7_13","<span class='v HB7_13' data-id='HB7_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>The one we’re talking about comes from a different tribe, a tribe that has never provided priests to serve at the altar. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.014","HEB","7","HB7_14","<span class='v HB7_14' data-id='HB7_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>It’s clear that our Lord is a descendant of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests coming from this tribe. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.015","HEB","7","HB7_15","<span class='v HB7_15' data-id='HB7_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>What makes it even clearer is when another priest appears who is similar to Melchizedek, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.016","HEB","7","HB7_16","<span class='v HB7_16' data-id='HB7_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>and who didn’t become a priest by virtue of his human ancestry but by the power of a life that cannot be ended. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.017","HEB","7","HB7_17","<span class='v HB7_17' data-id='HB7_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>That’s why it says, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.018","HEB","7","HB7_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB7_18' data-id='HB7_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>So the previous rule has been set aside because it was powerless and didn’t work, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.019","HEB","7","HB7_19","<span class='v HB7_19' data-id='HB7_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>(for the law didn’t make anything perfect). But now it’s been replaced by a better hope by which we can come close to God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.020","HEB","7","HB7_20","<span class='v HB7_20' data-id='HB7_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>This<span class='note' id='footnote-837'><a href='#note-837' class='key'>†</a></span> was not without an oath, even though those who become priests do so without an oath. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.021","HEB","7","HB7_21","<span class='v HB7_21' data-id='HB7_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>But he became a priest with an oath because God told him, “The Lord has taken a solemn vow and will not change his mind: You are a priest forever.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.022","HEB","7","HB7_22","<span class='v HB7_22' data-id='HB7_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>This is how Jesus became the guarantee of an agreed relationship with God<span class='note' id='footnote-838'><a href='#note-838' class='key'>‡</a></span> that is so much better. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.023","HEB","7","HB7_23","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB7_23' data-id='HB7_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>There have been many priests because death prevented them from being able to continue; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.024","HEB","7","HB7_24","<span class='v HB7_24' data-id='HB7_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>but since Jesus lives forever, his priesthood is permanent. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.025","HEB","7","HB7_25","<span class='v HB7_25' data-id='HB7_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>As a result he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, living always to plead their case on their behalf. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.026","HEB","7","HB7_26","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB7_26' data-id='HB7_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>He is exactly the high priest we need: holy and without fault, pure and separate from sinners, and given a place in the highest heavens. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.027","HEB","7","HB7_27","<span class='v HB7_27' data-id='HB7_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>Unlike those human high priests, he doesn’t need to offer a daily sacrifice for his sins and then the sins of the people. He did this once, and for everyone, when he offered himself. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.007.028","HEB","7","HB7_28","<span class='v HB7_28' data-id='HB7_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>The law appoints imperfect men as high priests, but God gave his solemn vow after the law, and appointed his Son, perfect forever. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.008.001","HEB","8","HB8_1","<div class='c'>8</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB8_1' data-id='HB8_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>The main point of what we’re saying is this: We have just such a high priest who is seated at the right hand of God, who sits in majesty on his throne in heaven. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.008.002","HEB","8","HB8_2","<span class='v HB8_2' data-id='HB8_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>He serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle that was set up by the Lord and not by human beings. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.008.003","HEB","8","HB8_3","<span class='v HB8_3' data-id='HB8_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Since it’s the responsibility of every high priest to offer gifts and sacrifices, this high priest must also have something to offer. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.008.004","HEB","8","HB8_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB8_4' data-id='HB8_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Now if he was here on earth, he wouldn’t be a priest at all, because there are already priests to present the offerings that the law requires. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.008.005","HEB","8","HB8_5","<span class='v HB8_5' data-id='HB8_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>The place they serve is a copy, a mere shadow of what is in heaven. That’s what God told Moses when he was going to set up the tabernacle: “Be careful to make everything according to the blueprint you were shown on the mountain.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.008.006","HEB","8","HB8_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB8_6' data-id='HB8_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>But Jesus has been given a far better ministry just as he is the one who mediates a far better agreed relationship between us and God, which is based on much better promises. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.008.007","HEB","8","HB8_7","<span class='v HB8_7' data-id='HB8_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>If that first agreement had been perfect, then a second wouldn’t have been necessary. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.008.008","HEB","8","HB8_8","<span class='v HB8_8' data-id='HB8_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Pointing out their failings,<span class='note' id='footnote-839'><a href='#note-839' class='key'>*</a></span> God told his people, “Pay attention,’ says the Lord, because the days are coming when I will make a new agreement relating to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.008.009","HEB","8","HB8_9","<span class='v HB8_9' data-id='HB8_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>This will not be like the promised agreement I made with their ancestors when I led them by the hand out of the land of Egypt. For they didn’t keep their part of the agreed relationship, so I gave up on them, says the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.008.010","HEB","8","HB8_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB8_10' data-id='HB8_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>“The relationship I promise to the house of Israel is this: After that time, says the Lord, I will place my laws in their minds, and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.008.011","HEB","8","HB8_11","<span class='v HB8_11' data-id='HB8_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>No one will need to teach his neighbor, and no one will need to teach anyone in their family, telling them, ‘You ought to know the Lord.’ For everyone will know me, from the smallest to the greatest. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.008.012","HEB","8","HB8_12","<span class='v HB8_12' data-id='HB8_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>I will be merciful when they do wrong, and I will forget about their sins.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.008.013","HEB","8","HB8_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB8_13' data-id='HB8_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>By saying, “A new agreed relationship,” he makes the first agreement out-of-date. The one that’s old and worn out has almost disappeared. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.001","HEB","9","HB9_1","<div class='c'>9</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB9_1' data-id='HB9_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>The former system had instructions as to how to worship, and an earthly sanctuary. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.002","HEB","9","HB9_2","<span class='v HB9_2' data-id='HB9_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>The first room in the tabernacle housed the candlestick, the table, and the sacred bread. This was called the Holy Place. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.003","HEB","9","HB9_3","<span class='v HB9_3' data-id='HB9_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Past the second veil in the tabernacle was the room called the Most Holy Place. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.004","HEB","9","HB9_4","<span class='v HB9_4' data-id='HB9_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>This contained the golden altar of incense, the gold-covered “agreement chest.”<span class='note' id='footnote-840'><a href='#note-840' class='key'>*</a></span> Inside this were the golden pot containing manna, Aaron’s rod that had produced buds, and the stone inscriptions of the agreement.<span class='note' id='footnote-841'><a href='#note-841' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.005","HEB","9","HB9_5","<span class='v HB9_5' data-id='HB9_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Above this were the glorious angel cherubim covering the place of reconciliation. We can’t discuss all of this in detail now. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.006","HEB","9","HB9_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB9_6' data-id='HB9_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Once all of this had been set up, the priests would go in regularly to the first room of the tabernacle to perform their duties. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.007","HEB","9","HB9_7","<span class='v HB9_7' data-id='HB9_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>But only the high priest went into the second room, and only once a year. Even then he had to make a sacrifice involving blood,<span class='note' id='footnote-842'><a href='#note-842' class='key'>‡</a></span> which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins of ignorance. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.008","HEB","9","HB9_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB9_8' data-id='HB9_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>By this the Holy Spirit indicated that the way into the true Most Holy Place hadn’t been revealed while the first tabernacle still existed.<span class='note' id='footnote-843'><a href='#note-843' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.009","HEB","9","HB9_9","<span class='v HB9_9' data-id='HB9_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>This is an illustration for us in the present, showing us that the gifts and sacrifices that are offered can’t make the worshiper’s conscience clear. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.010","HEB","9","HB9_10","<span class='v HB9_10' data-id='HB9_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>They’re just religious regulations—about food and drink, and various ceremonies involving washing—which were put in place until the time of God’s new way of relating to him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.011","HEB","9","HB9_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB9_11' data-id='HB9_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Christ has come as a high priest of all the good experiences we now have. He went into the greater, more complete tabernacle that wasn’t made by human hands—not part of this created world. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.012","HEB","9","HB9_12","<span class='v HB9_12' data-id='HB9_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>He didn’t enter through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood. He entered once, for all time, into the Most Holy Place, setting us free forever. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.013","HEB","9","HB9_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB9_13' data-id='HB9_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a cow sprinkled on those who are ritually unclean make the body ceremonially clean, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.014","HEB","9","HB9_14","<span class='v HB9_14' data-id='HB9_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>how much more does the blood of Christ—who offered himself in his sinless life to God through the eternal Spirit—clean your consciences from your past sinful lives so you can serve the living God? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.015","HEB","9","HB9_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB9_15' data-id='HB9_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>This is why he is the mediator of a new agreed relationship. Since a death has occurred to set them free from the sins committed under the first agreed relationship, now those who are called can receive the promise of an eternal inheritance. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.016","HEB","9","HB9_16","<span class='v HB9_16' data-id='HB9_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>For a will to be implemented, the person who made it must be dead. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.017","HEB","9","HB9_17","<span class='v HB9_17' data-id='HB9_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>A will is only valid when there’s been a death—and is never applied while the person who made it is still alive. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.018","HEB","9","HB9_18","<span class='v HB9_18' data-id='HB9_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>That’s why the first agreement was established with blood. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.019","HEB","9","HB9_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB9_19' data-id='HB9_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>After Moses had given all the commandments of the law to everyone, he took the blood of calves and goats, and together with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, sprinkled the book<span class='note' id='footnote-844'><a href='#note-844' class='key'>*</a></span> itself and all the people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.020","HEB","9","HB9_20","<span class='v HB9_20' data-id='HB9_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>He said to them, “This is the blood of the agreed relationship that God has told you he wants with you.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.021","HEB","9","HB9_21","<span class='v HB9_21' data-id='HB9_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Moses sprinkled the blood in the same way on the tabernacle and everything used in worship. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.022","HEB","9","HB9_22","<span class='v HB9_22' data-id='HB9_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>According to ceremonial law, almost everything is made clean with blood, and without shedding blood nothing is made ritually free from the stain of sin. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.023","HEB","9","HB9_23","<span class='v HB9_23' data-id='HB9_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>So if the copies of what is in heaven needed to be cleansed in this way, the things in heaven needed cleansing by better sacrifices. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.024","HEB","9","HB9_24","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB9_24' data-id='HB9_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>For Christ hasn’t entered a Most Holy Place constructed by human beings that is only a pattern of the original. He has entered heaven itself, and now appears on our behalf, speaking for us in God’s presence. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.025","HEB","9","HB9_25","<span class='v HB9_25' data-id='HB9_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>This was not to repeatedly offer himself, like a high priest has to enter the Most Holy Place year after year, offering blood that is not his own. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.026","HEB","9","HB9_26","<span class='v HB9_26' data-id='HB9_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. No: just this one time at the end of the present age he came to remove sin by sacrificing himself. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.027","HEB","9","HB9_27","<span class='v HB9_27' data-id='HB9_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>Just as human beings only die once, and then are judged, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.009.028","HEB","9","HB9_28","<span class='v HB9_28' data-id='HB9_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>so too for Christ—having been sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people, he will come again, not to deal with sin, but to save those who wait for him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.001","HEB","10","HB10_1","<div class='c'>10</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB10_1' data-id='HB10_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>The law is just a shadow of the good that was to come, and not the actual reality. So it can never through the repeated sacrifices offered year after year make right those who come to worship God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.002","HEB","10","HB10_2","<span class='v HB10_2' data-id='HB10_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Otherwise wouldn’t the sacrifices have stopped being offered? If the worshipers had been made clean once and for all, they wouldn’t have had guilty consciences any longer. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.003","HEB","10","HB10_3","<span class='v HB10_3' data-id='HB10_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>But in fact those sacrifices remind people of sins year after year, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.004","HEB","10","HB10_4","<span class='v HB10_4' data-id='HB10_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>because it’s impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to remove sins. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.005","HEB","10","HB10_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB10_5' data-id='HB10_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>That’s why when Christ<span class='note' id='footnote-845'><a href='#note-845' class='key'>*</a></span> came into the world he said, “You didn’t want sacrifices or offerings, but you did prepare a body for me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.006","HEB","10","HB10_6","<span class='v HB10_6' data-id='HB10_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin gave you no pleasure.’ </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.007","HEB","10","HB10_7","<span class='v HB10_7' data-id='HB10_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Then I said, ‘God, see I’ve come to do what you want me to do, just as it says about me in the book.’ ”<span class='note' id='footnote-846'><a href='#note-846' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.008","HEB","10","HB10_8","<span class='v HB10_8' data-id='HB10_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>As mentioned above, “You didn’t want sacrifices or offerings, and burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin gave you no pleasure,” (even though they are offered in accordance with the law’s requirements). </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.009","HEB","10","HB10_9","<span class='v HB10_9' data-id='HB10_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Then he said, “See, I’ve come to do what you want.” He gets rid of the first agreement so he can set up the second, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.010","HEB","10","HB10_10","<span class='v HB10_10' data-id='HB10_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>through which we all are made holy through Jesus Christ offering his body once and for all time. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.011","HEB","10","HB10_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB10_11' data-id='HB10_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Every priest officiates in the services day after day, again and again offering the same sacrifices that can never remove sins. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.012","HEB","10","HB10_12","<span class='v HB10_12' data-id='HB10_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>But this Priest, after he had offered a single sacrifice for sins that lasts forever, sat down at God’s right hand. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.013","HEB","10","HB10_13","<span class='v HB10_13' data-id='HB10_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Now he waits until all his enemies are conquered, becoming like a footstool for him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.014","HEB","10","HB10_14","<span class='v HB10_14' data-id='HB10_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>For by a single sacrifice he has set right forever those who are being made holy. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.015","HEB","10","HB10_15","<span class='v HB10_15' data-id='HB10_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>As the Holy Spirit also tells us, for having said, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.016","HEB","10","HB10_16","<span class='v HB10_16' data-id='HB10_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>“This is the agreement that I will make with them later on, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them in their minds.” Then he adds, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.017","HEB","10","HB10_17","<span class='v HB10_17' data-id='HB10_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>“I won’t remember their sins and lawlessness anymore.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.018","HEB","10","HB10_18","<span class='v HB10_18' data-id='HB10_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Once free from such things, sin offerings are no longer needed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.019","HEB","10","HB10_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB10_19' data-id='HB10_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Now we have the confidence, brothers and sisters, to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.020","HEB","10","HB10_20","<span class='v HB10_20' data-id='HB10_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Through his life and death,<span class='note' id='footnote-847'><a href='#note-847' class='key'>‡</a></span> he opened up a brand-new, living way through the veil to God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.021","HEB","10","HB10_21","<span class='v HB10_21' data-id='HB10_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Since we have such a great priest placed in charge over the house of God, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.022","HEB","10","HB10_22","<span class='v HB10_22' data-id='HB10_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>let us come close to God with sincere minds, totally trusting in him. Our minds have been sprinkled to purify them from our evil way of thinking, and our bodies have been washed clean by pure water. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.023","HEB","10","HB10_23","<span class='v HB10_23' data-id='HB10_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>So let us hold onto the hope we’re telling others about, never hesitating, for God who promised is trustworthy. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.024","HEB","10","HB10_24","<span class='v HB10_24' data-id='HB10_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Let’s think about how we can motivate one another to love and to do what is good. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.025","HEB","10","HB10_25","<span class='v HB10_25' data-id='HB10_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>We should not give up meeting together, as some have done. In fact we should be encouraging one another, especially as you see the End<span class='note' id='footnote-848'><a href='#note-848' class='key'>§</a></span> approaching. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.026","HEB","10","HB10_26","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB10_26' data-id='HB10_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>For if we deliberately go on sinning after we’ve understood the truth, there’s no longer any sacrifice for sins. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.027","HEB","10","HB10_27","<span class='v HB10_27' data-id='HB10_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>All that’s left is fear, expecting the impending judgment and the terrible fire that destroys those who are hostile to God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.028","HEB","10","HB10_28","<span class='v HB10_28' data-id='HB10_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>Someone who rejects the law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.029","HEB","10","HB10_29","<span class='v HB10_29' data-id='HB10_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>How much worse do you think someone will deserve their punishment if they have trampled underfoot the Son of God, if they have disregarded the blood that sealed the agreement and makes us holy, treating it as ordinary and trivial, and have abused the Spirit of grace? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.030","HEB","10","HB10_30","<span class='v HB10_30' data-id='HB10_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>We know God, and he said, “I will make sure that justice is done; I will give people what they deserve.” He also said, “The Lord will judge his people.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.031","HEB","10","HB10_31","<span class='v HB10_31' data-id='HB10_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>It’s terrifying to come under the power of the living God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.032","HEB","10","HB10_32","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB10_32' data-id='HB10_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>Just remember the past when, after you understood the truth,<span class='note' id='footnote-849'><a href='#note-849' class='key'>*</a></span> you experienced a great deal of suffering. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.033","HEB","10","HB10_33","<span class='v HB10_33' data-id='HB10_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>Sometimes you were made a spectacle of, being insulted and attacked; at other times you stood in solidarity with those who were suffering. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.034","HEB","10","HB10_34","<span class='v HB10_34' data-id='HB10_34'><span class='v-num v-34'>34&#160;</span>You showed your sympathy for those in prison, and took it cheerfully when your possessions were confiscated, knowing that you have something better coming that will truly last. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.035","HEB","10","HB10_35","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB10_35' data-id='HB10_35'><span class='v-num v-35'>35&#160;</span>So don’t lose your confidence in God—it will be richly rewarded. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.036","HEB","10","HB10_36","<span class='v HB10_36' data-id='HB10_36'><span class='v-num v-36'>36&#160;</span>You need to be patient so that having done what God wants, you’ll receive what he has promised. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.037","HEB","10","HB10_37","<span class='v HB10_37' data-id='HB10_37'><span class='v-num v-37'>37&#160;</span>“In just a little while he will come, as he said—he won’t delay. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.038","HEB","10","HB10_38","<span class='v HB10_38' data-id='HB10_38'><span class='v-num v-38'>38&#160;</span>Those who do what is right will live by trusting in God, and if they draw back from their commitment, I won’t be pleased with them.”<span class='note' id='footnote-850'><a href='#note-850' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.010.039","HEB","10","HB10_39","<span class='v HB10_39' data-id='HB10_39'><span class='v-num v-39'>39&#160;</span>But we’re not the kind of people who draw back and end up being lost. We are those who trust in God to save us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.001","HEB","11","HB11_1","<div class='c'>11</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_1' data-id='HB11_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Now our trust in God is the guarantee of what we hope for, the evidence of what we can’t see. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.002","HEB","11","HB11_2","<span class='v HB11_2' data-id='HB11_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>People who lived long ago trusted God and this is what gained them God’s approval. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.003","HEB","11","HB11_3","<span class='v HB11_3' data-id='HB11_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Through our trust in God we understand that the whole universe was created by God’s command, that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.004","HEB","11","HB11_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_4' data-id='HB11_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>By trusting him Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain, and as a result God identified him as someone who lived right. God showed this by accepting his offering. Even though Abel has been dead for a long time, he still speaks to us through what he did. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.005","HEB","11","HB11_5","<span class='v HB11_5' data-id='HB11_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>By trusting God Enoch was taken to heaven so he didn’t experience death. He couldn’t be found on earth because God took him to heaven. Before this happened he was known as someone God was pleased with. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.006","HEB","11","HB11_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_6' data-id='HB11_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>You can’t expect God to be pleased with you if you don’t trust him! Anyone who comes to God must believe that God exists, and that he rewards those who are searching for him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.007","HEB","11","HB11_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_7' data-id='HB11_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Noah trusted God, and was warned by him about things that had never happened before. Because Noah paid serious attention to what God said, he constructed an ark to save his family. By trusting God, Noah showed that the world was wrong, and received the reward of being set right by God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.008","HEB","11","HB11_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_8' data-id='HB11_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Through trusting God Abraham obeyed when God called him to go to the land God was going to give him. He left, not knowing where he was going. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.009","HEB","11","HB11_9","<span class='v HB11_9' data-id='HB11_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Trusting in God he lived in the promised land—but as a foreigner, living in tents, together with Isaac and Jacob who shared with him in inheriting the same promise. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.010","HEB","11","HB11_10","<span class='v HB11_10' data-id='HB11_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>For Abraham was looking forward to a city built on foundations that last, with God as its builder and maker. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.011","HEB","11","HB11_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_11' data-id='HB11_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>By her trust in God even Sarah<span class='note' id='footnote-851'><a href='#note-851' class='key'>*</a></span> herself was given the ability to conceive a child though she was too old, because she trusted God who had made the promise. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.012","HEB","11","HB11_12","<span class='v HB11_12' data-id='HB11_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>That is why the descendants of Abraham, (who was as good as dead!), became as numerous as the stars of heaven, as countless as the sand of the sea-shore. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.013","HEB","11","HB11_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_13' data-id='HB11_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>They all died still trusting in God. Though they didn’t receive the things God promised, they were still looking for them as it were from a distance and welcomed them, acknowledging that on this earth they were foreigners, people just passing through. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.014","HEB","11","HB11_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_14' data-id='HB11_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>People who say such things make it clear that they’re looking for a country of their own. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.015","HEB","11","HB11_15","<span class='v HB11_15' data-id='HB11_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>For if they cared about the country they’d left behind, they could have returned. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.016","HEB","11","HB11_16","<span class='v HB11_16' data-id='HB11_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>But they’re looking for a better country instead, a heavenly country. That is why God isn’t disappointed with them, and is happy to be called their God, for he has built a city for them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.017","HEB","11","HB11_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_17' data-id='HB11_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Abraham trusted God when he was tested and offered Isaac to God. Abraham, who had accepted God’s promises, was still ready to offer to God his only son,<span class='note' id='footnote-852'><a href='#note-852' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.018","HEB","11","HB11_18","<span class='v HB11_18' data-id='HB11_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>even though he’d been told, “It’s through Isaac that your descendants will be counted.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.019","HEB","11","HB11_19","<span class='v HB11_19' data-id='HB11_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Abraham had thought it through and decided that God could bring Isaac back to life from the dead. In a sense that’s what did happen—Abraham received Isaac back from the dead. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.020","HEB","11","HB11_20","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_20' data-id='HB11_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Trusting in God, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to what the future would bring. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.021","HEB","11","HB11_21","<span class='v HB11_21' data-id='HB11_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Trusting in God, Jacob as he was dying blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped God, leaning on his staff. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.022","HEB","11","HB11_22","<span class='v HB11_22' data-id='HB11_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Trusting in God, Joseph too, when his own death approached, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites, and gave instructions about what to do with his bones. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.023","HEB","11","HB11_23","<span class='v HB11_23' data-id='HB11_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>Trusting in God, Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born. They recognized he was a special child. They weren’t afraid to go against what the king had commanded. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.024","HEB","11","HB11_24","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_24' data-id='HB11_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Trusting in God, Moses, when he grew up, refused to be known as the adopted son of Pharaoh’s daughter. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.025","HEB","11","HB11_25","<span class='v HB11_25' data-id='HB11_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Instead he chose to share in the sufferings of God’s people rather than to enjoy the temporary pleasures of sin. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.026","HEB","11","HB11_26","<span class='v HB11_26' data-id='HB11_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>He counted the rejection he experienced from following Christ to be of far greater value than the wealth of Egypt—because he was focused on the reward to come. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.027","HEB","11","HB11_27","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_27' data-id='HB11_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>Trusting in God, he left Egypt and wasn’t scared of Pharaoh’s anger—he kept going with his eyes fixed on the invisible God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.028","HEB","11","HB11_28","<span class='v HB11_28' data-id='HB11_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>Trusting in God he observed the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroying angel would not touch the Israelites.<span class='note' id='footnote-853'><a href='#note-853' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.029","HEB","11","HB11_29","<span class='v HB11_29' data-id='HB11_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>Trusting in God the Israelites crossed the Red Sea as if it were dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do the same they were drowned. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.030","HEB","11","HB11_30","<span class='v HB11_30' data-id='HB11_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>Trusting in God, the Israelites marched around the walls of Jericho for seven days, and the walls fell down. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.031","HEB","11","HB11_31","<span class='v HB11_31' data-id='HB11_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>Trusting in God, Rahab the prostitute didn’t die with those who rejected God, because she had welcomed the Israelite spies in peace. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.032","HEB","11","HB11_32","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_32' data-id='HB11_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>What other examples should I give? I don’t have time to talk about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; about David, Samuel, and the prophets. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.033","HEB","11","HB11_33","<span class='v HB11_33' data-id='HB11_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>Because of their trust in God they conquered kingdoms, did what was right, received God’s promises, shut the mouths of lions, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.034","HEB","11","HB11_34","<span class='v HB11_34' data-id='HB11_34'><span class='v-num v-34'>34&#160;</span>put out blazing fires, escaped being killed by the sword, were weak but made strong, did mighty deeds in war, and routed enemy armies. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.035","HEB","11","HB11_35","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_35' data-id='HB11_35'><span class='v-num v-35'>35&#160;</span>Women were given their dead family members back through resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to compromise and be pardoned, because they wanted to be part of a better resurrection. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.036","HEB","11","HB11_36","<span class='v HB11_36' data-id='HB11_36'><span class='v-num v-36'>36&#160;</span>Yet others suffered insults and whippings; they were put in chains and imprisoned. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.037","HEB","11","HB11_37","<span class='v HB11_37' data-id='HB11_37'><span class='v-num v-37'>37&#160;</span>Some were stoned, cut in pieces, tempted, killed by the sword. Some dressed in sheepskins and goatskins: destitute, oppressed, and mistreated. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.038","HEB","11","HB11_38","<span class='v HB11_38' data-id='HB11_38'><span class='v-num v-38'>38&#160;</span>The world was not worthy to have such people who wandered in the deserts and mountains, living in caves and holes in the ground. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.039","HEB","11","HB11_39","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB11_39' data-id='HB11_39'><span class='v-num v-39'>39&#160;</span>All of these people, even though they had God’s approval, didn’t receive what God had promised. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.011.040","HEB","11","HB11_40","<span class='v HB11_40' data-id='HB11_40'><span class='v-num v-40'>40&#160;</span>God has given us something even better, so that they can’t be complete without us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.001","HEB","12","HB12_1","<div class='c'>12</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB12_1' data-id='HB12_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>For that reason, since we are surrounded by such a great crowd of people who gave evidence of their trust in God, let’s get rid of everything that holds us back, the seductive sins that trip us up, and let’s keep on running the race placed before us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.002","HEB","12","HB12_2","<span class='v HB12_2' data-id='HB12_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>We should keep on looking to Jesus, the one who begins and completes our trust in God. Because of the joy ahead of him Jesus endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and sat down at the right hand of God’s throne. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.003","HEB","12","HB12_3","<span class='v HB12_3' data-id='HB12_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Think about Jesus who endured such hostility from sinful people so you don’t grow tired and become discouraged. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.004","HEB","12","HB12_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB12_4' data-id='HB12_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Your resistance so far hasn’t cost you blood as you fight against sin. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.005","HEB","12","HB12_5","<span class='v HB12_5' data-id='HB12_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Have you forgotten<span class='note' id='footnote-854'><a href='#note-854' class='key'>*</a></span> God’s appeal to you when he reasons with you as his children? He says, “My child, don’t treat the Lord’s discipline lightly, and don’t give up when he corrects you either. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.006","HEB","12","HB12_6","<span class='v HB12_6' data-id='HB12_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>The Lord disciplines everyone he loves, and he punishes everyone he welcomes as his child.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.007","HEB","12","HB12_7","<span class='v HB12_7' data-id='HB12_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Be patient as you experience God’s discipline because he is treating you as his children. What child doesn’t experience a father’s discipline? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.008","HEB","12","HB12_8","<span class='v HB12_8' data-id='HB12_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>If you are not disciplined, (which everyone has experienced), then you are illegitimate and not true children. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.009","HEB","12","HB12_9","<span class='v HB12_9' data-id='HB12_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>For if we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we even more be subject to the discipline of our spiritual Father which leads to life? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.010","HEB","12","HB12_10","<span class='v HB12_10' data-id='HB12_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>They disciplined us for a short while as they thought appropriate, but God does so for our benefit in order that we can share his holy character. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.011","HEB","12","HB12_11","<span class='v HB12_11' data-id='HB12_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>When it happens, all discipline seems painful and not something to be happy about. But later on it produces peace in those who have been trained in this way so that they do what is right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.012","HEB","12","HB12_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB12_12' data-id='HB12_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>So strengthen your feeble hands, and your weak knees! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.013","HEB","12","HB12_13","<span class='v HB12_13' data-id='HB12_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Make straight paths to walk on, so that those who are crippled won’t lose their way, but will be healed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.014","HEB","12","HB12_14","<span class='v HB12_14' data-id='HB12_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Do your best to live in peace with everybody, and look for holiness—if you don’t have this you won’t see the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.015","HEB","12","HB12_15","<span class='v HB12_15' data-id='HB12_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Make sure that none of you lack God’s grace, in case some cause of bitterness arises to give trouble and end up corrupting many of you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.016","HEB","12","HB12_16","<span class='v HB12_16' data-id='HB12_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Make sure there’s nobody who is sexually immoral, or irreligious, like Esau was. He sold his birthright for a single meal. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.017","HEB","12","HB12_17","<span class='v HB12_17' data-id='HB12_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>You remember that even when he wanted to receive the blessing later on he was refused. Even though he really tried, and cried hard, Esau couldn’t change what he had done. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.018","HEB","12","HB12_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB12_18' data-id='HB12_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>You haven’t arrived at a physical mountain<span class='note' id='footnote-855'><a href='#note-855' class='key'>†</a></span> that can be touched, that burned with fire, to a stormy place of black darkness, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.019","HEB","12","HB12_19","<span class='v HB12_19' data-id='HB12_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>where the sound of a trumpet and a voice speaking was heard—and those who heard the voice begged never to hear it speak to them again. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.020","HEB","12","HB12_20","<span class='v HB12_20' data-id='HB12_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>For they couldn’t take what they were told to do, such as, “Even if a farm animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.021","HEB","12","HB12_21","<span class='v HB12_21' data-id='HB12_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>The sight was so terrifying that Moses himself said, “I’m so scared I’m shaking!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.022","HEB","12","HB12_22","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB12_22' data-id='HB12_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>But you have arrived at Mount Zion, the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem, with its thousands and thousands of angels. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.023","HEB","12","HB12_23","<span class='v HB12_23' data-id='HB12_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>You have come to the church of the firstborn whose names are written down in heaven, to God, the judge of everyone, and to those good people whose lives are complete. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.024","HEB","12","HB12_24","<span class='v HB12_24' data-id='HB12_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>You have come to Jesus, who shares with us the new agreed relationship, to the sprinkled blood that means more than that of Abel.<span class='note' id='footnote-856'><a href='#note-856' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.025","HEB","12","HB12_25","<span class='v HB12_25' data-id='HB12_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Make sure you don’t reject the one who is speaking! If they didn’t escape when they rejected God on earth, it is even more certain that we won’t escape if we turn away from God who warns us from heaven! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.026","HEB","12","HB12_26","<span class='v HB12_26' data-id='HB12_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>Back then God’s voice shook the earth, but his promise is now: “One more time I’m going to shake not only the earth, but heaven too.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.027","HEB","12","HB12_27","<span class='v HB12_27' data-id='HB12_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>This expression, “one more time,” indicates that all creation that is shaken is removed so that everything that is not shaken may remain. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.028","HEB","12","HB12_28","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB12_28' data-id='HB12_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>Since we’re receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have a gracious attitude, so we can serve God in a way that pleases him, with reverence and respect. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.012.029","HEB","12","HB12_29","<span class='v HB12_29' data-id='HB12_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>For “our God is a fire that consumes.”<span class='note' id='footnote-857'><a href='#note-857' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.001","HEB","13","HB13_1","<div class='c'>13</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB13_1' data-id='HB13_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>May love for each other as brothers and sisters always continue! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.002","HEB","13","HB13_2","<span class='v HB13_2' data-id='HB13_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Don’t forget to show love for strangers too, because by doing so some have welcomed angels without knowing it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.003","HEB","13","HB13_3","<span class='v HB13_3' data-id='HB13_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Remember those who are locked up in prison as if you were imprisoned with them. Remember those who are mistreated as if you were physically suffering with them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.004","HEB","13","HB13_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB13_4' data-id='HB13_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Everyone should honor marriage. Husbands and wives should be faithful to each other.<span class='note' id='footnote-858'><a href='#note-858' class='key'>*</a></span> God will judge adulterers. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.005","HEB","13","HB13_5","<span class='v HB13_5' data-id='HB13_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Don’t love money; be content with what you have. God himself has said, “I’ll never let you down; I’ll never give up on you.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.006","HEB","13","HB13_6","<span class='v HB13_6' data-id='HB13_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>That’s why we can confidently say, “The Lord is the one who helps me, so I won’t be afraid. What can anyone do to me?” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.007","HEB","13","HB13_7","<span class='v HB13_7' data-id='HB13_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Remember your leaders who explained God’s word to you. Look again at the results of their lives, and imitate their trust in God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.008","HEB","13","HB13_8","<span class='v HB13_8' data-id='HB13_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.009","HEB","13","HB13_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB13_9' data-id='HB13_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Don’t get distracted by different kinds of strange teachings. It’s good for the mind to be convinced by grace, not by laws concerning what we eat.<span class='note' id='footnote-859'><a href='#note-859' class='key'>†</a></span> Those who followed such laws didn’t gain anything. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.010","HEB","13","HB13_10","<span class='v HB13_10' data-id='HB13_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>We have an altar that those priests of the Tabernacle have no right to eat from. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.011","HEB","13","HB13_11","<span class='v HB13_11' data-id='HB13_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>The carcasses of the animals, whose blood is carried by the high priest into the most holy place as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.012","HEB","13","HB13_12","<span class='v HB13_12' data-id='HB13_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>In the same way Jesus also died outside the city gate so that he could make God’s people holy through his own blood. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.013","HEB","13","HB13_13","<span class='v HB13_13' data-id='HB13_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>So let us go out to him, outside the camp, experiencing and sharing in his shame. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.014","HEB","13","HB13_14","<span class='v HB13_14' data-id='HB13_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>For we don’t have a permanent city to live in here, we’re looking for the home that is still to come. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.015","HEB","13","HB13_15","<span class='v HB13_15' data-id='HB13_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>So let us through Jesus always offer a sacrifice of praise to God—this means speaking well of God, declaring his character.<span class='note' id='footnote-860'><a href='#note-860' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.016","HEB","13","HB13_16","<span class='v HB13_16' data-id='HB13_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>And don’t forget to do what is good, and to share with others what you have, for God is pleased when you make such sacrifices. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.017","HEB","13","HB13_17","<span class='v HB13_17' data-id='HB13_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Follow your leaders, and do what they tell you, for they are watching out for you and are accountable. Act in such a way that they can do this happily—and not with sadness, for that wouldn’t help you! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.018","HEB","13","HB13_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB13_18' data-id='HB13_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Please pray for us. We’re convinced we have acted in good conscience, always wanting to do what’s right in every situation. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.019","HEB","13","HB13_19","<span class='v HB13_19' data-id='HB13_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>I really want you to pray hard so that I can come back to see you soon. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.020","HEB","13","HB13_20","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB13_20' data-id='HB13_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Now may the God of peace who raised our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, from the dead, with the blood of an eternal agreement— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.021","HEB","13","HB13_21","<span class='v HB13_21' data-id='HB13_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>may he provide you with all that is good so you can do his will. May he work in us, doing everything that pleases him, through Jesus Christ—glory to him forever and ever. Amen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.022","HEB","13","HB13_22","</div><div class='p'><span class='v HB13_22' data-id='HB13_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>I want to encourage you, brothers and sisters, to pay attention to what I’ve written to you in this short letter. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.023","HEB","13","HB13_23","<span class='v HB13_23' data-id='HB13_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>You should know that Timothy has been set free. If he gets here soon, I will come with him to see you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.024","HEB","13","HB13_24","<span class='v HB13_24' data-id='HB13_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Give my greetings to all your leaders, and to all the believers there. The believers here in Italy send their greetings. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("088.013.025","HEB","13","HB13_25","<span class='v HB13_25' data-id='HB13_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>May God’s grace be with all of you. Amen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.001","JAS","1","JM1_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM1_1' data-id='JM1_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from James, servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is sent to the twelve tribes scattered abroad<span class='note' id='footnote-861'><a href='#note-861' class='key'>*</a></span>. Best wishes to you! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.002","JAS","1","JM1_2","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM1_2' data-id='JM1_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>My friends, choose to stay happy even when all kinds of troubles come your way, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.003","JAS","1","JM1_3","<span class='v JM1_3' data-id='JM1_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>because you know that endurance comes from dealing with challenges to your trust in God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.004","JAS","1","JM1_4","<span class='v JM1_4' data-id='JM1_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Let your endurance become as strong as possible, so that you will be completely mature, without any shortcomings. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.005","JAS","1","JM1_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM1_5' data-id='JM1_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>If any of you need wisdom, ask God, who gives generously to everyone without holding back. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.006","JAS","1","JM1_6","<span class='v JM1_6' data-id='JM1_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>But when you ask, remember to trust in God—don’t have any doubts. Someone who doubts is like the crashing waves of the sea, tossed about and driven by the wind. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.007","JAS","1","JM1_7","<span class='v JM1_7' data-id='JM1_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Nobody like that should think they’ll get anything from the Lord— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.008","JAS","1","JM1_8","<span class='v JM1_8' data-id='JM1_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>their minds think every which way, and they’re unstable in whatever they do. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.009","JAS","1","JM1_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM1_9' data-id='JM1_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Believers who are born poor should take pride in the high position they’ve been given, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.010","JAS","1","JM1_10","<span class='v JM1_10' data-id='JM1_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>while the rich should “boast” in the humble position they now have<span class='note' id='footnote-862'><a href='#note-862' class='key'>†</a></span>, since they will fade away like flowers in the field. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.011","JAS","1","JM1_11","<span class='v JM1_11' data-id='JM1_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>For the sun rises along with the blistering wind and scorches the grass. The flowers fall and their beauty is marred. Everything the rich achieve will fade in just the same way. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.012","JAS","1","JM1_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM1_12' data-id='JM1_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Happy is anyone who patiently endures temptation, for when they’ve proved that they are trustworthy, they will receive the crown of life which God promises to those who love him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.013","JAS","1","JM1_13","<span class='v JM1_13' data-id='JM1_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Nobody should say when they’re tempted, “I’m being tempted by God.” For God is not tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.014","JAS","1","JM1_14","<span class='v JM1_14' data-id='JM1_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Temptations come from our own evil desires that lead us astray and entrap us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.015","JAS","1","JM1_15","<span class='v JM1_15' data-id='JM1_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Such desires lead to sin, and sin, when it’s fully developed, causes death. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.016","JAS","1","JM1_16","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM1_16' data-id='JM1_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>My dear friends, don’t be deceived. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.017","JAS","1","JM1_17","<span class='v JM1_17' data-id='JM1_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>All that’s good, every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down from the Father who made heaven’s lights. Unlike them he doesn’t change—he doesn’t vary or cause shadows<span class='note' id='footnote-863'><a href='#note-863' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.018","JAS","1","JM1_18","<span class='v JM1_18' data-id='JM1_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>He chose to give us new life through the word of truth, so that out of all his creation we would be very special to him<span class='note' id='footnote-864'><a href='#note-864' class='key'>§</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.019","JAS","1","JM1_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM1_19' data-id='JM1_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Remember this, my dear friends: everyone should be quick to listen but slow to speak, and slow to get angry, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.020","JAS","1","JM1_20","<span class='v JM1_20' data-id='JM1_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>because human anger doesn’t reflect the good character of God<span class='note' id='footnote-865'><a href='#note-865' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.021","JAS","1","JM1_21","<span class='v JM1_21' data-id='JM1_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>So get rid of all that’s filthy and evil. Humbly accept the word that’s been implanted within you—for this is what can save you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.022","JAS","1","JM1_22","<span class='v JM1_22' data-id='JM1_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>But do what the word says—don’t just listen to it and delude yourselves. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.023","JAS","1","JM1_23","<span class='v JM1_23' data-id='JM1_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>If you just listen to the word, and don’t act on it, it’s like staring at your own face in a mirror. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.024","JAS","1","JM1_24","<span class='v JM1_24' data-id='JM1_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>You see yourself, but then you leave, and immediately forget what you looked like. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.025","JAS","1","JM1_25","<span class='v JM1_25' data-id='JM1_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>But if you look to the perfect law of freedom and follow it, not as someone who just listens and then forgets, but as someone who acts on it—then you will be blessed in what you do. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.026","JAS","1","JM1_26","<span class='v JM1_26' data-id='JM1_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>If you think you’re religious, but don’t control what you say, you deceive yourself—your religion is pointless. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.001.027","JAS","1","JM1_27","<span class='v JM1_27' data-id='JM1_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>In the eyes of our God and Father, religion that’s pure and genuine is to visit orphans and widows in their suffering, and to keep yourself from being contaminated by the world. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.001","JAS","2","JM2_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM2_1' data-id='JM2_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>My friends, as trusting believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, you must not show favoritism. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.002","JAS","2","JM2_2","<span class='v JM2_2' data-id='JM2_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Imagine that a man comes into your synagogue wearing gold rings and fine clothes, and then a poor man comes in dressed in rags. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.003","JAS","2","JM2_3","<span class='v JM2_3' data-id='JM2_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>If you pay special attention to the well-dressed man, and say, “Please sit here in a seat of honor,” while you say to the poor man, “Stand over there, or sit on the floor by my feet;” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.004","JAS","2","JM2_4","<span class='v JM2_4' data-id='JM2_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>haven’t you discriminated and judged with bad motives? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.005","JAS","2","JM2_5","<span class='v JM2_5' data-id='JM2_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Listen, my dear friends: Didn’t God choose those who the world considers poor to be rich in their trust in him, and to inherit the kingdom he promised to those who love him? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.006","JAS","2","JM2_6","<span class='v JM2_6' data-id='JM2_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>But you’ve treated the poor shamefully. Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you before the courts? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.007","JAS","2","JM2_7","<span class='v JM2_7' data-id='JM2_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Don’t they insult the honorable name<span class='note' id='footnote-866'><a href='#note-866' class='key'>*</a></span> of the one who called you and to whom you belong? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.008","JAS","2","JM2_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM2_8' data-id='JM2_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>If you really observe the royal law of Scripture: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” then you do well. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.009","JAS","2","JM2_9","<span class='v JM2_9' data-id='JM2_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>But if you show favoritism, you’re sinning. The law convicts you as guilty of breaking it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.010","JAS","2","JM2_10","<span class='v JM2_10' data-id='JM2_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Someone who observes everything in the law but fails in just one part is guilty of breaking it all. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.011","JAS","2","JM2_11","<span class='v JM2_11' data-id='JM2_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>God told you not to commit adultery, and he also told you not to kill. So if you don’t commit adultery, but you do kill, you’ve become a law-breaker. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.012","JAS","2","JM2_12","<span class='v JM2_12' data-id='JM2_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>You should speak and act as people who will be judged by the law of freedom. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.013","JAS","2","JM2_13","<span class='v JM2_13' data-id='JM2_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Anyone who doesn’t show mercy will be judged without mercy. Yet mercy wins out over judgment!<span class='note' id='footnote-867'><a href='#note-867' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.014","JAS","2","JM2_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM2_14' data-id='JM2_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>My friends, what’s the good of someone saying they trust in God when they don’t do what’s right? Can such “trust” save them? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.015","JAS","2","JM2_15","<span class='v JM2_15' data-id='JM2_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>If a brother or sister doesn’t have clothes, or food for the day, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.016","JAS","2","JM2_16","<span class='v JM2_16' data-id='JM2_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>and you say to them, “Blessings on you! Stay warm and have a good meal!” and you don’t provide what they need to survive, what’s the good of that? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.017","JAS","2","JM2_17","<span class='v JM2_17' data-id='JM2_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>By itself even your trust-based faith in God is dead and worthless if you don’t actually do what’s right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.018","JAS","2","JM2_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM2_18' data-id='JM2_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Someone may argue, “You have your trust in God; I have my good deeds.” Well, show me your trust in God without good deeds, and I will show you my trust in God by my good deeds! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.019","JAS","2","JM2_19","<span class='v JM2_19' data-id='JM2_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>You believe that God is one God? That’s great—but demons believe in God too, and they’re scared of him! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.020","JAS","2","JM2_20","<span class='v JM2_20' data-id='JM2_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>You foolish people! Don’t you know that trust in God without doing what’s right is worthless? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.021","JAS","2","JM2_21","<span class='v JM2_21' data-id='JM2_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Wasn’t our father Abraham made right<span class='note' id='footnote-868'><a href='#note-868' class='key'>‡</a></span> by what he did—by offering his son Isaac on the altar? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.022","JAS","2","JM2_22","<span class='v JM2_22' data-id='JM2_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>You notice that his trust in God worked together with what he did, and through what he did his trust in God was made complete. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.023","JAS","2","JM2_23","<span class='v JM2_23' data-id='JM2_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>In this way scripture was fulfilled: “Abraham trusted God, and this was considered as him doing right, and he was called the friend of God.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.024","JAS","2","JM2_24","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM2_24' data-id='JM2_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>You see that people are made right by what they do, and not just by trusting God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.025","JAS","2","JM2_25","<span class='v JM2_25' data-id='JM2_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute made right by what she did when she looked after the messengers and then sent them away by a different road? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.002.026","JAS","2","JM2_26","<span class='v JM2_26' data-id='JM2_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>Just as the body is dead without the spirit, trust in God is dead if you don’t do what’s right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.001","JAS","3","JM3_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM3_1' data-id='JM3_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>My friends, not many of you should become teachers, because you know that we who teach will have a heavier responsibility in the judgment. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.002","JAS","3","JM3_2","<span class='v JM3_2' data-id='JM3_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>All of us make mistakes in many ways. Anyone who doesn’t make mistakes in what they say is truly a good person who can keep the whole body under control. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.003","JAS","3","JM3_3","<span class='v JM3_3' data-id='JM3_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>We put bridles into the mouths of horses so that they’ll obey us, and we can direct them wherever we want. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.004","JAS","3","JM3_4","<span class='v JM3_4' data-id='JM3_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Look at ships as well: even though they’re very big and are driven along by strong winds, they’re steered by a very small rudder in the direction the pilot wants to go. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.005","JAS","3","JM3_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM3_5' data-id='JM3_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>In just the same way the tongue is a very small part of the body, but it makes great boasts! Think how a big forest can be set on fire by a very small flame! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.006","JAS","3","JM3_6","<span class='v JM3_6' data-id='JM3_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>And the tongue is a fire! The tongue is a world of evil among the parts of the body. It disgraces all you are as a person, and can burn down the whole of your life, since it is set on fire by Gehenna<span class='note' id='footnote-869'><a href='#note-869' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.007","JAS","3","JM3_7","<span class='v JM3_7' data-id='JM3_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>People have tamed all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and sea creatures, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.008","JAS","3","JM3_8","<span class='v JM3_8' data-id='JM3_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>but no one can tame the tongue—it’s an evil thing, hard to control, full of deadly poison. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.009","JAS","3","JM3_9","<span class='v JM3_9' data-id='JM3_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>We use the same tongue to bless our Lord and Father, as well as to curse people who are made in God’s image— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.010","JAS","3","JM3_10","<span class='v JM3_10' data-id='JM3_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>blessings and curses come from the same mouth! Friends, it shouldn’t be this way! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.011","JAS","3","JM3_11","<span class='v JM3_11' data-id='JM3_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Does a spring send both sweet and bitter water out of the same opening? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.012","JAS","3","JM3_12","<span class='v JM3_12' data-id='JM3_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>My friends, a fig tree can’t produce olives, and a vine can’t produce figs, any more than a salt water spring can produce fresh water! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.013","JAS","3","JM3_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM3_13' data-id='JM3_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Who among you has wisdom and understanding? Let their good lives demonstrate what they do—doing what is right with wise kindness and consideration. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.014","JAS","3","JM3_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM3_14' data-id='JM3_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast about it and don’t lie against the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.015","JAS","3","JM3_15","<span class='v JM3_15' data-id='JM3_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>This kind of “wisdom” doesn’t come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.016","JAS","3","JM3_16","<span class='v JM3_16' data-id='JM3_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition you’ll also find confusion and all kinds of evil practices. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.017","JAS","3","JM3_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM3_17' data-id='JM3_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>However, wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, and it also brings peace. It is kind and open to reason. It is full of mercy and produces good things. It is genuine and not hypocritical. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.003.018","JAS","3","JM3_18","<span class='v JM3_18' data-id='JM3_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Those who sow peace will harvest the peace of what is truly right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.001","JAS","4","JM4_1","<div class='c'>4</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM4_1' data-id='JM4_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Where do the fights and quarrels you’re having come from? Aren’t they due to the sensual passions that are in conflict within you? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.002","JAS","4","JM4_2","<span class='v JM4_2' data-id='JM4_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>You burn with desire, but don’t get what you want. You kill for what you lust after, but don’t get what you’re looking for. You argue and you fight, but you don’t get anything, because you don’t pray for it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.003","JAS","4","JM4_3","<span class='v JM4_3' data-id='JM4_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>You pray, but don’t receive anything, because you ask with a wrong motive, wanting to spend what you’d receive on your selfish pleasures. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.004","JAS","4","JM4_4","<span class='v JM4_4' data-id='JM4_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>You adulterous people! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world is hatred towards God? Those who want to be friends of the world make themselves enemies of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.005","JAS","4","JM4_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM4_5' data-id='JM4_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Do you think Scripture doesn’t mean what it says: that the spirit that he put in us is very jealous<span class='note' id='footnote-870'><a href='#note-870' class='key'>*</a></span>? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.006","JAS","4","JM4_6","<span class='v JM4_6' data-id='JM4_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>But God gives us even more grace, as Scripture says: “God is against those who are arrogant, but gives grace to those who are humble.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.007","JAS","4","JM4_7","<span class='v JM4_7' data-id='JM4_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>So place yourself under God’s direction. Confront the devil, and he will run away from you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.008","JAS","4","JM4_8","<span class='v JM4_8' data-id='JM4_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Come close to God and he will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you people with divided loyalties. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.009","JAS","4","JM4_9","<span class='v JM4_9' data-id='JM4_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Show some remorse, cry and weep! Turn your laughter into mourning, and your joy to sadness. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.010","JAS","4","JM4_10","<span class='v JM4_10' data-id='JM4_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Be humble before the Lord and he will lift you up. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.011","JAS","4","JM4_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM4_11' data-id='JM4_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Friends, don’t speak badly of one another. Anyone who criticizes a fellow-believer and condemns<span class='note' id='footnote-871'><a href='#note-871' class='key'>†</a></span>them, criticizes and condemns the law. If you condemn the law you’re not someone who keeps the law, because you’re sitting in judgment of it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.012","JAS","4","JM4_12","<span class='v JM4_12' data-id='JM4_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>There’s only one lawgiver and judge—the one who can either save or destroy you—so who are you to judge your neighbor? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.013","JAS","4","JM4_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM4_13' data-id='JM4_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Come on now!—you people who say, “Either today or tomorrow we’ll go to such-and-such a city, spend a year in business there, and make a profit.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.014","JAS","4","JM4_14","<span class='v JM4_14' data-id='JM4_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>You have no idea what will happen tomorrow! What’s your life like? It’s just a mist that appears for a little while, and then is gone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.015","JAS","4","JM4_15","<span class='v JM4_15' data-id='JM4_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>What you should say is, “If it’s the Lord’s will, we’ll live like this and plan to do that.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.016","JAS","4","JM4_16","<span class='v JM4_16' data-id='JM4_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>But right now you’re caught up in your vain ideas. All this boasting is evil. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.004.017","JAS","4","JM4_17","<span class='v JM4_17' data-id='JM4_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>For it is a sin if you know to do what’s right but don’t do it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.001","JAS","5","JM5_1","<div class='c'>5</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM5_1' data-id='JM5_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Come on, you rich people! You should weep and wail for all the problems that are coming your way! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.002","JAS","5","JM5_2","<span class='v JM5_2' data-id='JM5_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Your wealth is ruined, and your clothes have been eaten by moths. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.003","JAS","5","JM5_3","<span class='v JM5_3' data-id='JM5_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Your gold and your silver are corroded, and this corrosion will be evidence against you, eating away your flesh like fire. You hoarded up your wealth in these last days. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.004","JAS","5","JM5_4","<span class='v JM5_4' data-id='JM5_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Look, the wages of your farm workers that you cheated are crying out against you—the cries of the farm workers have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.005","JAS","5","JM5_5","<span class='v JM5_5' data-id='JM5_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>You’ve enjoyed a life of luxury here on earth, full of self-indulgent pleasure, fattening yourselves up for the day of slaughter! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.006","JAS","5","JM5_6","<span class='v JM5_6' data-id='JM5_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>You have condemned and killed the innocent who didn’t even resist you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.007","JAS","5","JM5_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM5_7' data-id='JM5_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Friends, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Think of the farmer waiting patiently for the earth’s precious harvest as it grows with the early and later rains. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.008","JAS","5","JM5_8","<span class='v JM5_8' data-id='JM5_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>You need to be patient too. Stay strong for the Lord’s return is near. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.009","JAS","5","JM5_9","<span class='v JM5_9' data-id='JM5_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>My friends, don’t complain about each other, so you won’t be judged. Look, the judge is standing right at the door! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.010","JAS","5","JM5_10","<span class='v JM5_10' data-id='JM5_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Take the prophets as an example, my friends—see how they spoke in the Lord’s name as they suffered and waited patiently. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.011","JAS","5","JM5_11","<span class='v JM5_11' data-id='JM5_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Notice that we say that those who endure are blessed. You’ve heard about the patience of Job, and you’ve seen how the Lord brought this to a positive conclusion—for the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.012","JAS","5","JM5_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM5_12' data-id='JM5_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Above all, my friends, don’t swear. Not by heaven, not by earth, and not by any other kind of oath. Just let your yes be yes, and your no be no, so you won’t fall under condemnation. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.013","JAS","5","JM5_13","<span class='v JM5_13' data-id='JM5_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Are any of you suffering? You should pray. Are some of you cheerful? You should sing songs of praise. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.014","JAS","5","JM5_14","<span class='v JM5_14' data-id='JM5_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Are any of you sick? You should call for the church elders and have them pray over you, and anoint you with oil in the Lord’s name. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.015","JAS","5","JM5_15","<span class='v JM5_15' data-id='JM5_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Such a prayer, trusting in God, will heal those who are sick, and the Lord will make them well. If they’ve committed sins, they will be forgiven. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.016","JAS","5","JM5_16","<span class='v JM5_16' data-id='JM5_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Admit the wrongs you’ve done to each other, and pray for one another so that you’ll be healed. Earnest prayer from those who live right is very effective. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.017","JAS","5","JM5_17","<span class='v JM5_17' data-id='JM5_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Elijah was a man who had the same human nature as we do. He prayed earnestly that it wouldn’t rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three and a half years. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.018","JAS","5","JM5_18","<span class='v JM5_18' data-id='JM5_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>He prayed again—heaven sent rain and the earth gave its harvest. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.019","JAS","5","JM5_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JM5_19' data-id='JM5_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>My friends, if any one of you strays from the truth and someone brings you back, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("089.005.020","JAS","5","JM5_20","<span class='v JM5_20' data-id='JM5_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>let them know that whoever rescues a sinner from the error of their ways will save them from death, and will gain forgiveness for many sins. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.001","1PE","1","P11_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v P11_1' data-id='P11_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ, and is sent to God’s chosen people: exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.002","1PE","1","P11_2","<span class='v P11_2' data-id='P11_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>You were chosen by God the Father in his wisdom, made a holy people by the Spirit who obey Jesus Christ and are sprinkled with his blood. May you have grace and peace more and more! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.003","1PE","1","P11_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P11_3' data-id='P11_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Through his great mercy we have been born again and given a living hope<span class='note' id='footnote-872'><a href='#note-872' class='key'>*</a></span> through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.004","1PE","1","P11_4","<span class='v P11_4' data-id='P11_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>This inheritance is eternal, it never spoils or fades, and it is kept safe in heaven for you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.005","1PE","1","P11_5","<span class='v P11_5' data-id='P11_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Through your trust in him, God will protect you by his power until salvation arrives—the salvation that is ready to be revealed at the last day. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.006","1PE","1","P11_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P11_6' data-id='P11_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>So be happy about this, even though you may be sad for a short while as you endure various trials. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.007","1PE","1","P11_7","<span class='v P11_7' data-id='P11_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>These prove that your trust in God is genuine, just as fire is used to prove if gold is genuine—even though that too can be destroyed—and your faith is more valuable than gold! In this way your trust in God will be recognized and you will receive praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ appears. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.008","1PE","1","P11_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P11_8' data-id='P11_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you cannot see him now, you trust in him and you’re filled with wonderful, indescribable happiness. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.010","1PE","1","P11_10","<span class='v P11_10' data-id='P11_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>It was this salvation that the prophets searched for and investigated when they spoke of the grace that was prepared for you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.011","1PE","1","P11_11","<span class='v P11_11' data-id='P11_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>They tried to find out when and how this would take place, for the Spirit of Christ inside them spoke clearly about Christ’s sufferings and glory to come. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.016","1PE","1","P11_16","<span class='v P11_16' data-id='P11_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “You are to be holy, for I am holy.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.017","1PE","1","P11_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P11_17' data-id='P11_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Since you call him Father, and recognize he judges everyone impartially based on what they do, take your time here on earth seriously, respecting him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.018","1PE","1","P11_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P11_18' data-id='P11_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>You already know that you were not set free from your pointless way of living that you inherited from your forefathers by things that don’t have lasting value, like silver or gold. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.020","1PE","1","P11_20","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P11_20' data-id='P11_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>He was chosen before the world was created, but he was revealed in these last days<span class='note' id='footnote-873'><a href='#note-873' class='key'>†</a></span> for your benefit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.021","1PE","1","P11_21","<span class='v P11_21' data-id='P11_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Through him you trust in God who raised him from the dead, and glorified him, so that you could have confidence and hope in God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.022","1PE","1","P11_22","<span class='v P11_22' data-id='P11_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Now that you’ve dedicated yourselves by following the truth, love each other sincerely like a true family<span class='note' id='footnote-874'><a href='#note-874' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.001.024","1PE","1","P11_24","<span class='v P11_24' data-id='P11_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>For: “All people are like grass, and all their glory like wildflowers. The grass withers and the flowers fall. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.002.001","1PE","2","P12_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v P12_1' data-id='P12_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So give up all the evil things that you do: all your dishonesty, hypocrisy, and jealousy, all the ways you speak badly about others. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.002.003","1PE","2","P12_3","<span class='v P12_3' data-id='P12_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>now you’ve tasted how good the Lord really is. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.002.004","1PE","2","P12_4","<span class='v P12_4' data-id='P12_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>As you come to him—the living stone that people rejected as useless, but is chosen by God and precious to him— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.002.005","1PE","2","P12_5","<span class='v P12_5' data-id='P12_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>you also become like living stones, being built into a spiritual house. You are a holy priesthood that offers spiritual sacrifices that God welcomes through Jesus Christ. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.002.009","1PE","2","P12_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P12_9' data-id='P12_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>In complete contrast, you are a specially-chosen family, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God. Consequently you can reveal the wonderful things he’s done, calling you out of darkness into his marvelous light. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.003.001","1PE","3","P13_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v P13_1' data-id='P13_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Wives, accept your husbands’ authority in the same way, so that if some husbands refuse to accept the word, they may still be won over without words by the way you behave, </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.003.004","1PE","3","P13_4","<span class='v P13_4' data-id='P13_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>instead let it come from within, the lasting attractiveness of a gentle and peaceful spirit on the inside. That’s what God values. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.003.006","1PE","3","P13_6","<span class='v P13_6' data-id='P13_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, and called him “lord.”<span class='note' id='footnote-884'><a href='#note-884' class='key'>*</a></span> You are her daughters if you do what’s right and are not intimidated. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.003.007","1PE","3","P13_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P13_7' data-id='P13_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Husbands, in just the same way, be considerate to your wives as you live together with them. Though she may not be as strong as you are, you should honor her since she will inherit equally with you God’s gift of life. Make sure to do this so nothing will get in the way of your prayers. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.003.010","1PE","3","P13_10","<span class='v P13_10' data-id='P13_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Remember: “Those who want to love life, and to see good days, must refrain from speaking evil, and not tell lies. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.004.003","1PE","4","P14_3","<span class='v P14_3' data-id='P14_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>In the past you’ve spent enough time following the ways of the world: immorality, sexual indulgence, drunken orgies, partying, binge drinking, and revolting idol-worship. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.004.004","1PE","4","P14_4","<span class='v P14_4' data-id='P14_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>People think it’s strange that you don’t join them in this wild and excessive lifestyle anymore, so they curse at you. But they will have to explain what they’ve done to the One who is ready to judge the living and the dead. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.004.006","1PE","4","P14_6","<span class='v P14_6' data-id='P14_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>so that although they were rightly judged as far as being sinful human beings is concerned, they could live in the spirit as far as God is concerned. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.004.007","1PE","4","P14_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P14_7' data-id='P14_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Everything is coming to an end! So think clearly and stay alert when you pray. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.004.008","1PE","4","P14_8","<span class='v P14_8' data-id='P14_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Most of all, you should love one another very deeply, for love covers many of the wrong things people do. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.004.010","1PE","4","P14_10","<span class='v P14_10' data-id='P14_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Whatever gift you’ve been given, share it with others among you, as people who wisely demonstrate God’s grace in all its different forms. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.004.011","1PE","4","P14_11","<span class='v P14_11' data-id='P14_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Anyone who speaks should do so as though God is speaking through them. Anyone who wants to help others should do so through the strength that God gives, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. May glory and power be his forever and ever. Amen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.004.012","1PE","4","P14_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P14_12' data-id='P14_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>My friends, don’t be alarmed at the “ordeals of fire”<span class='note' id='footnote-889'><a href='#note-889' class='key'>†</a></span> you’re having, as if these were unexpected. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.004.013","1PE","4","P14_13","<span class='v P14_13' data-id='P14_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Be happy to the extent that you share in Christ’s suffering, because when he appears in his glory, you will be incredibly happy! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.004.014","1PE","4","P14_14","<span class='v P14_14' data-id='P14_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>If you are cursed in Christ’s name, you’re blessed, for God’s glorious spirit rests on you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.004.015","1PE","4","P14_15","<span class='v P14_15' data-id='P14_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer, or a thief, or a criminal, or as a gossip— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.004.016","1PE","4","P14_16","<span class='v P14_16' data-id='P14_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>but if it’s as a Christian, then you don’t need to be ashamed. Instead praise God that you’re called by that name! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.004.017","1PE","4","P14_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P14_17' data-id='P14_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>For the time of judgment has come—and it begins with the house of God. If it begins with us, what will be the end of those who reject God’s good news? </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.004.019","1PE","4","P14_19","<span class='v P14_19' data-id='P14_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>So then those who suffer according to the will of God, the trustworthy Creator, should make sure they are doing good. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.005.001","1PE","5","P15_1","<div class='c'>5</div><div class='p'><span class='v P15_1' data-id='P15_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>I want to encourage the elders among you. I’m also an elder, a witness to Christ’s sufferings, and I will share in the glory that is to come. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.005.002","1PE","5","P15_2","<span class='v P15_2' data-id='P15_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Look after God’s flock you have been given to care for, watching over it not because you’re forced to, but gladly, as God wants you to. Do this willingly, not looking to make a profit from it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.005.003","1PE","5","P15_3","<span class='v P15_3' data-id='P15_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Don’t be arrogant, lording it over those who have been put in your care, but be an example to the flock. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.005.004","1PE","5","P15_4","<span class='v P15_4' data-id='P15_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>When the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive a glorious crown that will never fade. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.005.005","1PE","5","P15_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P15_5' data-id='P15_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Young people, do what the elders tell you. Indeed all of you should serve one another in humility, because “God is against the proud, but favors the humble.”<span class='note' id='footnote-891'><a href='#note-891' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.005.006","1PE","5","P15_6","<span class='v P15_6' data-id='P15_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Humble yourself before God’s powerful hand so that he will lift you up at the appropriate time. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.005.007","1PE","5","P15_7","<span class='v P15_7' data-id='P15_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Surrender all your worries to him, because he cares for you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.005.008","1PE","5","P15_8","<span class='v P15_8' data-id='P15_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Be responsible, and stay alert. The devil, your enemy, is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.005.009","1PE","5","P15_9","<span class='v P15_9' data-id='P15_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Stand firm against him, trusting in God. Remember that your fellow-believers around the world are going through similar troubles. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.005.010","1PE","5","P15_10","<span class='v P15_10' data-id='P15_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you into his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore you, support you, strengthen you, and give you a solid foundation. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.005.011","1PE","5","P15_11","<span class='v P15_11' data-id='P15_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>To him be power forever and ever! Amen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.005.012","1PE","5","P15_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P15_12' data-id='P15_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>With the help of Silvanus, whom I consider a trustworthy brother, I send this letter to you. In these few words I’ve written I want to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in God’s grace! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.005.013","1PE","5","P15_13","<span class='v P15_13' data-id='P15_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>The believers here in “Babylon,”<span class='note' id='footnote-892'><a href='#note-892' class='key'>†</a></span> chosen together with you, send their greetings to you, as does Mark, my son. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("090.005.014","1PE","5","P15_14","<span class='v P15_14' data-id='P15_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Greet each other with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.001","2PE","1","P21_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v P21_1' data-id='P21_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who share with us the same priceless trust in our God and Savior Jesus Christ, the One who is truly good and right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.002","2PE","1","P21_2","<span class='v P21_2' data-id='P21_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>May you have ever more grace and peace as you grow in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.003","2PE","1","P21_3","<span class='v P21_3' data-id='P21_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Through his divine power we have been given everything that’s important to live a God-centered life. This comes through knowing him who called us to himself by his own glory and goodness. </span></div><div class='p'><span class='v P21_3' data-id='P21_3'>In this way he’s given us wonderful, priceless promises. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.004","2PE","1","P21_4","<span class='v P21_4' data-id='P21_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Through these promises you can share in the divine nature, being rid of the corruption caused by this world’s evil desires. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.005","2PE","1","P21_5","<span class='v P21_5' data-id='P21_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>For this same reason, do everything you can! Add to your trust in God, goodness; add to goodness, knowledge; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.006","2PE","1","P21_6","<span class='v P21_6' data-id='P21_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>add to knowledge, self-control; add to self-control, patience; add to patience, reverence; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.007","2PE","1","P21_7","<span class='v P21_7' data-id='P21_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>add to reverence, affection for fellow-believers, add to affection for fellow-believers, love. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.008","2PE","1","P21_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P21_8' data-id='P21_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>The more you have these qualities, the more they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.009","2PE","1","P21_9","<span class='v P21_9' data-id='P21_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>For anyone who doesn’t have such qualities is short-sighted, or blind. They forget that they’ve been cleansed from their past sins. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.012","2PE","1","P21_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P21_12' data-id='P21_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>That’s why I always remind you about these things, even though you know them already, and you stand firm in the truth that you possess. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.013","2PE","1","P21_13","<span class='v P21_13' data-id='P21_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>But I still think it’s a good idea to encourage you by giving you reminders while I live. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.014","2PE","1","P21_14","<span class='v P21_14' data-id='P21_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>I know the time when I shall leave this life will be coming soon— our Lord Jesus Christ has made this clear to me. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.016","2PE","1","P21_16","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P21_16' data-id='P21_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>We didn’t follow made-up myths when we told you about the coming in power of our Lord Jesus Christ—we saw his majesty for ourselves<span class='note' id='footnote-894'><a href='#note-894' class='key'>†</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.017","2PE","1","P21_17","<span class='v P21_17' data-id='P21_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice of majestic glory spoke to him and announced, “This is my Son, the one I love, and who truly pleases me.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.018","2PE","1","P21_18","<span class='v P21_18' data-id='P21_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>We ourselves heard this voice speak from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.019","2PE","1","P21_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P21_19' data-id='P21_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>We also have the confirming word of prophecy that’s absolutely trustworthy, and you will benefit from paying close attention to it. It’s like a lamp that shines in a dark place until the day dawns, and the morning star rises in your hearts. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.020","2PE","1","P21_20","<span class='v P21_20' data-id='P21_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Most of all you should realize that no prophecy of scripture is a matter for interpretation based on the whims of an individual, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.001.021","2PE","1","P21_21","<span class='v P21_21' data-id='P21_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>for no prophecy originated in human ideas, but prophets spoke for God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.001","2PE","2","P22_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v P22_1' data-id='P22_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>But just as there were false prophets among the people then, there will be false teachers among you. They subtly introduce false and destructive teachings, even denying the Lord who redeemed them, quickly bringing destruction on themselves. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.002","2PE","2","P22_2","<span class='v P22_2' data-id='P22_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Many will follow their immoral perversions, and because of them people will condemn the way of truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.003","2PE","2","P22_3","<span class='v P22_3' data-id='P22_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>They will greedily exploit you with false tales. However they are already condemned: their sentence has been hanging over them for a long time, their destruction won’t be postponed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.004","2PE","2","P22_4","<span class='v P22_4' data-id='P22_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>For God didn’t even spare the angels when they sinned. He threw them into Tartarus<span class='note' id='footnote-895'><a href='#note-895' class='key'>*</a></span>, holding them in dark pits ready for judgment. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.005","2PE","2","P22_5","<span class='v P22_5' data-id='P22_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>God didn’t spare the ancient world either, but he protected Noah who told people about the God who did right. He was one of the eight who were saved when God sent a flood upon a world of evil people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.006","2PE","2","P22_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P22_6' data-id='P22_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to total destruction, burning them to ash, as an example of what will happen to those who live evil lives. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.007","2PE","2","P22_7","<span class='v P22_7' data-id='P22_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>But God rescued Lot because he was a good man, sickened by the disgusting immorality of his neighbors. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.008","2PE","2","P22_8","<span class='v P22_8' data-id='P22_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>(Lot lived among them, but he did what was good and right. He saw and heard what they did day after day, and their wickedness tormented him). </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.009","2PE","2","P22_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P22_9' data-id='P22_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>As you can see, the Lord is able to rescue from their troubles those who respect him, and to keep the wicked until the day of judgment when their punishment is completed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.010","2PE","2","P22_10","<span class='v P22_10' data-id='P22_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>This is especially so for those who follow their corrupt human desires, and contemptuously disregard authority. Arrogant and proud, they’re not even afraid to defame heavenly beings. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.011","2PE","2","P22_11","<span class='v P22_11' data-id='P22_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Angels, on the other hand, even though they are stronger and more powerful, don’t disparage them before the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.012","2PE","2","P22_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P22_12' data-id='P22_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>These people are like mindless beasts, produced like farm animals to be captured and slaughtered. They condemn things they don’t know anything about, and just like animals they will be destroyed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.013","2PE","2","P22_13","<span class='v P22_13' data-id='P22_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>They will be paid back in harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of fun is to commit their evil lusts in broad daylight. They are stains and blemishes on your community. They enjoy their deceptive pleasures even while they eat together with you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.014","2PE","2","P22_14","<span class='v P22_14' data-id='P22_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>They’re always on the lookout for adulterous relationships—they just can’t stop sinning. They seduce the vulnerable; they have trained themselves in greed; they are offspring under a curse. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.015","2PE","2","P22_15","<span class='v P22_15' data-id='P22_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>They have abandoned the right path and went astray, following the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved to be paid for doing evil. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.017","2PE","2","P22_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P22_17' data-id='P22_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>People like these are springs without water, mists blown away by the wind. They are destined for blackest darkness—forever. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.018","2PE","2","P22_18","<span class='v P22_18' data-id='P22_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Inflated with their own nonsense, they appeal to sensual desires, luring back into immorality those who have only just escaped from those who live in error. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.019","2PE","2","P22_19","<span class='v P22_19' data-id='P22_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>They promise them freedom, even though they themselves are slaves to depravity. “You are a slave to whatever conquers you.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.020","2PE","2","P22_20","<span class='v P22_20' data-id='P22_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>If people manage to escape from the evil influence of the world by knowing the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then get tangled up in sin again and are defeated, they are worse off than they were in the first place. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.021","2PE","2","P22_21","<span class='v P22_21' data-id='P22_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>It would have been better not to have known the right way of truth, than to have known it and then turn away from the sacred instructions they’d been given. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.002.022","2PE","2","P22_22","<span class='v P22_22' data-id='P22_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>This proverb has come true for them: “The dog has returned to its own vomit, and the washed pig has gone back to rolling in the mud.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.001","2PE","3","P23_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v P23_1' data-id='P23_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>My friends, this is my second letter to you. In both of them I’ve tried to stir you up and remind you to think clearly with pure minds. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.002","2PE","3","P23_2","<span class='v P23_2' data-id='P23_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Remember the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets, and what the Lord and Savior commanded through your apostles. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.003","2PE","3","P23_3","<span class='v P23_3' data-id='P23_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Above all you should know that derisive people will come in the last days, full of mockery and following their own evil desires. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.004","2PE","3","P23_4","<span class='v P23_4' data-id='P23_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>“So what happened to this coming he promised?” they ask. “Right from the time our ancestors died, everything’s continued as it always has, ever since creation began.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.005","2PE","3","P23_5","<span class='v P23_5' data-id='P23_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>But they deliberately ignore the fact that by God’s command the heavens were created long ago. The earth came into existence from the water, and was surrounded by water. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.006","2PE","3","P23_6","<span class='v P23_6' data-id='P23_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>It was through water that the world that then existed was destroyed—through being flooded by water. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.007","2PE","3","P23_7","<span class='v P23_7' data-id='P23_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>But by means of that same divine command the heavens and the earth that now exist are reserved for destruction by fire<span class='note' id='footnote-896'><a href='#note-896' class='key'>*</a></span> at the day of judgment when the wicked will be destroyed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.008","2PE","3","P23_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P23_8' data-id='P23_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>However, my friends, don’t forget this one thing: that for the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.009","2PE","3","P23_9","<span class='v P23_9' data-id='P23_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>The Lord is not delaying the fulfillment of his promise, as some define delay, but he is being very patient with you. He doesn’t want anyone to be lost, but everyone to come and repent. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.010","2PE","3","P23_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P23_10' data-id='P23_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>However the day of the Lord will come, unexpectedly like a thief. The heavens will explode with a thunderous roar, and the elements<span class='note' id='footnote-897'><a href='#note-897' class='key'>†</a></span> will be destroyed as they are burned up. The earth and everything in it will vanish<span class='note' id='footnote-898'><a href='#note-898' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.011","2PE","3","P23_11","<span class='v P23_11' data-id='P23_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Since everything is going to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? You should be living lives that are pure, dedicated to God, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.012","2PE","3","P23_12","<span class='v P23_12' data-id='P23_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>waiting expectantly and being eager for the coming of the day of God. That day the heavens will catch fire and be destroyed, and the elements will melt in the heat. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.013","2PE","3","P23_13","<span class='v P23_13' data-id='P23_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>But as for us, we are looking for new heavens and a new earth that God has promised where everything is right<span class='note' id='footnote-899'><a href='#note-899' class='key'>§</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.014","2PE","3","P23_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v P23_14' data-id='P23_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>So, my friends, since you’re anticipating these things, make sure you’ll be found pure and blameless, and at peace with God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.015","2PE","3","P23_15","<span class='v P23_15' data-id='P23_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Remember that it is our Lord’s patience that gives the opportunity for salvation. That’s what our dear brother Paul was explaining to you in all his letters with the wisdom given to him by God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.016","2PE","3","P23_16","<span class='v P23_16' data-id='P23_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>He spoke about these things, though some of what he wrote is certainly hard to understand. Some ignorant and unbalanced people have twisted what he wrote to their own loss—just as they do other scriptures. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.017","2PE","3","P23_17","<span class='v P23_17' data-id='P23_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>My friends, since you already know this, make sure that these errors of the wicked don’t lead you astray, and you don’t fall from your firm position. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("091.003.018","2PE","3","P23_18","<span class='v P23_18' data-id='P23_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>May you grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May he have glory, both now and forever! Amen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.001.001","1JN","1","J11_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v J11_1' data-id='J11_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter is about the Word of life which existed from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our very own eyes and gazed upon, and which our hands have touched<span class='note' id='footnote-900'><a href='#note-900' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.001.002","1JN","1","J11_2","<span class='v J11_2' data-id='J11_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>This Life was revealed to us; we saw it and give evidence about it. We are telling you about the One who is Eternal Life, who was with the Father, and who was revealed to us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.001.003","1JN","1","J11_3","<span class='v J11_3' data-id='J11_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>What we have seen and heard we are now explaining to you, so that you may also share in this friendship<span class='note' id='footnote-901'><a href='#note-901' class='key'>†</a></span> together with us—this friendship that is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.001.004","1JN","1","J11_4","<span class='v J11_4' data-id='J11_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>We’re writing to tell you about this in order to make our happiness complete. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.001.005","1JN","1","J11_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J11_5' data-id='J11_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>This is the message we received from him and that we declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him at all<span class='note' id='footnote-902'><a href='#note-902' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.001.006","1JN","1","J11_6","<span class='v J11_6' data-id='J11_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>If we claim to share this friendship with him and yet go on living<span class='note' id='footnote-903'><a href='#note-903' class='key'>§</a></span> in darkness, we’re lying, and not living in the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.001.007","1JN","1","J11_7","<span class='v J11_7' data-id='J11_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>But if we are living in the light, as he is in the light, then we share in this friendship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, makes us clean from every sin. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.001.008","1JN","1","J11_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J11_8' data-id='J11_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>If we claim to be sinless we only fool ourselves, and the truth is not in us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.001.009","1JN","1","J11_9","<span class='v J11_9' data-id='J11_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>But if we confess our sins, he is trustworthy and right so that he can forgive us our sins and make us clean from all that is not right in us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.001.010","1JN","1","J11_10","<span class='v J11_10' data-id='J11_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>If we claim we haven’t sinned, we turn him into a liar, and his word is not in us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.001","1JN","2","J12_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v J12_1' data-id='J12_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>My dear children, I’m writing this to you so you shouldn’t sin. But if anybody should happen to sin, we have someone who defends us before the Father—Jesus Christ, who is truly right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.002","1JN","2","J12_2","<span class='v J12_2' data-id='J12_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Through him our sins are forgiven—and not only our sins, but those of the whole world. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.003","1JN","2","J12_3","<span class='v J12_3' data-id='J12_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>We can be sure that we do know him if we follow his commands. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.004","1JN","2","J12_4","<span class='v J12_4' data-id='J12_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Anyone who says, “I know him,” but doesn’t do what he says, is a liar. They don’t have the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.005","1JN","2","J12_5","<span class='v J12_5' data-id='J12_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>But those who follow God’s word have his love totally fill their hearts. This is how we know that we live in him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.006","1JN","2","J12_6","<span class='v J12_6' data-id='J12_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Whoever claims to be living in him should behave like Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.007","1JN","2","J12_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J12_7' data-id='J12_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>My friends, I’m not writing to you giving some new commandment, but an old commandment you’ve had from the beginning. This old commandment is one you have already heard. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.008","1JN","2","J12_8","<span class='v J12_8' data-id='J12_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>But in a sense I am giving you a new commandment. Its truth is revealed in Jesus and in you, for the darkness is coming to an end and the true light is already shining. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.009","1JN","2","J12_9","<span class='v J12_9' data-id='J12_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Those who say they live in the light but hate a fellow Christian<span class='note' id='footnote-904'><a href='#note-904' class='key'>*</a></span> still have the darkness inside them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.010","1JN","2","J12_10","<span class='v J12_10' data-id='J12_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Those who love their fellow Christians live in the light, and don’t cause others to sin<span class='note' id='footnote-905'><a href='#note-905' class='key'>†</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.011","1JN","2","J12_11","<span class='v J12_11' data-id='J12_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Those who hate a fellow Christian are in darkness. They stumble around in the dark, not knowing where they’re going because the darkness has blinded them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.012","1JN","2","J12_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J12_12' data-id='J12_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Dear friends, I’m writing to you children<span class='note' id='footnote-906'><a href='#note-906' class='key'>‡</a></span>, for your sins have been forgiven through the name of Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.013","1JN","2","J12_13","<span class='v J12_13' data-id='J12_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>I’m writing to you fathers, for you know him who has existed from the beginning. I’m writing to you young people, for you have defeated the Evil One. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.014","1JN","2","J12_14","<span class='v J12_14' data-id='J12_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>I write to you little children, for you know the Father. I write to you fathers, for you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you young people, for you are strong. The word of God lives in you, and you have defeated the Evil One. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.015","1JN","2","J12_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J12_15' data-id='J12_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Don’t be in love with the world, and don’t long for the things of this world. If you love the world, you won’t have the Father’s love in you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.016","1JN","2","J12_16","<span class='v J12_16' data-id='J12_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>For all the things of this world—our sinful desires, wanting everything we see, boasting about what we’ve accomplished in life— these things don’t come from the Father but from the world. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.017","1JN","2","J12_17","<span class='v J12_17' data-id='J12_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>The world and its evil desires are coming to an end, but those who do the will of God will live forever. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.018","1JN","2","J12_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J12_18' data-id='J12_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Dear friends, this is the last hour. As you’ve heard, the antichrist is coming. Many antichrists have already come. This is how we know this is the last hour. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.019","1JN","2","J12_19","<span class='v J12_19' data-id='J12_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>They left us, but they didn’t belong with us, for if they did, they would have remained with us. When they left they showed that none of them belonged with us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.020","1JN","2","J12_20","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J12_20' data-id='J12_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>But you have been anointed<span class='note' id='footnote-907'><a href='#note-907' class='key'>§</a></span> with the Holy Spirit’s blessing, and all of you know what’s true. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.021","1JN","2","J12_21","<span class='v J12_21' data-id='J12_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>I’m not writing because you don’t know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.022","1JN","2","J12_22","<span class='v J12_22' data-id='J12_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Who is the liar?—anyone who denies that Jesus is the Christ<span class='note' id='footnote-908'><a href='#note-908' class='key'>*</a></span>. The antichrist is anyone who denies the Father and the Son. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.023","1JN","2","J12_23","<span class='v J12_23' data-id='J12_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>Anyone that denies the Son does not have the Father; anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.024","1JN","2","J12_24","<span class='v J12_24' data-id='J12_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>As for you, make sure what you heard from the beginning continues to live in you. If what you heard from the beginning lives in you, you will also live in the Son and in the Father. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.025","1JN","2","J12_25","<span class='v J12_25' data-id='J12_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Eternal life—this is what he has promised us! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.026","1JN","2","J12_26","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J12_26' data-id='J12_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>I’m writing this to warn you against those who want to lead you astray. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.027","1JN","2","J12_27","<span class='v J12_27' data-id='J12_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>But the anointing you received from him means the Spirit<span class='note' id='footnote-909'><a href='#note-909' class='key'>†</a></span> lives in you, and you don’t need to be taught by anyone. The Spirit’s anointing teaches you about everything. It is the truth and not a lie. So live in Christ, just as you've been taught! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.028","1JN","2","J12_28","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J12_28' data-id='J12_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>Now, my dear friends, continue to live in Christ, so that when he appears, we can be confident and not feel ashamed before him at his coming. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.002.029","1JN","2","J12_29","<span class='v J12_29' data-id='J12_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>If you know he is good and right<span class='note' id='footnote-910'><a href='#note-910' class='key'>‡</a></span>, then you also know that everyone who does what is right has been born of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.001","1JN","3","J13_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v J13_1' data-id='J13_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Look at the amazing kind of love the Father has for us! This is why we can be called God’s children—for that’s who we are! The reason why the people of this world don’t recognize us as God’s children is because they don’t recognize him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.002","1JN","3","J13_2","<span class='v J13_2' data-id='J13_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>My friends, we are already God’s children; however what we shall become hasn’t been revealed just yet. But we do know that when he appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.003","1JN","3","J13_3","<span class='v J13_3' data-id='J13_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>All those who have this hope in them make sure they are pure, just as he is pure. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.004","1JN","3","J13_4","<span class='v J13_4' data-id='J13_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>All those who sin are lawless, because sin is lawlessness. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.005","1JN","3","J13_5","<span class='v J13_5' data-id='J13_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>But of course you know that Jesus came to take away sins, and that there is no sin in him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.006","1JN","3","J13_6","<span class='v J13_6' data-id='J13_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>All those who live in him don’t go on sinning; all those who keep on sinning haven’t seen him and haven’t known him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.007","1JN","3","J13_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J13_7' data-id='J13_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Dear friends, don’t let anyone fool you: those who do what is right ‘are’ right, in the same way as Jesus is right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.008","1JN","3","J13_8","<span class='v J13_8' data-id='J13_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Those who sin are of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. That’s the reason why the Son of God came—to destroy what the devil has done. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.009","1JN","3","J13_9","<span class='v J13_9' data-id='J13_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>All those who are born of God don’t keep on sinning, for God’s nature<span class='note' id='footnote-911'><a href='#note-911' class='key'>*</a></span> lives in them. They can’t keep on sinning because they are born of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.010","1JN","3","J13_10","<span class='v J13_10' data-id='J13_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>This is how God’s children and the devil’s children can be distinguished: all those who don’t do what’s right don’t belong to God, nor do those who don’t love their fellow Christians. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.014","1JN","3","J13_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J13_14' data-id='J13_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>The reason we know that we have changed from death to life is because we love our Christian brothers and sisters. Anyone who doesn’t love remains dead. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.016","1JN","3","J13_16","<span class='v J13_16' data-id='J13_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>This is how we know what love is: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.020","1JN","3","J13_20","<span class='v J13_20' data-id='J13_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>whenever we think we’re in the wrong. God is greater than how we think, and he knows everything. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.022","1JN","3","J13_22","<span class='v J13_22' data-id='J13_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>We’ll receive from him whatever we ask him for, because we follow his commands and do what pleases him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.023","1JN","3","J13_23","<span class='v J13_23' data-id='J13_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>This is what he commands: we should trust in the name<span class='note' id='footnote-913'><a href='#note-913' class='key'>‡</a></span> of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us to do. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.003.024","1JN","3","J13_24","<span class='v J13_24' data-id='J13_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Those who keep his commands continue to live in him, and he lives in them. We know that he lives in us by the Spirit he has given us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.004.001","1JN","4","J14_1","<div class='c'>4</div><div class='p'><span class='v J14_1' data-id='J14_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Dear friends, don’t trust every spirit, but put the spirits to the test to find out whether they’re from God, for there are many false prophets out there in the world. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.004.002","1JN","4","J14_2","<span class='v J14_2' data-id='J14_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>How can you recognize God’s Spirit? Every spirit that accepts Jesus Christ came with a human body is from God; </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.004.005","1JN","4","J14_5","<span class='v J14_5' data-id='J14_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>They belong to the world, so they speak like people of the world, and the world listens to them. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.004.007","1JN","4","J14_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J14_7' data-id='J14_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Dear friends, let’s go on loving one another, for love comes from God. All those who love are born of God and know God. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.004.009","1JN","4","J14_9","<span class='v J14_9' data-id='J14_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>How was God’s love shown to us? God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we could live through him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.004.010","1JN","4","J14_10","<span class='v J14_10' data-id='J14_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>This is love! It’s not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and he sent his Son to be the reconciliation for our sins. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.004.013","1JN","4","J14_13","<span class='v J14_13' data-id='J14_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>How can we know that we live in him, and that he lives in us? He’s given us the ability to love<span class='note' id='footnote-915'><a href='#note-915' class='key'>†</a></span> by his Spirit. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.004.016","1JN","4","J14_16","<span class='v J14_16' data-id='J14_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>We have experienced and trusted in the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love, live in God, and God lives in them. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.004.020","1JN","4","J14_20","<span class='v J14_20' data-id='J14_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Anyone who says, “I love God,” but hate a Christian brother or sister, is a liar. Anyone who doesn’t love a brother whom they can see, can’t love God whom they can’t see. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.001","1JN","5","J15_1","<div class='c'>5</div><div class='p'><span class='v J15_1' data-id='J15_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Whoever trusts that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the father also loves his child. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.002","1JN","5","J15_2","<span class='v J15_2' data-id='J15_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>How do we know that we love God’s children? When we love God and follow his commands. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.003","1JN","5","J15_3","<span class='v J15_3' data-id='J15_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Loving God means that we follow his commands, and his commands are not hard to bear. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.004","1JN","5","J15_4","<span class='v J15_4' data-id='J15_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Everyone who is born of God defeats the world. The way we gain victory and defeat the world is by trusting God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.005","1JN","5","J15_5","<span class='v J15_5' data-id='J15_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Who can defeat the world? Only those who trust in Jesus, believing he is the Son of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.006","1JN","5","J15_6","<span class='v J15_6' data-id='J15_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>He is the one who came through water and blood, Jesus Christ. He did not only come by water, but by water and blood<span class='note' id='footnote-916'><a href='#note-916' class='key'>*</a></span>. The Spirit gives evidence to confirm this, for the Spirit is the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.007","1JN","5","J15_7","<span class='v J15_7' data-id='J15_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>So there are three that give evidence: </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.009","1JN","5","J15_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J15_9' data-id='J15_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>If we accept the evidence that human witnesses provide, then the evidence that God provides is much more important. The evidence that God provides is his testimony about his Son. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.010","1JN","5","J15_10","<span class='v J15_10' data-id='J15_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Those trusting in the Son of God have accepted and hold on to this evidence. Those who don’t trust God make God out to be a liar, because they don’t believe the evidence God has given about his Son. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.011","1JN","5","J15_11","<span class='v J15_11' data-id='J15_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>The evidence is this: God has given eternal life to us, and we have this life through his Son. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.012","1JN","5","J15_12","<span class='v J15_12' data-id='J15_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Whoever has the Son has life; whoever doesn’t have the Son of God doesn’t have life. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.013","1JN","5","J15_13","<span class='v J15_13' data-id='J15_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>I’m writing to tell those of you who trust in the name of the Son of God so you can be certain you have eternal life. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.014","1JN","5","J15_14","<span class='v J15_14' data-id='J15_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>We can be confident that he will listen to us as long as we ask in accordance with his will. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.015","1JN","5","J15_15","<span class='v J15_15' data-id='J15_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>If we know that he hears our requests, we can be sure that we will receive what we’ve asked him for. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.016","1JN","5","J15_16","<span class='v J15_16' data-id='J15_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>If you see your Christian brother or sister committing a sin that is not a deadly sin<span class='note' id='footnote-918'><a href='#note-918' class='key'>‡</a></span>, you ought to pray and God will grant life to the one who’s sinned. (But not for a deadly sin. There’s a sin that is deadly, and I’m not saying people should pray about that. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.018","1JN","5","J15_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J15_18' data-id='J15_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>We recognize that those who are born of God don’t keep on sinning. The Son of God<span class='note' id='footnote-919'><a href='#note-919' class='key'>§</a></span> protects them and the devil cannot harm them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.019","1JN","5","J15_19","<span class='v J15_19' data-id='J15_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>We know that we belong to God, and that the world is under the power of the Evil One. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.020","1JN","5","J15_20","<span class='v J15_20' data-id='J15_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>We also know that the Son of God has come, and has helped us to understand so we can recognize the one who is true. We live in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God, and is eternal life<span class='note' id='footnote-920'><a href='#note-920' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("092.005.021","1JN","5","J15_21","<span class='v J15_21' data-id='J15_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Dear friends, stay away from idol worship. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("093.001.001","2JN","1","J21_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v J21_1' data-id='J21_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from the elder<span class='note' id='footnote-921'><a href='#note-921' class='key'>*</a></span> to the chosen lady<span class='note' id='footnote-922'><a href='#note-922' class='key'>†</a></span> and her children, whom I love in the truth. Not just from me, but from everyone who knows the truth, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("093.001.002","2JN","1","J21_2","<span class='v J21_2' data-id='J21_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>because the truth lives in us and will be with us forever. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("093.001.003","2JN","1","J21_3","<span class='v J21_3' data-id='J21_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>May grace, mercy and peace continue to be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and in love. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("093.001.004","2JN","1","J21_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J21_4' data-id='J21_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>I was delighted to discover that some of your children are following the truth, just as the Father commanded us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("093.001.005","2JN","1","J21_5","<span class='v J21_5' data-id='J21_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Now I’m telling you, dear lady, not as a new instruction, but following what we’ve understood from the beginning, that we should love one another. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("093.001.006","2JN","1","J21_6","<span class='v J21_6' data-id='J21_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>This is what love is: we should follow God’s commands. The command, just as you heard right from the beginning, is that you should live in love<span class='note' id='footnote-923'><a href='#note-923' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("093.001.007","2JN","1","J21_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J21_7' data-id='J21_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>I’m telling you this because many deceivers have left and gone out into the world. They don’t accept that Jesus Christ has come as a human being. Anyone like this is a deceiver and an antichrist. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("093.001.009","2JN","1","J21_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J21_9' data-id='J21_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>All those who become extremists<span class='note' id='footnote-924'><a href='#note-924' class='key'>§</a></span> and don’t continue to follow the teaching of Christ don’t have God with them. Those who continue to follow the teaching of Christ have both the Father and the Son with them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("093.001.010","2JN","1","J21_10","<span class='v J21_10' data-id='J21_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>If people come to you and don’t show evidence of Christ’s teaching, don’t take them in, don’t welcome them— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("093.001.011","2JN","1","J21_11","<span class='v J21_11' data-id='J21_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>for if you encourage them you share in their evil work. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("093.001.012","2JN","1","J21_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J21_12' data-id='J21_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>I have so many things to tell you that I won’t write any more with paper and ink, for I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face. How happy that would make us! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("093.001.013","2JN","1","J21_13","<span class='v J21_13' data-id='J21_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Greetings to you from the children of your chosen sister. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("094.001.001","3JN","1","J31_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v J31_1' data-id='J31_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from the elder<span class='note' id='footnote-925'><a href='#note-925' class='key'>*</a></span> to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("094.001.002","3JN","1","J31_2","<span class='v J31_2' data-id='J31_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>My friend, I pray most of all that you’re doing well and are in good physical health, for I know you’re doing well spiritually. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("094.001.003","3JN","1","J31_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J31_3' data-id='J31_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>I was delighted when some fellow-believers arrived and told me about your commitment to the truth, and how you continue living in the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("094.001.004","3JN","1","J31_4","<span class='v J31_4' data-id='J31_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Nothing makes me happier than to hear how my dear friends are following the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("094.001.005","3JN","1","J31_5","<span class='v J31_5' data-id='J31_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>My friend, you show you are trustworthy in what you’re doing by looking after the brothers<span class='note' id='footnote-926'><a href='#note-926' class='key'>†</a></span>, even those you don’t know. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("094.001.006","3JN","1","J31_6","<span class='v J31_6' data-id='J31_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>They have spoken well about your love in front of the church. Please be so kind as to send them on their journey in a way that God would appreciate, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("094.001.007","3JN","1","J31_7","<span class='v J31_7' data-id='J31_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>for they are traveling in his name, not accepting anything from non-believers<span class='note' id='footnote-927'><a href='#note-927' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("094.001.008","3JN","1","J31_8","<span class='v J31_8' data-id='J31_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>We ought to support them so we can share together in the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("094.001.009","3JN","1","J31_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J31_9' data-id='J31_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>I did write about this to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves being in charge<span class='note' id='footnote-928'><a href='#note-928' class='key'>§</a></span>, refuses to accept our authority. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("094.001.010","3JN","1","J31_10","<span class='v J31_10' data-id='J31_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>So if I do visit, I will make it clear what he’s been doing. He’s been making malicious accusations against us. Not satisfied with doing that, he refuses to welcome any other brothers. He won’t let anyone else welcome them either, and throws those who do so out of the church. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("094.001.011","3JN","1","J31_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J31_11' data-id='J31_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>My friend, don’t imitate what is evil, but what is good. Those who do what’s good belong to God; those who do evil don’t know God<span class='note' id='footnote-929'><a href='#note-929' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("094.001.012","3JN","1","J31_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v J31_12' data-id='J31_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Everyone speaks well of Demetrius—and the truth does so too! We also speak well of him, and you know we tell the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("094.001.013","3JN","1","J31_13","<span class='v J31_13' data-id='J31_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>I have so much to say to you, but I don’t want to do it in writing with pen and ink. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("094.001.014","3JN","1","J31_14","<span class='v J31_14' data-id='J31_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>I hope to see you soon so we can talk face to face. May peace be with you! The friends here send their greetings to you. Please personally greet our friends there by name. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.001","JUD","1","JD1_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v JD1_1' data-id='JD1_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and James’ brother. I am writing to those who are called and loved by God the Father, and who are kept safe by Jesus Christ: </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.002","JUD","1","JD1_2","<span class='v JD1_2' data-id='JD1_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>May God’s mercy, peace, and love increase in your experience! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.003","JUD","1","JD1_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JD1_3' data-id='JD1_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>My friends, I was already looking forward to writing to you about the salvation that we share. But now I need to write urgently to you and encourage you to vigorously defend the truth about God,<span class='note' id='footnote-930'><a href='#note-930' class='key'>*</a></span> given once and for all time<span class='note' id='footnote-931'><a href='#note-931' class='key'>†</a></span> to God’s holy people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.004","JUD","1","JD1_4","<span class='v JD1_4' data-id='JD1_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>For some people have quietly crept in among you. They were written about and condemned a long time ago, for they are wicked people who pervert God’s grace, turning it into a license to immorality, while also denying our Lord and master Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.005","JUD","1","JD1_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JD1_5' data-id='JD1_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Even though you already know this, I want to remind you that though the Lord saved his people out of the land of Egypt, later he still destroyed those who disbelieved. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.006","JUD","1","JD1_6","<span class='v JD1_6' data-id='JD1_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Even those angels that were not content with their God-given positions but abandoned their rightful places—he has placed them in eternal<span class='note' id='footnote-932'><a href='#note-932' class='key'>‡</a></span> chains of darkness until the great Day of Judgment. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.007","JUD","1","JD1_7","<span class='v JD1_7' data-id='JD1_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>In just the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns nearby that pursued immorality and perverted sex are provided as an example of those that experience the punishment of eternal fire. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.008","JUD","1","JD1_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JD1_8' data-id='JD1_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Likewise these dreamers<span class='note' id='footnote-933'><a href='#note-933' class='key'>§</a></span> pollute their bodies, disregard authority, and insult heavenly beings. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.009","JUD","1","JD1_9","<span class='v JD1_9' data-id='JD1_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Even the archangel Michael, when he was arguing with the devil over Moses’ body, didn’t dare to condemn him with a slanderous insult, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.010","JUD","1","JD1_10","<span class='v JD1_10' data-id='JD1_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>But these people ridicule whatever they don’t understand; and what they do understand they instinctively follow like unthinking animals—this is what destroys them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.011","JUD","1","JD1_11","<span class='v JD1_11' data-id='JD1_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>They’re in terrible trouble! For they have followed Cain’s way. Like Balaam and his delusion, they have abandoned themselves to the profit motive. Like Korah and his rebellion, they have destroyed themselves. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.012","JUD","1","JD1_12","<span class='v JD1_12' data-id='JD1_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>These people spoil your fellowship meals, for they are selfish shepherds that don’t have the slightest sense of shame—they only take care of themselves. They’re clouds blown along by the wind that bring no rain. They’re bare trees without fruit—twice dead, pulled out by the roots. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.013","JUD","1","JD1_13","<span class='v JD1_13' data-id='JD1_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>They’re violent ocean waves, foaming in their own disgrace. They’re false stars, doomed forever to utter darkness. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.014","JUD","1","JD1_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JD1_14' data-id='JD1_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Enoch, seven generations on from Adam, spoke prophetically about these people: “Look! The Lord is coming together with thousands and thousands of his holy ones </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.015","JUD","1","JD1_15","<span class='v JD1_15' data-id='JD1_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>to judge everyone, to reveal all the wicked things people have done, and all the terrible things hostile sinners have said against him.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.016","JUD","1","JD1_16","<span class='v JD1_16' data-id='JD1_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Such people are grumblers, always complaining. They follow their own evil desires, speaking boastfully about themselves, and flattering others to get what ‘they’ want. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.017","JUD","1","JD1_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JD1_17' data-id='JD1_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>But you, my dear friends, please remember what you were told by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.018","JUD","1","JD1_18","<span class='v JD1_18' data-id='JD1_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>They explained to you that in the last times mockers would come, following their own wicked desires. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.019","JUD","1","JD1_19","<span class='v JD1_19' data-id='JD1_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>They cause divisions; they are worldly people who don’t have the Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.020","JUD","1","JD1_20","</div><div class='p'><span class='v JD1_20' data-id='JD1_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>But you, my friends, are to build yourselves up through your trust in God. Pray in the Holy Spirit, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.021","JUD","1","JD1_21","<span class='v JD1_21' data-id='JD1_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>keep yourselves safe in God’s love, and wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ who brings eternal life. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.022","JUD","1","JD1_22","<span class='v JD1_22' data-id='JD1_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Show kindness to those who doubt. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.023","JUD","1","JD1_23","<span class='v JD1_23' data-id='JD1_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>Save those you can by snatching them out of the fire. Show mercy—but with great care, hating even the “clothing” that is contaminated by sinful human nature.<span class='note' id='footnote-934'><a href='#note-934' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("095.001.024","JUD","1","JD1_24","</div><div class='pc'><span class='v JD1_24' data-id='JD1_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Now to him who can keep you from falling, </span></div><div class='pc'><span class='v JD1_24' data-id='JD1_24'>and who can bring you into his glorious presence without fault, and with great joy, </span>");
