INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.006","ROM","11","RM11_6","<span class='v RM11_6' data-id='RM11_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>And since it’s through grace, then clearly it’s not based on what people do, otherwise grace wouldn’t be grace! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.007","ROM","11","RM11_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM11_7' data-id='RM11_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>So what do we conclude? That the people of Israel didn’t achieve what they were striving for—only the chosen, while the rest became hard-hearted. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.008","ROM","11","RM11_8","<span class='v RM11_8' data-id='RM11_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “God dulled their minds so their eyes could not see and their ears could not hear, to this very day.”<span class='note' id='footnote-550'><a href='#note-550' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.009","ROM","11","RM11_9","<span class='v RM11_9' data-id='RM11_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>David adds, “May their feasts become a trap for them, a net that catches them, a temptation that brings punishment. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.010","ROM","11","RM11_10","<span class='v RM11_10' data-id='RM11_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>May their eyes become blind so they cannot see, and may their backs always be bent low in dejection.”<span class='note' id='footnote-551'><a href='#note-551' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.011","ROM","11","RM11_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM11_11' data-id='RM11_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>So am I saying that they stumbled and consequently failed completely? Not at all! But as a result of their mistakes, salvation came to other nations, to “make them jealous.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.012","ROM","11","RM11_12","<span class='v RM11_12' data-id='RM11_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Now if even their failure benefits the world, and their loss profits the foreigners, how much more beneficial it would be if they were to completely fulfill what they were meant to be<span class='note' id='footnote-552'><a href='#note-552' class='key'>§</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.013","ROM","11","RM11_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM11_13' data-id='RM11_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Now let me speak to you foreigners. Insofar as I’m a missionary to foreigners, I promote what I’m doing </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.014","ROM","11","RM11_14","<span class='v RM11_14' data-id='RM11_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>that somehow I might make my people jealous and save some of them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.015","ROM","11","RM11_15","<span class='v RM11_15' data-id='RM11_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>If the result of God’s rejection of them is that the world becomes God’s friends, the result of God’s acceptance of them would be like the dead coming back to life! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.016","ROM","11","RM11_16","<span class='v RM11_16' data-id='RM11_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>If the first part of the bread dough given as an offering is holy, then so is all the rest; if the roots of a tree are holy, then so are the branches. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.017","ROM","11","RM11_17","<span class='v RM11_17' data-id='RM11_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you—a wild olive shoot—have been grafted in, and have shared with them the benefit of nourishment from the olive tree’s roots, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.018","ROM","11","RM11_18","<span class='v RM11_18' data-id='RM11_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>then you shouldn’t look down on the other branches. If you’re tempted to boast, remember it’s not you who are supporting the roots, but the roots that are supporting you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.019","ROM","11","RM11_19","<span class='v RM11_19' data-id='RM11_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>You could make the claim, “Branches were broken off so I could be grafted in.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.020","ROM","11","RM11_20","<span class='v RM11_20' data-id='RM11_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>All well and good—but they were broken off because of their failure to trust in God, and you stay there because you trust in God. So don’t think highly of yourselves, but be respectful, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.021","ROM","11","RM11_21","<span class='v RM11_21' data-id='RM11_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>because if God didn’t spare the original branches, he won’t spare you either. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.022","ROM","11","RM11_22","<span class='v RM11_22' data-id='RM11_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>You should recognize both God’s kindness and toughness—he was tough on the fallen, but God is kind to you so long as you trust in his kindness—otherwise you’ll be removed too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.023","ROM","11","RM11_23","<span class='v RM11_23' data-id='RM11_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>If they no longer refuse to trust in God, they can be grafted in as well, for God is able to graft them back in again. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.024","ROM","11","RM11_24","<span class='v RM11_24' data-id='RM11_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>If you could be cut from a wild olive tree, and then be grafted artificially onto a cultivated olive tree, how much more easily they could be grafted back naturally to their own tree. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.025","ROM","11","RM11_25","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM11_25' data-id='RM11_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>I don’t want you, my brothers and sisters to miss this previously-hidden truth, for otherwise you could become conceited. The people of Israel have become hard-hearted in part, until the process of the foreigners coming in is complete. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.026","ROM","11","RM11_26","<span class='v RM11_26' data-id='RM11_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>This is how all Israel will be saved<span class='note' id='footnote-553'><a href='#note-553' class='key'>*</a></span>. As Scripture says, “The Savior will come from Zion, and he will turn Jacob away from his opposition to God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.027","ROM","11","RM11_27","<span class='v RM11_27' data-id='RM11_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>My promise to them is that I’ll take away their sins.”<span class='note' id='footnote-554'><a href='#note-554' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.028","ROM","11","RM11_28","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM11_28' data-id='RM11_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>Though they are enemies of the good news—and this is to your benefit—they are still the chosen people, and loved because of their forefathers. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.029","ROM","11","RM11_29","<span class='v RM11_29' data-id='RM11_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>God’s gifts and his calling can’t be withdrawn. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.030","ROM","11","RM11_30","<span class='v RM11_30' data-id='RM11_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>At one time you disobeyed God, but now God has shown you mercy as a result of their disobedience. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.031","ROM","11","RM11_31","<span class='v RM11_31' data-id='RM11_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>In just the same way that they’re now disobedient as you were, they will also be shown mercy like you received. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.032","ROM","11","RM11_32","<span class='v RM11_32' data-id='RM11_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>For God treated everyone as prisoners because of their disobedience so that he could be merciful to everyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.033","ROM","11","RM11_33","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM11_33' data-id='RM11_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>Oh how deep are God’s riches, wisdom, and knowledge! How incredible his decisions, how unimaginable his methods! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.034","ROM","11","RM11_34","<span class='v RM11_34' data-id='RM11_34'><span class='v-num v-34'>34&#160;</span>Who can know God’s thoughts? Who can give him advice? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.035","ROM","11","RM11_35","<span class='v RM11_35' data-id='RM11_35'><span class='v-num v-35'>35&#160;</span>Who has ever given anything to God that God would be obliged to repay? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.036","ROM","11","RM11_36","<span class='v RM11_36' data-id='RM11_36'><span class='v-num v-36'>36&#160;</span>Everything comes from him, everything exists through him, and everything is for him. Glory to him forever, Amen! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.001","ROM","12","RM12_1","<div class='c'>12</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM12_1' data-id='RM12_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So I encourage you, my brothers and sisters, because of God’s compassion<span class='note' id='footnote-555'><a href='#note-555' class='key'>*</a></span> for you, to dedicate your bodies as a living offering that is holy and pleasing to God. This is the logical way to worship. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.002","ROM","12","RM12_2","<span class='v RM12_2' data-id='RM12_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Don’t follow the ways of this world; instead be transformed by the spiritual renewal of your mind so you can demonstrate what God’s will really is—good, pleasing, and perfect. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.003","ROM","12","RM12_3","<span class='v RM12_3' data-id='RM12_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Let me explain to all of you, through the grace given to me, that no one should think of themselves better than they ought to. You should think about yourselves realistically, according to the degree of trust God has shared with you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.004","ROM","12","RM12_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM12_4' data-id='RM12_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Just as there are many parts to the body, but they don’t all do the same thing, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.005","ROM","12","RM12_5","<span class='v RM12_5' data-id='RM12_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>so we are one body in Christ, even though we are many—and we all belong to one another. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.006","ROM","12","RM12_6","<span class='v RM12_6' data-id='RM12_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>We each have different gifts that vary according to the grace given to us. So if it’s speaking for God, then you should do so depending on how much you trust in God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.007","ROM","12","RM12_7","<span class='v RM12_7' data-id='RM12_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>If it’s the ministry of service then you should serve; if teaching then you should teach; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.008","ROM","12","RM12_8","<span class='v RM12_8' data-id='RM12_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>if encouragement then you should encourage; if giving then you should give generously; if leadership then you should lead with commitment; if being merciful then you should do so gladly. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.009","ROM","12","RM12_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM12_9' data-id='RM12_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Love must be genuine. Hate what is evil; hold on tightly to what is good. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.010","ROM","12","RM12_10","<span class='v RM12_10' data-id='RM12_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Be completely dedicated to each other in your love as family; value others more than yourselves. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.011","ROM","12","RM12_11","<span class='v RM12_11' data-id='RM12_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Don’t be unwilling to work hard; serve the Lord with an enthusiastic spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.012","ROM","12","RM12_12","<span class='v RM12_12' data-id='RM12_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Remain cheerful in the hope you have, put up with the troubles that come, keep on praying. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.013","ROM","12","RM12_13","<span class='v RM12_13' data-id='RM12_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Share in providing for the needs of God’s people, and welcome strangers with hospitality. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.014","ROM","12","RM12_14","<span class='v RM12_14' data-id='RM12_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Bless those who persecute you—bless them, and don’t curse them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.015","ROM","12","RM12_15","<span class='v RM12_15' data-id='RM12_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Be happy with those who are happy; cry with those who are crying. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.016","ROM","12","RM12_16","<span class='v RM12_16' data-id='RM12_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Think about one another<span class='note' id='footnote-556'><a href='#note-556' class='key'>†</a></span>. Don’t consider yourself more important than others; live humbly. Don’t be conceited. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.017","ROM","12","RM12_17","<span class='v RM12_17' data-id='RM12_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Don’t pay back anyone evil for evil. Make sure you show everybody that what you’re doing is good, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.018","ROM","12","RM12_18","<span class='v RM12_18' data-id='RM12_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>and as far as it’s up to you, live at peace with everyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.019","ROM","12","RM12_19","<span class='v RM12_19' data-id='RM12_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>My dear friends, don’t seek revenge, but leave it to God to execute judgment<span class='note' id='footnote-557'><a href='#note-557' class='key'>‡</a></span>—as Scripture points out, “ ‘It’s for me to dispense justice, I will repay,’ says the Lord.”<span class='note' id='footnote-558'><a href='#note-558' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.020","ROM","12","RM12_20","<span class='v RM12_20' data-id='RM12_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>If those who hate you are hungry, give them food; if they’re thirsty, give them a drink; for by doing so you pile fiery coals on their heads<span class='note' id='footnote-559'><a href='#note-559' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.012.021","ROM","12","RM12_21","<span class='v RM12_21' data-id='RM12_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Don’t be defeated by evil—conquer evil with good. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.013.001","ROM","13","RM13_1","<div class='c'>13</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM13_1' data-id='RM13_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Everyone should obey government authorities, because no one has the power to rule unless God gives permission. These authorities have been put there by God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.013.002","ROM","13","RM13_2","<span class='v RM13_2' data-id='RM13_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Whoever resists the authorities opposes what God has put in place, and those who do so shall find themselves judged accordingly. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.013.003","ROM","13","RM13_3","<span class='v RM13_3' data-id='RM13_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>For rulers don’t frighten those who do right, but those who do wrong. If you don’t want to live in fear of the authorities, then do what is right, and you’ll have their approval. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.013.004","ROM","13","RM13_4","<span class='v RM13_4' data-id='RM13_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Those in power are God’s servants, put there for your own good. If you do wrong, you should be frightened—it’s not without reason that authorities have the power to punish! They are God’s servants, punishing offenders. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.013.005","ROM","13","RM13_5","<span class='v RM13_5' data-id='RM13_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>So it’s important to do as you’re told, not just because of the threat of punishment, but because of what your conscience tells you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.013.006","ROM","13","RM13_6","<span class='v RM13_6' data-id='RM13_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>That’s why you have to pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants taking care of such things. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.013.007","ROM","13","RM13_7","<span class='v RM13_7' data-id='RM13_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Pay whatever you owe: taxes to the tax authorities, fees to the fee-collectors; give respect to those who should be respected, honor those who should be honored. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.013.008","ROM","13","RM13_8","<span class='v RM13_8' data-id='RM13_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Don’t owe anybody anything, except love for one another—for those who love their neighbor have kept the law. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.013.009","ROM","13","RM13_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM13_9' data-id='RM13_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>“You must not commit adultery, you must not kill, you must not steal, you must not jealously want things for yourself<span class='note' id='footnote-560'><a href='#note-560' class='key'>*</a></span>”—these and the other commandments are summed up in the statement, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.013.010","ROM","13","RM13_10","<span class='v RM13_10' data-id='RM13_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Love doesn’t do wrong to anyone<span class='note' id='footnote-561'><a href='#note-561' class='key'>†</a></span>, so love fulfils the law. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.013.011","ROM","13","RM13_11","<span class='v RM13_11' data-id='RM13_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>You should do this because you realize how urgent the time is—that it’s high time for you to wake up from your sleep. For salvation is closer to us now than when we first put our trust in God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.013.012","ROM","13","RM13_12","<span class='v RM13_12' data-id='RM13_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>The night is nearly over, the day is almost here! So let’s get rid of our dark deeds and put on the armor of light. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.013.013","ROM","13","RM13_13","<span class='v RM13_13' data-id='RM13_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Let’s behave properly, showing that we’re people who are living in the light. We shouldn’t spend our time going to wild parties and getting drunk, or having affairs and acting immorally, or getting into fights and being jealous. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.013.014","ROM","13","RM13_14","<span class='v RM13_14' data-id='RM13_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Instead put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and forget about following your sinful desires. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.001","ROM","14","RM14_1","<div class='c'>14</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM14_1' data-id='RM14_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Accept those who are still struggling to trust in God, and don’t get into arguments over personal opinions. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.002","ROM","14","RM14_2","<span class='v RM14_2' data-id='RM14_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>One person may believe they can eat anything, while another whose trust is weak only eats vegetables<span class='note' id='footnote-562'><a href='#note-562' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.003","ROM","14","RM14_3","<span class='v RM14_3' data-id='RM14_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Those who eat anything must not look down on those who won’t, and those who won’t eat must not criticize those who do—for God has accepted them both. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.004","ROM","14","RM14_4","<span class='v RM14_4' data-id='RM14_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>What right do you have to judge someone else’s servant? It’s their own master who decides whether they are right or wrong. With the Lord’s help they will be able to take their stand for right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.005","ROM","14","RM14_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM14_5' data-id='RM14_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Some people consider some days more important than others, while others consider each day the same. Everyone should be completely convinced in their own minds. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.006","ROM","14","RM14_6","<span class='v RM14_6' data-id='RM14_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Those who respect a special day do so for the Lord; and those who eat without worrying<span class='note' id='footnote-563'><a href='#note-563' class='key'>†</a></span> do so for the Lord since they give thanks to God; while those who avoid eating certain things do so for the Lord, and they also give thanks to God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.007","ROM","14","RM14_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM14_7' data-id='RM14_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>None of us live for ourselves, or die for ourselves. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.008","ROM","14","RM14_8","<span class='v RM14_8' data-id='RM14_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>If we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord—so whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.009","ROM","14","RM14_9","<span class='v RM14_9' data-id='RM14_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>This was the reason Christ died and came back to life—so that he could be the Lord of both the dead and the living. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.010","ROM","14","RM14_10","<span class='v RM14_10' data-id='RM14_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>So why do you criticize your fellow-believer? Why do you despise your fellow-believer? For all of us will stand before God’s throne of judgment. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.011","ROM","14","RM14_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM14_11' data-id='RM14_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>For the Scriptures say, “ ‘As surely as I am alive,’ the Lord says, ‘Every knee shall bow before me, and every tongue will declare that I am God.’ ”<span class='note' id='footnote-564'><a href='#note-564' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.012","ROM","14","RM14_12","<span class='v RM14_12' data-id='RM14_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>So every one of us will have to explain ourselves to God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.013","ROM","14","RM14_13","<span class='v RM14_13' data-id='RM14_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Therefore let’s not judge each other anymore, but decide to do this instead—we won’t put obstacles in the way of fellow-believers, or cause them to fall. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.014","ROM","14","RM14_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM14_14' data-id='RM14_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>I’m certain—persuaded by the Lord Jesus—that nothing in itself is ceremonially unclean. But if someone considers it to be unclean, to them it is unclean. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.015","ROM","14","RM14_15","<span class='v RM14_15' data-id='RM14_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>If your fellow-believer is hurt by you over matters of food, then you’re no longer behaving in a loving way. Don’t destroy someone for whom Christ died by the food you choose to eat. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.016","ROM","14","RM14_16","<span class='v RM14_16' data-id='RM14_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Don’t let the good things you do be misrepresented— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.017","ROM","14","RM14_17","<span class='v RM14_17' data-id='RM14_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>for God’s kingdom is not about eating and drinking, but about living right, having peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.018","ROM","14","RM14_18","<span class='v RM14_18' data-id='RM14_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Anyone who serves Christ in this way pleases God, and is appreciated by others. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.019","ROM","14","RM14_19","<span class='v RM14_19' data-id='RM14_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>So let’s pursue the path of peace, and find ways to encourage each other. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.020","ROM","14","RM14_20","<span class='v RM14_20' data-id='RM14_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Don’t destroy the work of God with arguments over food. Everything is clean—but it would be wrong to eat and offend others. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.021","ROM","14","RM14_21","<span class='v RM14_21' data-id='RM14_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>It’s better not to eat meat or drink wine or anything else that would cause your fellow-believer to stumble. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.022","ROM","14","RM14_22","<span class='v RM14_22' data-id='RM14_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>What you personally believe is between you and God. Happy are those who don’t condemn themselves for doing what they think is right! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.014.023","ROM","14","RM14_23","<span class='v RM14_23' data-id='RM14_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>But if you have doubts whether it’s right or wrong to eat something, then you shouldn’t, because you’re not convinced it’s right. Whatever isn’t based on conviction<span class='note' id='footnote-565'><a href='#note-565' class='key'>§</a></span> is sin.<span class='note' id='footnote-566'><a href='#note-566' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.001","ROM","15","RM15_1","<div class='c'>15</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM15_1' data-id='RM15_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Those of us who are spiritually strong ought to support those who are spiritually weak. We shouldn’t just please ourselves. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.002","ROM","15","RM15_2","<span class='v RM15_2' data-id='RM15_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>We should all encourage others to do what’s right, building them up. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.003","ROM","15","RM15_3","<span class='v RM15_3' data-id='RM15_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Christ didn’t live to please himself, but as Scripture says of him, “The insults of those who abused you have fallen on me.”<span class='note' id='footnote-567'><a href='#note-567' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.004","ROM","15","RM15_4","<span class='v RM15_4' data-id='RM15_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>These Scriptures were written down in the past to help us understand, and to encourage us so that we could wait patiently in hope. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.005","ROM","15","RM15_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM15_5' data-id='RM15_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>May the God who gives patience and encouragement help you to be in full agreement among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.006","ROM","15","RM15_6","<span class='v RM15_6' data-id='RM15_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>so that you can with one mind and with one voice together glorify God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.007","ROM","15","RM15_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM15_7' data-id='RM15_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>So accept one another, just as Christ accepted you, and give God the glory. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.008","ROM","15","RM15_8","<span class='v RM15_8' data-id='RM15_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>I maintain that Christ came as a servant to the Jews<span class='note' id='footnote-568'><a href='#note-568' class='key'>†</a></span> to show God tells the truth, keeping the promises he made to their forefathers. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.009","ROM","15","RM15_9","<span class='v RM15_9' data-id='RM15_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>He also came that foreigners could praise God for his mercy, as Scripture says, “Therefore I will praise you among the foreigners; I will sing praises to your name.”<span class='note' id='footnote-569'><a href='#note-569' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.010","ROM","15","RM15_10","<span class='v RM15_10' data-id='RM15_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>And also: “Foreigners, celebrate with his people!”<span class='note' id='footnote-570'><a href='#note-570' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.011","ROM","15","RM15_11","<span class='v RM15_11' data-id='RM15_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>And again: “All you foreigners, praise the Lord, let all peoples praise him.”<span class='note' id='footnote-571'><a href='#note-571' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.012","ROM","15","RM15_12","<span class='v RM15_12' data-id='RM15_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>And again, Isaiah says, “Jesse’s descendant will come to rule the nations, and foreigners will put their hope in him.”<span class='note' id='footnote-572'><a href='#note-572' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.013","ROM","15","RM15_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM15_13' data-id='RM15_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>May the God of hope completely fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you will overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.014","ROM","15","RM15_14","<span class='v RM15_14' data-id='RM15_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>I’m convinced that you, my brothers and sisters, are full of goodness, and that you are filled with every kind of knowledge, so you are well able to teach one another. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.015","ROM","15","RM15_15","<span class='v RM15_15' data-id='RM15_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>I’ve been blunt in the way I have written to you about some of these things, but this is just to remind you. For God gave me grace </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.016","ROM","15","RM15_16","<span class='v RM15_16' data-id='RM15_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the foreigners, like a priest sharing God’s good news, so that they could become an acceptable offering, made holy by the Holy Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.017","ROM","15","RM15_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM15_17' data-id='RM15_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>So even though I have something to boast about because of my service for God, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.018","ROM","15","RM15_18","<span class='v RM15_18' data-id='RM15_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>(I wouldn’t dare talk about any of this except as Christ has done it through me), I have led foreigners to obedience through my teaching and demonstration, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.019","ROM","15","RM15_19","<span class='v RM15_19' data-id='RM15_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>through the power of signs and miracles done with the Holy Spirit’s power. From Jerusalem all the way over to Illyricum, everywhere I’ve shared fully the good news of Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.020","ROM","15","RM15_20","<span class='v RM15_20' data-id='RM15_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>In fact I was keen to spread the good news in places that hadn’t heard the name of Christ, so that I wouldn’t be building on what others have done. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.021","ROM","15","RM15_21","<span class='v RM15_21' data-id='RM15_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “Those who haven’t been told the good news will discover him, and those who haven’t heard will understand.”<span class='note' id='footnote-573'><a href='#note-573' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.022","ROM","15","RM15_22","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM15_22' data-id='RM15_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>That’s why I was prevented so many times from coming to see you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.023","ROM","15","RM15_23","<span class='v RM15_23' data-id='RM15_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>But now, as there’s nowhere left here to work, and since I’ve looked forward to visiting you for many years, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.024","ROM","15","RM15_24","<span class='v RM15_24' data-id='RM15_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>when I go to Spain I hope to see you when I pass through. Maybe you can give me some help for my journey once we’ve enjoyed some time together. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.025","ROM","15","RM15_25","<span class='v RM15_25' data-id='RM15_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>At the moment I’m on my way to Jerusalem to help the believers there, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.026","ROM","15","RM15_26","<span class='v RM15_26' data-id='RM15_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>because the believers in Macedonia and Achaia thought it was a good idea to send a contribution to the poor among the believers in Jerusalem. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.027","ROM","15","RM15_27","<span class='v RM15_27' data-id='RM15_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>They were happy to do this because they’re in their debt<span class='note' id='footnote-574'><a href='#note-574' class='key'>§</a></span>. Now that foreigners are sharing their spiritual benefits, they owe it to the Jewish believers<span class='note' id='footnote-575'><a href='#note-575' class='key'>*</a></span> to help them in material things. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.028","ROM","15","RM15_28","<span class='v RM15_28' data-id='RM15_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>So once I’ve done this, and have safely delivered this contribution to them, I’ll visit you on my way to Spain. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.029","ROM","15","RM15_29","<span class='v RM15_29' data-id='RM15_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>I know that when I come, Christ will give us his full blessing. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.030","ROM","15","RM15_30","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM15_30' data-id='RM15_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>I want to encourage you, my brothers and sisters through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join together in praying hard for me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.031","ROM","15","RM15_31","<span class='v RM15_31' data-id='RM15_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea. Pray that my work in Jerusalem will be welcomed by the believers there. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.032","ROM","15","RM15_32","<span class='v RM15_32' data-id='RM15_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>Pray that I will come to you with gladness, as God wills, so we can enjoy one another’s company. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.015.033","ROM","15","RM15_33","<span class='v RM15_33' data-id='RM15_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>May the God of peace be with you all. Amen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.001","ROM","16","RM16_1","<div class='c'>16</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM16_1' data-id='RM16_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>I recommend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a deaconess at the Cenchreae church. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.002","ROM","16","RM16_2","<span class='v RM16_2' data-id='RM16_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Please welcome her in the Lord, as believers should, and help her in whatever way she needs, because she has been a great help to many people, myself included. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.003","ROM","16","RM16_3","<span class='v RM16_3' data-id='RM16_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Pass on my greetings to Prisca and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.004","ROM","16","RM16_4","<span class='v RM16_4' data-id='RM16_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>who risked their lives for me. It’s not just me who is very thankful for them, but all the churches of the foreigners too<span class='note' id='footnote-576'><a href='#note-576' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.005","ROM","16","RM16_5","<span class='v RM16_5' data-id='RM16_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Please also give my greetings to the church that meets in their home. Pass on my best wishes to my good friend Epaenetus, the first person to follow Christ in the province of Asia. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.006","ROM","16","RM16_6","<span class='v RM16_6' data-id='RM16_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Give my greetings to Mary, who worked hard for you, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.007","ROM","16","RM16_7","<span class='v RM16_7' data-id='RM16_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>and also Andronicus and Junia, from my own country and fellow-prisoners. They are well-known among the apostles, and became followers of Christ before me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.008","ROM","16","RM16_8","<span class='v RM16_8' data-id='RM16_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Give my best to Ampliatus, my good friend in the Lord; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.009","ROM","16","RM16_9","<span class='v RM16_9' data-id='RM16_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>to Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ; and to my dear friend Stachys. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.010","ROM","16","RM16_10","<span class='v RM16_10' data-id='RM16_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>My greetings to Apelles, a trustworthy man in Christ. Greetings to Aristobulus’s family, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.011","ROM","16","RM16_11","<span class='v RM16_11' data-id='RM16_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>to my countryman Herodion, and to those from Narcissus’ family who belong to the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.012","ROM","16","RM16_12","<span class='v RM16_12' data-id='RM16_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>My best wishes to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, hard workers for the Lord, and to my friend Persis, who has done so much in the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.013","ROM","16","RM16_13","<span class='v RM16_13' data-id='RM16_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Give my greetings to Rufus, an exceptional worker<span class='note' id='footnote-577'><a href='#note-577' class='key'>†</a></span>, and his mother—who I count as my mother too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.014","ROM","16","RM16_14","<span class='v RM16_14' data-id='RM16_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Greetings to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the fellow-believers who are with them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.015","ROM","16","RM16_15","<span class='v RM16_15' data-id='RM16_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Best wishes to Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, Olympas, and to all the believers with them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.016","ROM","16","RM16_16","<span class='v RM16_16' data-id='RM16_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Greet one another affectionately. All the churches of Christ send their greetings to you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.017","ROM","16","RM16_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM16_17' data-id='RM16_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Now I’m pleading with you my fellow-believers: watch out for those who cause arguments and confuse people about the teachings you learned. Stay away from them! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.018","ROM","16","RM16_18","<span class='v RM16_18' data-id='RM16_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>These people are not serving Christ our Lord but their own appetites, and by their smooth-talking and pleasant words they deceive the minds of unsuspecting people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.019","ROM","16","RM16_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM16_19' data-id='RM16_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Everyone knows how faithful you are. This makes me really happy. However I want you to be wise about what’s good, and innocent of anything bad. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.020","ROM","16","RM16_20","<span class='v RM16_20' data-id='RM16_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>The God of peace will soon break the power of Satan and make him subject to you. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.021","ROM","16","RM16_21","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM16_21' data-id='RM16_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Timothy my co-worker sends his greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow-countrymen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.022","ROM","16","RM16_22","<span class='v RM16_22' data-id='RM16_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Tertius—who wrote down this letter—also sends you greetings in the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.023","ROM","16","RM16_23","<span class='v RM16_23' data-id='RM16_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>My host Gaius, and the whole church here, send you greetings. Erastus the city treasurer, sends his best wishes, as does our fellow-believer Quartus.<span class='note' id='footnote-578'><a href='#note-578' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.025","ROM","16","RM16_25","</div><div class='pc'><span class='v RM16_25' data-id='RM16_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Now to him who can make you strong </span></div><div class='pc'><span class='v RM16_25' data-id='RM16_25'>Through the good news I share and the message of Jesus Christ, </span></div><div class='pc'><span class='v RM16_25' data-id='RM16_25'>According to the mystery of truth<span class='note' id='footnote-579'><a href='#note-579' class='key'>§</a></span> that has been revealed, </span></div><div class='pc'><span class='v RM16_25' data-id='RM16_25'>The mystery of truth, hidden for eternity, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.026","ROM","16","RM16_26","<span class='v RM16_26' data-id='RM16_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>now made visible. </span></div><div class='pc'><span class='v RM16_26' data-id='RM16_26'>Through the prophets’ writings, and </span></div><div class='pc'><span class='v RM16_26' data-id='RM16_26'>Following the command of the eternal God, </span></div><div class='pc'><span class='v RM16_26' data-id='RM16_26'>The mystery of truth is made known to everyone everywhere so they can trust and obey him; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.016.027","ROM","16","RM16_27","</div><div class='pc'><span class='v RM16_27' data-id='RM16_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>To the one and only wise God, </span></div><div class='pc'><span class='v RM16_27' data-id='RM16_27'>Through Jesus Christ— </span></div><div class='pc'><span class='v RM16_27' data-id='RM16_27'>To him be glory for ever. Amen<span class='note' id='footnote-580'><a href='#note-580' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.001","1CO","1","C11_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v C11_1' data-id='C11_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the will of God, and from Sosthenes, our brother. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.002","1CO","1","C11_2","<span class='v C11_2' data-id='C11_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>It is sent to the church of God in Corinth, those who are being made right in Christ Jesus, called to live holy lives—and to everyone who worships the Lord Jesus Christ everywhere, the Lord both of them and of us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.003","1CO","1","C11_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C11_3' data-id='C11_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 ("076.001.004","1CO","1","C11_4","<span class='v C11_4' data-id='C11_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>I’m always thanking God for you because of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.005","1CO","1","C11_5","<span class='v C11_5' data-id='C11_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Through him you have been made rich in everything, in all that you say and every aspect of what you know. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.006","1CO","1","C11_6","<span class='v C11_6' data-id='C11_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>In fact the testimony of Christ was proved valid in your experience, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.007","1CO","1","C11_7","<span class='v C11_7' data-id='C11_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>so that you’re not missing any spiritual gift as you wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.008","1CO","1","C11_8","<span class='v C11_8' data-id='C11_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>He will also keep you strong to the very end, so you will be kept right until the day of the Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.009","1CO","1","C11_9","<span class='v C11_9' data-id='C11_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>God is trustworthy who called you to share together in fellowship with his son Jesus Christ our Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.010","1CO","1","C11_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C11_10' data-id='C11_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, I plead with you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you all agree and that you’re not divided. Instead develop a united attitude and purpose. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.011","1CO","1","C11_11","<span class='v C11_11' data-id='C11_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>For I have been told things about you, my brothers and sisters, by some of Chloe’s people—that you are quarreling among yourselves. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.012","1CO","1","C11_12","<span class='v C11_12' data-id='C11_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Let me explain what I mean. You’re all making different claims: “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Peter,” or “I follow Christ.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.013","1CO","1","C11_13","<span class='v C11_13' data-id='C11_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Is Christ divided? Did Paul die on a cross for you? Was it in the name of Paul that you were baptized? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.014","1CO","1","C11_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C11_14' data-id='C11_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>I’m grateful to God that I didn’t baptize any of you, except Crispus and Gaius, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.015","1CO","1","C11_15","<span class='v C11_15' data-id='C11_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>so nobody can claim they were baptized in my name. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.016","1CO","1","C11_16","<span class='v C11_16' data-id='C11_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>(Oh, and I also baptized the Stephanas family—I can’t think of anyone else). </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.017","1CO","1","C11_17","<span class='v C11_17' data-id='C11_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>For Christ didn’t send me out to baptize, but to spread the good news, and not with eloquent human wisdom, otherwise the cross of Christ would be made powerless.<span class='note' id='footnote-581'><a href='#note-581' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.019","1CO","1","C11_19","<span class='v C11_19' data-id='C11_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will wipe out the cleverness of the clever.”<span class='note' id='footnote-582'><a href='#note-582' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.020","1CO","1","C11_20","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C11_20' data-id='C11_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>So how about the wise, the writers, and the philosophers of this age? Hasn’t God turned the wisdom of this world into foolishness? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.021","1CO","1","C11_21","<span class='v C11_21' data-id='C11_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Since God in his wisdom allowed the world in its wisdom not to know God, it was God’s gracious plan that by the foolishness of the good news those who trusted in him would be saved. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.022","1CO","1","C11_22","<span class='v C11_22' data-id='C11_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>The Jews ask for miraculous signs, and Greeks look for wisdom, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.023","1CO","1","C11_23","<span class='v C11_23' data-id='C11_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>but our message is of Christ killed on a cross—offensive to the Jews, and foolishness to the foreigners. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.024","1CO","1","C11_24","<span class='v C11_24' data-id='C11_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>However for those who are called by God, both Jews and foreigners, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.025","1CO","1","C11_25","<span class='v C11_25' data-id='C11_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>For the foolishness of God is wiser than we are; and the weakness of God is stronger than we are. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.026","1CO","1","C11_26","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C11_26' data-id='C11_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, remember your calling—and that this did not include many who are wise, humanly speaking; not many who are powerful; not many who are important. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.027","1CO","1","C11_27","<span class='v C11_27' data-id='C11_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>Instead God chose the things the world considers foolish to humiliate those who think they are wise. He chose the things the world considers weak to humiliate those who think they are strong. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.028","1CO","1","C11_28","<span class='v C11_28' data-id='C11_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>He chose the things that are unimportant and despised by the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,<span class='note' id='footnote-583'><a href='#note-583' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.029","1CO","1","C11_29","<span class='v C11_29' data-id='C11_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>so that nobody should boast in God’s presence. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.030","1CO","1","C11_30","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C11_30' data-id='C11_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>It’s because of him that you live in Christ Jesus, who God made to be wisdom for us. He sets us right, keeps us right, and frees us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.001.031","1CO","1","C11_31","<span class='v C11_31' data-id='C11_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>So as Scripture says, “Whoever wants to boast, let them boast in the Lord.”<span class='note' id='footnote-584'><a href='#note-584' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.001","1CO","2","C12_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v C12_1' data-id='C12_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, when I came to you I didn’t try to impress you with wonderful words or great wisdom when I told you what God had to say to you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.002","1CO","2","C12_2","<span class='v C12_2' data-id='C12_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>I decided that while I was with you I didn’t want to concentrate on anything except Jesus Christ, and that he was crucified. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.003","1CO","2","C12_3","<span class='v C12_3' data-id='C12_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>I came to you in weakness, fearful and trembling. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.004","1CO","2","C12_4","<span class='v C12_4' data-id='C12_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>I didn’t speak to you with persuasive words of wisdom to convince you. I just explained it all to you through the evidence and power of the Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.005","1CO","2","C12_5","<span class='v C12_5' data-id='C12_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>That way your trust in God wouldn’t rely on human wisdom but on the power of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.006","1CO","2","C12_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C12_6' data-id='C12_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>However we do use words of wisdom when we speak to those who are spiritually mature, but this isn’t wisdom that comes from this world, or from the rulers of this world who soon fade from the scene. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.007","1CO","2","C12_7","<span class='v C12_7' data-id='C12_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>On the contrary we explain God’s wisdom in terms of a revealed mystery<span class='note' id='footnote-585'><a href='#note-585' class='key'>*</a></span> that was previously hidden which God planned for our glory before the creation of the worlds. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.008","1CO","2","C12_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C12_8' data-id='C12_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>None of the rulers of this world understood anything about this—for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.009","1CO","2","C12_9","<span class='v C12_9' data-id='C12_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>But as Scripture says, “No one has ever seen, and no one has ever heard, and no one has ever imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”<span class='note' id='footnote-586'><a href='#note-586' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.010","1CO","2","C12_10","<span class='v C12_10' data-id='C12_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>But God has revealed this to us through the Spirit, because the Spirit delves into the depths of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.011","1CO","2","C12_11","<span class='v C12_11' data-id='C12_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Who knows anyone’s thoughts except the actual person?<span class='note' id='footnote-587'><a href='#note-587' class='key'>‡</a></span> In the same way no one knows God’s thoughts except the Spirit of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.012","1CO","2","C12_12","<span class='v C12_12' data-id='C12_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>For we have received the Spirit from God, not the spirit of this world, so that we could understand what God so generously gave us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.013","1CO","2","C12_13","<span class='v C12_13' data-id='C12_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>That’s what we speak about—not using words taught by human wisdom, but what the Spirit teaches. We explain what is spiritual using spiritual terms. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.014","1CO","2","C12_14","<span class='v C12_14' data-id='C12_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Of course people who are not spiritual don’t accept what comes from God’s Spirit. It’s just foolish nonsense to them, and they can’t understand it, because what is spiritual has to be properly examined. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.015","1CO","2","C12_15","<span class='v C12_15' data-id='C12_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>People who are spiritual investigate everything, but are not placed under investigation themselves.<span class='note' id='footnote-588'><a href='#note-588' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.002.016","1CO","2","C12_16","<span class='v C12_16' data-id='C12_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>For “Who understands the Lord’s mind, and would think to instruct him?”<span class='note' id='footnote-589'><a href='#note-589' class='key'>*</a></span> But we ‘do’ have Christ’s mind! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.001","1CO","3","C13_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v C13_1' data-id='C13_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>My brothers and sisters, I couldn’t talk<span class='note' id='footnote-590'><a href='#note-590' class='key'>*</a></span> with you as spiritual believers, but as worldly people—like baby Christians. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.002","1CO","3","C13_2","<span class='v C13_2' data-id='C13_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>I gave you milk—I couldn’t give you solid food to eat, because you weren’t ready for it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.003","1CO","3","C13_3","<span class='v C13_3' data-id='C13_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Even now you’re not ready for it, because you’re still worldly. Since you’re still jealous and argumentative, doesn’t that show you’re worldly, behaving just like ordinary people do? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.004","1CO","3","C13_4","<span class='v C13_4' data-id='C13_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>When one of you says, “I follow Paul,” while another says, “I follow Apollos,” doesn’t that show you’re being so very human? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.005","1CO","3","C13_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C13_5' data-id='C13_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Who is Apollos, anyway? And who is Paul? We’re just servants through whom you believed. Each of us does the work God gave us to do. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.006","1CO","3","C13_6","<span class='v C13_6' data-id='C13_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>I did the planting, Apollos did the watering—but it was God who made you grow! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.007","1CO","3","C13_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C13_7' data-id='C13_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>So the one who does the planting doesn’t count for anything, any more than the one who does the watering. The only one who matters is God who is growing you! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.008","1CO","3","C13_8","<span class='v C13_8' data-id='C13_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>The one planting and the one watering have the same goal, and both will be rewarded according to what they’ve done. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.009","1CO","3","C13_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C13_9' data-id='C13_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>We are workers together with God—and you are God’s field, his building. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.010","1CO","3","C13_10","<span class='v C13_10' data-id='C13_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Through the grace of God that he gave to me, I laid down the foundation like a skilled building supervisor. Now someone else is building on it. Whoever does the building needs to watch what they’re doing. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.011","1CO","3","C13_11","<span class='v C13_11' data-id='C13_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>For no one can lay any other foundation than what’s already laid—that is Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.012","1CO","3","C13_12","<span class='v C13_12' data-id='C13_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Those who build on that foundation may use gold, silver, precious stone, wood, hay, or straw— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.013","1CO","3","C13_13","<span class='v C13_13' data-id='C13_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>but whatever is used to build with will be exposed. For on the Day of Judgment fire will reveal it and test it. Everyone’s work will be shown for what it is. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.015","1CO","3","C13_15","<span class='v C13_15' data-id='C13_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Those whose building is burned up will lose out. They will still be saved, but it will be like passing through fire! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.016","1CO","3","C13_16","<span class='v C13_16' data-id='C13_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Don’t you know you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.017","1CO","3","C13_17","<span class='v C13_17' data-id='C13_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Anyone who destroys God’s temple will be destroyed by God, for God’s temple is holy, and you are the temple. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.018","1CO","3","C13_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C13_18' data-id='C13_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Don’t deceive yourselves. If there’s anyone of you who thinks they’re worldly wise, they should become fools so they can become truly wise! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.019","1CO","3","C13_19","<span class='v C13_19' data-id='C13_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>This world’s wisdom is plain foolishness to God. As Scripture says, “He uses the cleverness of the wise to catch them out,”<span class='note' id='footnote-591'><a href='#note-591' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.020","1CO","3","C13_20","<span class='v C13_20' data-id='C13_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>and “The Lord knows the arguments of the wise are pointless.”<span class='note' id='footnote-592'><a href='#note-592' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.021","1CO","3","C13_21","<span class='v C13_21' data-id='C13_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>So don’t boast about people. For you have everything, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.022","1CO","3","C13_22","<span class='v C13_22' data-id='C13_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>whether it’s Paul or Apollos or Peter—or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future. You have everything— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.003.023","1CO","3","C13_23","<span class='v C13_23' data-id='C13_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.001","1CO","4","C14_1","<div class='c'>4</div><div class='p'><span class='v C14_1' data-id='C14_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So think of us as Christ’s servants given the responsibility for “the mysteries of God.”<span class='note' id='footnote-593'><a href='#note-593' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.002","1CO","4","C14_2","<span class='v C14_2' data-id='C14_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>More than this, those who have such responsibilities are required to be trustworthy. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.003","1CO","4","C14_3","<span class='v C14_3' data-id='C14_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Personally it hardly matters to me if you or anyone else judges me—in fact I don’t even judge myself. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.004","1CO","4","C14_4","<span class='v C14_4' data-id='C14_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>I don’t know of anything I’ve done wrong, but that doesn’t make me right. It’s the Lord who judges me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.005","1CO","4","C14_5","<span class='v C14_5' data-id='C14_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>So don’t judge anything before the right time—when the Lord comes. He will bring to light all the darkest secrets that are hidden, and he will reveal people’s motives. God will give everyone whatever praise they deserve. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.006","1CO","4","C14_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C14_6' data-id='C14_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied this to Apollos and myself as an example for you. That way you will learn not to go beyond what has been written, and not in arrogance prefer one over the other.<span class='note' id='footnote-594'><a href='#note-594' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.007","1CO","4","C14_7","<span class='v C14_7' data-id='C14_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Who made you so special? What do you have that you weren’t given? Since you were given it, why do you proudly claim you weren’t? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.008","1CO","4","C14_8","<span class='v C14_8' data-id='C14_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>You think you have all you need. You think you’re so wealthy. You think you’re kings already, and don’t need us.<span class='note' id='footnote-595'><a href='#note-595' class='key'>‡</a></span> I wish you were really ruling as kings, so we could rule with you! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.009","1CO","4","C14_9","<span class='v C14_9' data-id='C14_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>The way I see it, God has put us apostles on display as the last in the line, condemned to die. We have been made a public show before the entire universe, to angels and to human beings. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.010","1CO","4","C14_10","<span class='v C14_10' data-id='C14_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>We’re Christ’s fools, but you are so wise in Christ! We’re the weak ones, but you are so strong! You have the glory, but we are despised!<span class='note' id='footnote-596'><a href='#note-596' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.011","1CO","4","C14_11","<span class='v C14_11' data-id='C14_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Right up till now we’re hungry and thirsty. We have no clothes. We’re badly beaten up, and we have no place to call home. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.013","1CO","4","C14_13","<span class='v C14_13' data-id='C14_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>When they insult us, we respond with kindness. Even now we are treated like dirt, the worst trash in the whole world. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.014","1CO","4","C14_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C14_14' data-id='C14_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>I’m not writing like this to make you feel ashamed, but to caution you as my children whom I love so much. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.015","1CO","4","C14_15","<span class='v C14_15' data-id='C14_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Even though you may have thousands of Christian instructors, you don’t have many fathers—it was in Christ Jesus that I became your father when I shared the good news with you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.016","1CO","4","C14_16","<span class='v C14_16' data-id='C14_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>So I’m pleading with you to imitate me! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.017","1CO","4","C14_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C14_17' data-id='C14_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>That’s why I sent Timothy to you, my trustworthy son in the Lord who I love so much. He will remind you about the way I follow Christ, just as I always teach in every church I visit. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.019","1CO","4","C14_19","<span class='v C14_19' data-id='C14_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>But I am coming to visit you soon, if that’s what the Lord wants. Then I’ll find out what these arrogant people are saying, and what kind of power they have. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.020","1CO","4","C14_20","<span class='v C14_20' data-id='C14_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>For the kingdom of God is not about mere words, but about power. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.004.021","1CO","4","C14_21","<span class='v C14_21' data-id='C14_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>So what do you want? Shall I come with a stick to beat you, or in love and a gentle spirit? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.005.001","1CO","5","C15_1","<div class='c'>5</div><div class='p'><span class='v C15_1' data-id='C15_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>I hear reports that sexual immorality is happening among you, immorality that even the foreigners don’t practice. A man is living with his father’s wife! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.005.002","1CO","5","C15_2","<span class='v C15_2' data-id='C15_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>You are so proud of yourselves! Shouldn’t you have wept with sadness, and excluded the man who did this? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.005.003","1CO","5","C15_3","<span class='v C15_3' data-id='C15_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Even though I’m not physically present there, I am there in spirit and just as if I were there I’ve already made my judgment of the one who has done this. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.005.004","1CO","5","C15_4","<span class='v C15_4' data-id='C15_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>When you meet together in the name of the Lord Jesus I’ll be there with you in spirit and with the power of our Lord Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.005.005","1CO","5","C15_5","<span class='v C15_5' data-id='C15_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Hand over this man to Satan so his sinful nature may be destroyed and he himself be saved on the day of the Lord<span class='note' id='footnote-597'><a href='#note-597' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.005.006","1CO","5","C15_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C15_6' data-id='C15_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>You shouldn’t be proud about this. Don’t you know that it only takes a little yeast to make the whole batch of dough rise?<span class='note' id='footnote-598'><a href='#note-598' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.005.007","1CO","5","C15_7","<span class='v C15_7' data-id='C15_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Get rid of this old yeast so that you can be a new batch of dough to make bread without yeast. Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.005.008","1CO","5","C15_8","<span class='v C15_8' data-id='C15_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>So let us celebrate this festival<span class='note' id='footnote-599'><a href='#note-599' class='key'>‡</a></span>, not with old yeast or the yeast of evil and wickedness, but with the bread made without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.005.009","1CO","5","C15_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C15_9' data-id='C15_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>In my previous letter I wrote that you should not associate with immoral people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.005.010","1CO","5","C15_10","<span class='v C15_10' data-id='C15_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>I wasn’t referring to the immoral people of this world, those who are greedy and cheat others, or those who worship idols, otherwise you’d have to leave this world! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.005.011","1CO","5","C15_11","<span class='v C15_11' data-id='C15_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>What I meant when I wrote was that you shouldn’t associate with anyone who is called a Christian who is immoral or greedy or worships idols; or who is abusive or a drunkard or who cheats others. Don’t even share a meal with anyone like that! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.005.012","1CO","5","C15_12","<span class='v C15_12' data-id='C15_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>It’s not my place to judge those outside the church. But shouldn’t you judge those who are inside the church? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.005.013","1CO","5","C15_13","<span class='v C15_13' data-id='C15_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>God judges those that are outside the church. “Expel the wicked from among you.”<span class='note' id='footnote-600'><a href='#note-600' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.002","1CO","6","C16_2","<span class='v C16_2' data-id='C16_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Don’t you know that Christian believers will judge the world? If you’re going to judge the world, are you not fit to judge in the most minor cases? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.003","1CO","6","C16_3","<span class='v C16_3' data-id='C16_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Don’t you know we are going to judge angels? How much more those things that relate to this life! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.004","1CO","6","C16_4","<span class='v C16_4' data-id='C16_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>So if you have to judge things that relate to this life, how can you go to judges that are not respected by the church?<span class='note' id='footnote-601'><a href='#note-601' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.005","1CO","6","C16_5","<span class='v C16_5' data-id='C16_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>I’m trying to shame you by saying this. What? You can’t find one wise person among you who can settle a dispute that you have? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.006","1CO","6","C16_6","<span class='v C16_6' data-id='C16_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Instead one believer takes another believer to court, and places the issue before unbelievers! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.007","1CO","6","C16_7","<span class='v C16_7' data-id='C16_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>The very fact you have lawsuits against each other already is a complete disaster. Wouldn’t it be better to accept the injustice? Why not let yourselves be defrauded? </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.010","1CO","6","C16_10","<span class='v C16_10' data-id='C16_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>thieves, greedy, drunkards, abusers, or cheats, will not inherit the kingdom of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.011","1CO","6","C16_11","<span class='v C16_11' data-id='C16_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Some of you were once like that, but you have been made clean and holy. You have been made right in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.012","1CO","6","C16_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C16_12' data-id='C16_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>People say, “I’m free to do anything”—but not everything is appropriate! “I’m free to do anything”—but I will not let anything control me! People say, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.013","1CO","6","C16_13","<span class='v C16_13' data-id='C16_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>“Food for the stomach, and the stomach for food”—but God will destroy both of them. Also, the body is not meant to be used for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.014","1CO","6","C16_14","<span class='v C16_14' data-id='C16_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us up the same way<span class='note' id='footnote-602'><a href='#note-602' class='key'>†</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.015","1CO","6","C16_15","<span class='v C16_15' data-id='C16_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Don’t you know your bodies are parts of Christ’s body? Should I take the parts of Christ’s body and join them to a prostitute? Absolutely not! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.016","1CO","6","C16_16","<span class='v C16_16' data-id='C16_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Don’t you realize that anyone who has sex with a prostitute becomes “one body” with her? Remember that Scripture says, “The two will become one body.”<span class='note' id='footnote-603'><a href='#note-603' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.017","1CO","6","C16_17","<span class='v C16_17' data-id='C16_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>But whoever is joined to the Lord is one with him in spirit! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.018","1CO","6","C16_18","<span class='v C16_18' data-id='C16_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Stay away from sexual immorality! All other sins that people commit are outside of the body, but sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.006.019","1CO","6","C16_19","<span class='v C16_19' data-id='C16_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit that is within you, that you received from God? </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.001","1CO","7","C17_1","<div class='c'>7</div><div class='p'><span class='v C17_1' data-id='C17_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Now about what you wrote to me: “It’s good not to marry.”<span class='note' id='footnote-604'><a href='#note-604' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.002","1CO","7","C17_2","<span class='v C17_2' data-id='C17_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>However, because of the temptation to sexual immorality, it is better that each man have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.003","1CO","7","C17_3","<span class='v C17_3' data-id='C17_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>The husband should meet his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife her husband’s. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.004","1CO","7","C17_4","<span class='v C17_4' data-id='C17_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>The wife’s body doesn’t just belong to her, but her husband; and similarly the husband’s body doesn’t just belong to him but his wife. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.005","1CO","7","C17_5","<span class='v C17_5' data-id='C17_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>So don’t deprive each other, except by mutual consent for a while— for example because you want to spend time in prayer. Afterwards be together again so that Satan won’t tempt you to sin because of your lack of self-control. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.006","1CO","7","C17_6","<span class='v C17_6' data-id='C17_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>I’m telling you this not as a command, but as a concession. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.007","1CO","7","C17_7","<span class='v C17_7' data-id='C17_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>However I wish that everyone was like me, but each person has their own gift from God—one has this gift, one has another. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.008","1CO","7","C17_8","<span class='v C17_8' data-id='C17_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>To those who are not yet married, or who are widowed, I would say it is better if they remain like me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.009","1CO","7","C17_9","<span class='v C17_9' data-id='C17_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>But if they lack self-control, then they should get married—for it is better to marry than burn with desire. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.010","1CO","7","C17_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C17_10' data-id='C17_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>These are my instructions to those who are married—in fact not from me but the Lord: The wife should not leave her husband </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.011","1CO","7","C17_11","<span class='v C17_11' data-id='C17_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>(or if she does, she should not re-marry, or she should return to her husband); and the husband should not leave his wife<span class='note' id='footnote-605'><a href='#note-605' class='key'>†</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.012","1CO","7","C17_12","<span class='v C17_12' data-id='C17_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Now, to the rest of you, (and this is me speaking, not the Lord), I would say, “if a Christian man has a non-Christian wife and she is willing to stay with him, he should not leave her. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.013","1CO","7","C17_13","<span class='v C17_13' data-id='C17_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>And if a Christian woman has a non-Christian husband, and he is willing to stay with her, she should not leave her husband.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.014","1CO","7","C17_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C17_14' data-id='C17_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>For a husband who is not a Christian, the marriage relationship is made holy by the Christian wife, and for a wife who is not a Christian, the marriage relationship is made holy by the Christian husband<span class='note' id='footnote-606'><a href='#note-606' class='key'>‡</a></span>. Otherwise it would mean your children were impure, but now they are holy. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.015","1CO","7","C17_15","<span class='v C17_15' data-id='C17_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>However if the non-Christian spouse leaves, let them leave. In such cases the Christian man or woman is not slavishly bound, for God has called us to live in peace. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.016","1CO","7","C17_16","<span class='v C17_16' data-id='C17_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Wives, who knows? You may save your husband! Husbands, who knows? You may save your wife! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.017","1CO","7","C17_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C17_17' data-id='C17_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Apart from such cases, each of you should remain in the situation that the Lord has placed you, and continue to live the life to which God has called you. That’s my instruction to all the churches. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.018","1CO","7","C17_18","<span class='v C17_18' data-id='C17_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Were you circumcised when you were converted? Don’t become uncircumcised. Were you uncircumcised when you were converted? Don’t become circumcised. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.019","1CO","7","C17_19","<span class='v C17_19' data-id='C17_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Circumcision doesn’t mean anything, and uncircumcision doesn’t mean anything. Keeping the commandments of God is what really matters. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.020","1CO","7","C17_20","<span class='v C17_20' data-id='C17_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Everyone should remain in the position they were in when they were called<span class='note' id='footnote-607'><a href='#note-607' class='key'>§</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.021","1CO","7","C17_21","<span class='v C17_21' data-id='C17_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>If you were a slave when you were called, don’t worry—though if you have an opportunity to become free, take it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.022","1CO","7","C17_22","<span class='v C17_22' data-id='C17_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>If you were a slave when the Lord called you, you are now free, working for the Lord. In the same way if you were called when you were free, you are now Christ’s slave! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.023","1CO","7","C17_23","<span class='v C17_23' data-id='C17_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>A price has been paid for you, so don’t become a slave to anyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.024","1CO","7","C17_24","<span class='v C17_24' data-id='C17_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, remain in the position you were in when you were called, living with God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.025","1CO","7","C17_25","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C17_25' data-id='C17_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Now about “people who are not married,”<span class='note' id='footnote-608'><a href='#note-608' class='key'>*</a></span> I don’t have a specific instruction from the Lord, so let me give you my opinion as someone who by the Lord’s mercy is considered trustworthy. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.026","1CO","7","C17_26","<span class='v C17_26' data-id='C17_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>Because of the present difficult situation we are in I think it is best to just stay as you are. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.027","1CO","7","C17_27","<span class='v C17_27' data-id='C17_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>Are you already married? Don’t try to get divorced. Are you unmarried? Don’t look to get married. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.028","1CO","7","C17_28","<span class='v C17_28' data-id='C17_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>If you do get married, you haven’t sinned. If an unmarried woman gets married, she hasn’t sinned. But you will have many troubles in this current world and I would want to spare you these. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.029","1CO","7","C17_29","<span class='v C17_29' data-id='C17_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>I’m telling you, brothers and sisters, that time is short, and from now on for those who are married it may seem as if they are not married, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.030","1CO","7","C17_30","<span class='v C17_30' data-id='C17_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>and those who weep as if they did not weep, and those that celebrated as if they had not celebrated, and those that bought as if they did not own, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.031","1CO","7","C17_31","<span class='v C17_31' data-id='C17_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>and those who are engaged with the world as if it is not fulfilling—for the present world order is passing away<span class='note' id='footnote-609'><a href='#note-609' class='key'>†</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.032","1CO","7","C17_32","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C17_32' data-id='C17_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>I would prefer you to be free from such worries. A man who is not married pays attention to what is important to the Lord, and how he can please the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.033","1CO","7","C17_33","<span class='v C17_33' data-id='C17_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>But a man who is married pays attention to what is important in this world, and how he can please his wife. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.034","1CO","7","C17_34","<span class='v C17_34' data-id='C17_34'><span class='v-num v-34'>34&#160;</span>As a result his loyalties are divided. Similarly an unmarried woman or girl pays attention to what is important to the Lord, so she may live a life dedicated both in body and spirit. But a married woman pays attention to what is important in this world, and how she can please her husband. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.035","1CO","7","C17_35","<span class='v C17_35' data-id='C17_35'><span class='v-num v-35'>35&#160;</span>I’m telling you this for your benefit. I’m not trying to put a noose around your neck, but to show you the right thing to do so you can serve the Lord without being distracted. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.036","1CO","7","C17_36","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C17_36' data-id='C17_36'><span class='v-num v-36'>36&#160;</span>But if a man thinks he’s behaving improperly with the woman he’s engaged to, and if he thinks he will give in to his strong sexual desire, and if he thinks he ought to get married, he is not sinning by getting married. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.037","1CO","7","C17_37","<span class='v C17_37' data-id='C17_37'><span class='v-num v-37'>37&#160;</span>But if a man stays true to his principles, and there is no obligation to marry, and has the power to keep his feelings under control and stay engaged to her, he does well not to marry. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.038","1CO","7","C17_38","<span class='v C17_38' data-id='C17_38'><span class='v-num v-38'>38&#160;</span>So the man who marries the woman he’s engaged to does well, while the one who does not get married does better. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.039","1CO","7","C17_39","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C17_39' data-id='C17_39'><span class='v-num v-39'>39&#160;</span>A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies<span class='note' id='footnote-610'><a href='#note-610' class='key'>‡</a></span>, she is free to marry whoever she wants in the Lord<span class='note' id='footnote-611'><a href='#note-611' class='key'>§</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.007.040","1CO","7","C17_40","<span class='v C17_40' data-id='C17_40'><span class='v-num v-40'>40&#160;</span>But in my opinion she would be happier if she didn’t re-marry—and I think I too have the Spirit of God when I say this. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.008.001","1CO","8","C18_1","<div class='c'>8</div><div class='p'><span class='v C18_1' data-id='C18_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Now about “food sacrificed to idols.”<span class='note' id='footnote-612'><a href='#note-612' class='key'>*</a></span> So “we all have knowledge” about this subject. Knowledge makes us proud, but love strengthens us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.008.002","1CO","8","C18_2","<span class='v C18_2' data-id='C18_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>If anyone thinks they know anything, they don’t know as they really should know! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.008.003","1CO","8","C18_3","<span class='v C18_3' data-id='C18_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>But whoever loves God is known by God… </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.008.004","1CO","8","C18_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C18_4' data-id='C18_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>So regarding eating food sacrificed to idols: we know that there are no such things as idols in the world, and that there is only one real God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.008.005","1CO","8","C18_5","<span class='v C18_5' data-id='C18_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Even though there are some things called “gods,” whether in heaven or on earth—in fact there are many “gods” and “lords.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.008.006","1CO","8","C18_6","<span class='v C18_6' data-id='C18_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>But for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom everything was made, and he is the goal of our existence; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom everything was made, and he is the means of our existence<span class='note' id='footnote-613'><a href='#note-613' class='key'>†</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.008.007","1CO","8","C18_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C18_7' data-id='C18_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>But not everyone has this “knowledge.”<span class='note' id='footnote-614'><a href='#note-614' class='key'>‡</a></span> Some who up to now have been so used to idols as a reality that when they eat food sacrificed to an idol, their conscience (which is weak) tells them they have defiled themselves. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.008.008","1CO","8","C18_8","<span class='v C18_8' data-id='C18_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>But food doesn’t gain us God’s approval! If we don’t eat this food, we’re not bad, and if we do eat this food, we’re not good. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.008.009","1CO","8","C18_9","<span class='v C18_9' data-id='C18_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Just take care not to use this freedom you have to eat food sacrificed to idols to become offensive to those with a weaker attitude. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.008.010","1CO","8","C18_10","<span class='v C18_10' data-id='C18_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>If another believer sees you who have such “better knowledge”<span class='note' id='footnote-615'><a href='#note-615' class='key'>§</a></span> eating food in an idol temple, won’t his weak conscience be convinced to eat food sacrificed to idols?<span class='note' id='footnote-616'><a href='#note-616' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.008.011","1CO","8","C18_11","<span class='v C18_11' data-id='C18_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>By your “better knowledge” the weaker believer is destroyed, a believer for whom Christ died. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.008.012","1CO","8","C18_12","<span class='v C18_12' data-id='C18_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>In this way you sin against other believers, wounding their weaker consciences, and you sin against Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.008.013","1CO","8","C18_13","<span class='v C18_13' data-id='C18_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>So if eating food sacrificed to idols would cause my fellow believer to stumble, I will never eat such meat ever again, so that I don’t offend any believer. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.001","1CO","9","C19_1","<div class='c'>9</div><div class='p'><span class='v C19_1' data-id='C19_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus our Lord? Aren’t you the results of my work in the Lord? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.002","1CO","9","C19_2","<span class='v C19_2' data-id='C19_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Even if I’m not an apostle to others, at least I am one to you. The proof of my being an apostle of the Lord is you! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.003","1CO","9","C19_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C19_3' data-id='C19_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Here is my reply to those who question me about this: </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.004","1CO","9","C19_4","<span class='v C19_4' data-id='C19_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Don’t we have the right to be provided with food and drink? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.005","1CO","9","C19_5","<span class='v C19_5' data-id='C19_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Don’t we have a right to be accompanied by a Christian wife, like the rest of the apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Peter? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.006","1CO","9","C19_6","<span class='v C19_6' data-id='C19_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Is it only Barnabas and myself who have to work to support ourselves?<span class='note' id='footnote-617'><a href='#note-617' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.007","1CO","9","C19_7","<span class='v C19_7' data-id='C19_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Which soldier ever had to pay his own salary? Who plants a vineyard and doesn’t get to eat its fruits? Who feeds a flock and doesn’t consume its milk? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.008","1CO","9","C19_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C19_8' data-id='C19_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Am I just speaking from a human point of view? Doesn’t the law say the same thing? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.009","1CO","9","C19_9","<span class='v C19_9' data-id='C19_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>In the law of Moses it’s written, “Don’t muzzle the ox when it’s threshing out the grain.”<span class='note' id='footnote-618'><a href='#note-618' class='key'>†</a></span> Was God just thinking about oxen? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.010","1CO","9","C19_10","<span class='v C19_10' data-id='C19_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Wasn’t he directing this at us? Surely this was written for us—for anyone who plows should plow in hope and anyone who threshes should hope to share in the harvest. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.011","1CO","9","C19_11","<span class='v C19_11' data-id='C19_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>If we sowed what is spiritual with you, does it really matter if we reap some material benefit? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.012","1CO","9","C19_12","<span class='v C19_12' data-id='C19_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>If others exercise this right over you, don’t we deserve it even more? Even so we did not exercise this right. On the contrary we would rather put up with anything than hold back the gospel of Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.013","1CO","9","C19_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C19_13' data-id='C19_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Don’t you know that those who work in temples receive their meals from temple offerings, and those that serve at the altar receive their portion of the sacrifice on the altar? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.014","1CO","9","C19_14","<span class='v C19_14' data-id='C19_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>In just the same way the Lord ordered that those who announce the good news should live from supporters of the good news. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.015","1CO","9","C19_15","<span class='v C19_15' data-id='C19_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>But I have not made use of any of these provisions, and I’m not writing about this to suggest it should be done in my case. I’d rather die than to have anyone take away my pride in not having received any benefit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.016","1CO","9","C19_16","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C19_16' data-id='C19_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>I have nothing to boast about in sharing the good news because it’s something I feel compelled to do. In fact it’s dreadful for me if I don’t share the good news! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.017","1CO","9","C19_17","<span class='v C19_17' data-id='C19_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>If I’m doing this work because of my own choice, then I have a reward. But if it wasn’t my choice, and an obligation was placed on me, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.018","1CO","9","C19_18","<span class='v C19_18' data-id='C19_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>then what reward do I have? It’s the opportunity to share the good news without charging for it, not demanding my rights as a worker for the good news. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.019","1CO","9","C19_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C19_19' data-id='C19_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Even though I am free and serve no one, I have placed myself in service to everyone so that I might gain more. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.020","1CO","9","C19_20","<span class='v C19_20' data-id='C19_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>To the Jews I behave like a Jew so that I might win Jews. To those who are under the law I behave as someone under the law (even though I am not obligated under the law), so that I might win those under the law. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.022","1CO","9","C19_22","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C19_22' data-id='C19_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>To those who are weak,<span class='note' id='footnote-620'><a href='#note-620' class='key'>§</a></span> I share in their weakness so that I may win the weak. I have ended up being “everyman” to everyone so that by using every possible means I might win some! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.023","1CO","9","C19_23","<span class='v C19_23' data-id='C19_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>I do all this for the sake of the good news so that I too may share in its blessings! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.024","1CO","9","C19_24","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C19_24' data-id='C19_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Wouldn’t you agree that there are many runners in a race, but only one gets the prize? So run your best, so you may win! </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.026","1CO","9","C19_26","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C19_26' data-id='C19_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>That’s why I run straight in the right direction. I fight accurately, not punching the air. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.009.027","1CO","9","C19_27","<span class='v C19_27' data-id='C19_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>I also treat my body severely to bring it under my control, for I don’t want somehow to be disqualified after sharing the good news with everybody else. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.010.001","1CO","10","C110_1","<div class='c'>10</div><div class='p'><span class='v C110_1' data-id='C110_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Now I want to explain this to you, brothers and sisters. Our forefathers lived under the cloud, and they all passed through the sea<span class='note' id='footnote-621'><a href='#note-621' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.010.002","1CO","10","C110_2","<span class='v C110_2' data-id='C110_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Symbolically then they were baptized “into Moses” in the cloud and in the sea. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.010.003","1CO","10","C110_3","<span class='v C110_3' data-id='C110_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>They all ate the same spiritual food </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.010.004","1CO","10","C110_4","<span class='v C110_4' data-id='C110_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>and drank the same spiritual drink, for they “drank from a spiritual rock” that accompanied them. That rock was Christ. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.010.006","1CO","10","C110_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C110_6' data-id='C110_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Now these experiences are examples to us to show us we should not desire what is evil, as they did. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.010.011","1CO","10","C110_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C110_11' data-id='C110_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>All the things that happened to them are examples to us and were written down to warn us, we who are living close to the end of time. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.010.018","1CO","10","C110_18","<span class='v C110_18' data-id='C110_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Look at the people of Israel. Don’t those who eat the sacrifices made on the altar share together? </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.010.023","1CO","10","C110_23","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C110_23' data-id='C110_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>Some say, “I’m free to do anything”—but not everything is appropriate! “I’m free to do anything”—but not everything is constructive!<span class='note' id='footnote-623'><a href='#note-623' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.010.031","1CO","10","C110_31","<span class='v C110_31' data-id='C110_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, make sure to do everything to the glory of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.010.032","1CO","10","C110_32","<span class='v C110_32' data-id='C110_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>Don’t cause offense, whether it’s to Jews or Greeks or the church of God— </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.003","1CO","11","C111_3","<span class='v C111_3' data-id='C111_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>I do want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ<span class='note' id='footnote-627'><a href='#note-627' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.009","1CO","11","C111_9","<span class='v C111_9' data-id='C111_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>and man was not created for the woman, but the woman was created for the man. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.015","1CO","11","C111_15","<span class='v C111_15' data-id='C111_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>However a woman with long hair brings herself glory, because her hair is given to her as a covering. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.016","1CO","11","C111_16","<span class='v C111_16' data-id='C111_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>But if anyone wants to argue about this, we don’t have any other custom than this, and neither do any other of God’s churches<span class='note' id='footnote-631'><a href='#note-631' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.017","1CO","11","C111_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C111_17' data-id='C111_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Now in giving you the instructions that follow I can’t commend you, because when you meet together you cause more harm than good! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.018","1CO","11","C111_18","<span class='v C111_18' data-id='C111_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>First of all, I hear that when you have church meetings that you are split into different factions, and I believe there’s some truth to this. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.020","1CO","11","C111_20","<span class='v C111_20' data-id='C111_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>When you meet together you’re not really celebrating the Lord’s Supper at all. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.021","1CO","11","C111_21","<span class='v C111_21' data-id='C111_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Some want to eat first before everyone else, leaving others hungry. Still others get drunk. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.022","1CO","11","C111_22","<span class='v C111_22' data-id='C111_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Don’t you have your own houses to eat and drink in? Do you look down on God’s church, and humiliate those who are poor? What should I tell you? That you’re doing really well? I have nothing good to say about you for doing this! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.023","1CO","11","C111_23","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C111_23' data-id='C111_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>For I received from the Lord what I passed on to you: the Lord Jesus on the night he was betrayed took some bread. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.024","1CO","11","C111_24","<span class='v C111_24' data-id='C111_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>After giving thanks, he broke the bread into pieces and said, “This bread is my body, which is given for you. Remember me by doing this.” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.026","1CO","11","C111_26","<span class='v C111_26' data-id='C111_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>For every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you announce the Lord’s death, until he returns.” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.029","1CO","11","C111_29","<span class='v C111_29' data-id='C111_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>Those who eat and drink bring judgment on themselves if they don’t recognize their relationship with the body of the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.030","1CO","11","C111_30","<span class='v C111_30' data-id='C111_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>That’s the reason why many of you are weak and sick, and some even have died. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.031","1CO","11","C111_31","<span class='v C111_31' data-id='C111_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>However, if we really examined ourselves, we would not be judged like this. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.032","1CO","11","C111_32","<span class='v C111_32' data-id='C111_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>But when we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord so that we won’t be condemned along with the world. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.033","1CO","11","C111_33","<span class='v C111_33' data-id='C111_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>So my brothers and sisters, when you meet together to eat the Lord’s Supper, wait for each other. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.011.034","1CO","11","C111_34","<span class='v C111_34' data-id='C111_34'><span class='v-num v-34'>34&#160;</span>If anyone is hungry, then eat at home so that when you meet together you won’t bring condemnation on yourselves. I’ll give you more directions when I visit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.001","1CO","12","C112_1","<div class='c'>12</div><div class='p'><span class='v C112_1' data-id='C112_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Now about “spiritual gifts.”<span class='note' id='footnote-633'><a href='#note-633' class='key'>*</a></span> My brothers and sisters, I want to explain this to you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.002","1CO","12","C112_2","<span class='v C112_2' data-id='C112_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>You know that when you were pagans, you were deceived, being led astray by worshiping idols who couldn’t even speak. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.003","1CO","12","C112_3","<span class='v C112_3' data-id='C112_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Let me make it clear to you: no one who speaks in the Spirit of God says, “Curse Jesus!” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord!” except by the Holy Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.004","1CO","12","C112_4","<span class='v C112_4' data-id='C112_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Now there are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but they come from the same Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.005","1CO","12","C112_5","<span class='v C112_5' data-id='C112_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>There are different kinds of ministries<span class='note' id='footnote-634'><a href='#note-634' class='key'>†</a></span>, but they come from the same Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.006","1CO","12","C112_6","<span class='v C112_6' data-id='C112_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>There are different ways of working, but they come from the same God, who is at work in all of them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.007","1CO","12","C112_7","<span class='v C112_7' data-id='C112_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>The Spirit is given to each of us and is revealed for the good of all. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.008","1CO","12","C112_8","<span class='v C112_8' data-id='C112_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>One person is given by the Spirit the ability to speak words of wisdom. Another is given a message of knowledge by the same Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.009","1CO","12","C112_9","<span class='v C112_9' data-id='C112_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Another receives the gift of strongly trusting in God by the same Spirit. Another receives gifts of healing from that one Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.010","1CO","12","C112_10","<span class='v C112_10' data-id='C112_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Another is given the ability to perform miracles. Another receives the gift of prophecy. Another is given the gift of spiritual discernment. Another receives the ability to speak different languages while another is given the gift of interpreting languages. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.011","1CO","12","C112_11","<span class='v C112_11' data-id='C112_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>But all of these gifts are the work of the one and the same Spirit, sharing with each person as he alone chooses. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.012","1CO","12","C112_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C112_12' data-id='C112_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Just like the human body is one unit but has many parts—all the parts of the body even though there are many of them, make up one body—so is Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.013","1CO","12","C112_13","<span class='v C112_13' data-id='C112_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>For it was through one Spirit that we were all baptized into one body. It doesn’t matter whether we are Jews or Greeks, slave or free—we all were given the one Spirit to drink. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.014","1CO","12","C112_14","<span class='v C112_14' data-id='C112_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>The body is not made of one part, but many parts. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.015","1CO","12","C112_15","<span class='v C112_15' data-id='C112_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>If the foot were to say, “Because I’m not a hand, I’m not part of the body,” would that make it not part of the body? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.016","1CO","12","C112_16","<span class='v C112_16' data-id='C112_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>If the ear were to say, “Because I’m not an eye, I’m not part of the body,” would that make it not part of the body? </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.018","1CO","12","C112_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C112_18' data-id='C112_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>But God has arranged each part in the body, every last one of them, placing them just as he wanted. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.019","1CO","12","C112_19","<span class='v C112_19' data-id='C112_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>If they were all the same part, what would happen to the body? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.020","1CO","12","C112_20","<span class='v C112_20' data-id='C112_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>However, since there are many parts, they make up the body. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.021","1CO","12","C112_21","<span class='v C112_21' data-id='C112_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>The eye can’t tell the hand, “I don’t need you,” or the head tell the feet, “I don’t need you.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.022","1CO","12","C112_22","<span class='v C112_22' data-id='C112_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Quite the opposite: some of those parts of the body that seem the most insignificant are the most essential. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.023","1CO","12","C112_23","<span class='v C112_23' data-id='C112_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>In fact those parts of the body we do not consider to be decent to reveal we “honor” more by covering them up—what is indecent we treat with greater modesty! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.024","1CO","12","C112_24","<span class='v C112_24' data-id='C112_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>What’s presentable doesn’t need such covering up. God has so arranged the body that more honor is given to the parts that are less presentable. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.025","1CO","12","C112_25","<span class='v C112_25' data-id='C112_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>This is so there wouldn’t be any conflict within the body—the different parts should care equally for each other. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.026","1CO","12","C112_26","<span class='v C112_26' data-id='C112_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>So when one part is suffering, all the other parts of the body suffer with it, and when one part is treated well, then all the other parts of the body are happy too!<span class='note' id='footnote-635'><a href='#note-635' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.028","1CO","12","C112_28","<span class='v C112_28' data-id='C112_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>In the church, God has arranged first for some to be apostles, secondly for some to be prophets, thirdly teachers. Then there are those who perform miracles, those with healing gifts, those who can help others, those good at administration, and those who can speak different languages. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.029","1CO","12","C112_29","<span class='v C112_29' data-id='C112_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>Not everyone is an apostle, or a prophet, or a teacher, or able to perform miracles. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.030","1CO","12","C112_30","<span class='v C112_30' data-id='C112_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>Not all have healing gifts, or the ability to speak languages, or to interpret languages. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.012.031","1CO","12","C112_31","<span class='v C112_31' data-id='C112_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>But you should set your hearts on the most significant gifts<span class='note' id='footnote-636'><a href='#note-636' class='key'>§</a></span>. So now I will show you a far better way. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.013.001","1CO","13","C113_1","<div class='c'>13</div><div class='p'><span class='v C113_1' data-id='C113_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>If I were to have eloquence in human languages—even the language of angels—but have no love, then I would only be an echoing gong or a clashing cymbal. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.013.002","1CO","13","C113_2","<span class='v C113_2' data-id='C113_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>If I were to speak prophecies, to know every secret mystery and be completely knowledgeable, and if I were able to have so much faith I could move mountains, but have no love, then I am nothing. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.013.004","1CO","13","C113_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C113_4' data-id='C113_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. Love is not boastful. Love is not proud. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.013.005","1CO","13","C113_5","<span class='v C113_5' data-id='C113_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Love does not act improperly, or insist on having its own way. Love is not argumentative and doesn’t keep a record of wrongs. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.013.007","1CO","13","C113_7","<span class='v C113_7' data-id='C113_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Love never gives up, keeps on trusting, stays confident, and remains patient whatever happens. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.013.008","1CO","13","C113_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C113_8' data-id='C113_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Love never fails. Prophecies will come to an end. Tongues will become silent. Knowledge will become useless. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.013.009","1CO","13","C113_9","<span class='v C113_9' data-id='C113_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>For our knowledge and our prophetic understanding are incomplete. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.013.010","1CO","13","C113_10","<span class='v C113_10' data-id='C113_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>But when completeness comes, then what is incomplete disappears. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.013.011","1CO","13","C113_11","<span class='v C113_11' data-id='C113_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I grew up I left behind such child-like ways. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.013.012","1CO","13","C113_12","<span class='v C113_12' data-id='C113_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>At the moment we peer into a mirror’s dim reflection, but then we shall see face to face. For now I only have partial knowledge, but then I shall know completely, just as I am completely known. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.013.013","1CO","13","C113_13","<span class='v C113_13' data-id='C113_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Trust, hope, and love last forever—but the most important is love. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.001","1CO","14","C114_1","<div class='c'>14</div><div class='p'><span class='v C114_1' data-id='C114_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Make love your most important objective! But also do your best to gain spiritual gifts, especially the ability to speak God’s message<span class='note' id='footnote-637'><a href='#note-637' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.002","1CO","14","C114_2","<span class='v C114_2' data-id='C114_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Those who speak in a tongue<span class='note' id='footnote-638'><a href='#note-638' class='key'>†</a></span> are not talking to people, but to God, because nobody can understand them as they speak mysteries in the Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.003","1CO","14","C114_3","<span class='v C114_3' data-id='C114_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>However the words of those who speak for God build people up—they provide encouragement and comfort. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.004","1CO","14","C114_4","<span class='v C114_4' data-id='C114_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Those that speak in a tongue only build themselves up, but those who speak God’s message build up the church. I would like it if you all spoke in tongues, but I’d prefer if you could speak God’s message. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.005","1CO","14","C114_5","<span class='v C114_5' data-id='C114_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Those who speak for God are more important than those who speak in tongues, unless they interpret what’s been said, so that the church can be built up. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.006","1CO","14","C114_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C114_6' data-id='C114_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what benefit would I be to you unless I bring you some revelation, or knowledge, or prophetic message, or teaching? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.007","1CO","14","C114_7","<span class='v C114_7' data-id='C114_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Even when it comes to something non-living such as musical instruments like a flute or a harp: if they don’t produce clear notes, how will you know what tune is being played? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.008","1CO","14","C114_8","<span class='v C114_8' data-id='C114_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Similarly, if the trumpet doesn’t give a clear sound, who will get ready for battle? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.009","1CO","14","C114_9","<span class='v C114_9' data-id='C114_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>It’s the same situation for you—unless you speak using words that are easy to understand, who will know what you’re saying? What you say will be lost on the wind. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.010","1CO","14","C114_10","<span class='v C114_10' data-id='C114_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>There are surely many languages in this world, and there is meaning in every one of them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.011","1CO","14","C114_11","<span class='v C114_11' data-id='C114_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>If I don’t understand the language, those who speak make no sense, and I make no sense to them<span class='note' id='footnote-639'><a href='#note-639' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.012","1CO","14","C114_12","<span class='v C114_12' data-id='C114_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>It’s the same for you—if you are keen to have spiritual gifts, try to have many of those that will build up the church. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.013","1CO","14","C114_13","<span class='v C114_13' data-id='C114_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Anyone who speaks in a tongue should pray that they’re able to translate what they say. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.014","1CO","14","C114_14","<span class='v C114_14' data-id='C114_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>For if I pray out loud in a tongue, my spirit is praying, but it does nothing for my understanding! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.015","1CO","14","C114_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C114_15' data-id='C114_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>So then, what should I do? I will pray “in the Spirit,” but I will pray with my mind too. I will sing “in the Spirit,” but I will sing with my mind too<span class='note' id='footnote-640'><a href='#note-640' class='key'>§</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.016","1CO","14","C114_16","<span class='v C114_16' data-id='C114_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>For if you only pray “in the Spirit,” how can ordinary people that don’t have understanding say “Amen” after your prayer of thanks, since they haven’t a clue what you said? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.017","1CO","14","C114_17","<span class='v C114_17' data-id='C114_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>You might have said a great prayer of thanks, but the other hasn’t been helped! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.018","1CO","14","C114_18","<span class='v C114_18' data-id='C114_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>I thank God that I can speak in tongues more than all of you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.019","1CO","14","C114_19","<span class='v C114_19' data-id='C114_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>But in church I would rather speak five understandable words to teach others than ten thousand words in a tongue nobody understands. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.020","1CO","14","C114_20","<span class='v C114_20' data-id='C114_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, don’t think like children. Be as innocent as babies in regard to evil, but be grown up in your understanding. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.021","1CO","14","C114_21","<span class='v C114_21' data-id='C114_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>As Scripture records, “ ‘I will speak to my people through other languages and the lips of foreigners, but even then they won’t listen to me,’ says the Lord.”<span class='note' id='footnote-641'><a href='#note-641' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.022","1CO","14","C114_22","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C114_22' data-id='C114_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Speaking in tongues is a sign, not to believers, but those who don’t believe. Speaking God’s prophetic message is the opposite: it is not for those who don’t believe, but for believers. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.023","1CO","14","C114_23","<span class='v C114_23' data-id='C114_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>If the whole church is meeting together and you are all speaking in tongues, and some people come in who don’t understand, or people who don’t believe, won’t they say that you are insane? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.024","1CO","14","C114_24","<span class='v C114_24' data-id='C114_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>But if everyone is speaking God’s message, and someone comes in who isn’t a believer, or someone who doesn’t understand, they will be convinced and called to account by everyone’s words. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.025","1CO","14","C114_25","<span class='v C114_25' data-id='C114_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>The secrets of their heart will be laid bare, so they will fall to their knees<span class='note' id='footnote-642'><a href='#note-642' class='key'>†</a></span> and worship God, affirming that God is truly among you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.026","1CO","14","C114_26","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C114_26' data-id='C114_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>So then, brothers and sisters, what should you do? When you meet together, different people will sing, or teach, or share a special message, or speak in a tongue, or give an interpretation. But everything should be done to build up and encourage the church. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.027","1CO","14","C114_27","<span class='v C114_27' data-id='C114_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>If anyone wants to speak in a tongue, make it just two, or three at the most, taking turns, and someone should interpret what is said. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.028","1CO","14","C114_28","<span class='v C114_28' data-id='C114_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>If there’s no one there to interpret, those who speak in tongues should keep quiet in church and only speak to themselves, and God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.029","1CO","14","C114_29","<span class='v C114_29' data-id='C114_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>Similarly, have two or three of those who give God’s prophetic message speak, and let everyone else think about what was said. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.030","1CO","14","C114_30","<span class='v C114_30' data-id='C114_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>However if a special revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, then the first speaker should give way to them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.031","1CO","14","C114_31","<span class='v C114_31' data-id='C114_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>You can all speak for God, one at a time, so that everyone can learn and be encouraged. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.032","1CO","14","C114_32","<span class='v C114_32' data-id='C114_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>It is for those who speak for God to control their prophetic inspiration, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.033","1CO","14","C114_33","<span class='v C114_33' data-id='C114_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>for God is not a God of disorder but of peace and quiet<span class='note' id='footnote-643'><a href='#note-643' class='key'>‡</a></span>. This is the way it should be in all the churches of God’s people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.034","1CO","14","C114_34","<span class='v C114_34' data-id='C114_34'><span class='v-num v-34'>34&#160;</span>“Women should stay quiet in the churches—they shouldn’t speak. They should respect their situation, as the laws states. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.035","1CO","14","C114_35","<span class='v C114_35' data-id='C114_35'><span class='v-num v-35'>35&#160;</span>If they want to learn they can do so at home, asking their husbands. It is not proper<span class='note' id='footnote-644'><a href='#note-644' class='key'>§</a></span> for women to speak in church.”<span class='note' id='footnote-645'><a href='#note-645' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.036","1CO","14","C114_36","<span class='v C114_36' data-id='C114_36'><span class='v-num v-36'>36&#160;</span>What? Did the word of God begin with you? Are you the only ones it came to? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.037","1CO","14","C114_37","<span class='v C114_37' data-id='C114_37'><span class='v-num v-37'>37&#160;</span>Anyone who thinks they are a prophet, or that they have some spiritual gift, should be aware that what I’m writing to you is a command of the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.038","1CO","14","C114_38","<span class='v C114_38' data-id='C114_38'><span class='v-num v-38'>38&#160;</span>Those who ignore this will themselves be ignored. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.039","1CO","14","C114_39","<span class='v C114_39' data-id='C114_39'><span class='v-num v-39'>39&#160;</span>So my brothers and sisters, make it your aim to speak for God. Don’t prohibit speaking in tongues. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.014.040","1CO","14","C114_40","<span class='v C114_40' data-id='C114_40'><span class='v-num v-40'>40&#160;</span>Just make sure everything done is done properly and in an orderly manner. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.001","1CO","15","C115_1","<div class='c'>15</div><div class='p'><span class='v C115_1' data-id='C115_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Now I want to remind you about the good news I announced to you. You accepted it, and you have stood firm for it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.002","1CO","15","C115_2","<span class='v C115_2' data-id='C115_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>It is through this good news that you are saved if you hold on to the message that I gave you. Otherwise you trusted for nothing! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.003","1CO","15","C115_3","<span class='v C115_3' data-id='C115_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>I passed on to you what I myself had also received, a message of vital importance: that Christ died for our sins, according to Scripture; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.004","1CO","15","C115_4","<span class='v C115_4' data-id='C115_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>he was buried and was raised from the dead on the third day, again in accordance with Scripture. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.005","1CO","15","C115_5","<span class='v C115_5' data-id='C115_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>He appeared to Peter, then to the Twelve. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.006","1CO","15","C115_6","<span class='v C115_6' data-id='C115_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>After that he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still alive today, though some have died. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.007","1CO","15","C115_7","<span class='v C115_7' data-id='C115_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>He appeared to James, then all the apostles. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.008","1CO","15","C115_8","<span class='v C115_8' data-id='C115_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Last of all, he also appeared to me, someone born as it were at the wrong time. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.009","1CO","15","C115_9","<span class='v C115_9' data-id='C115_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>For I’m the least important apostle of all, not even fit to be called an apostle since I persecuted God’s church. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.010","1CO","15","C115_10","<span class='v C115_10' data-id='C115_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>But by God’s grace I am what I am, and his grace given to me wasn’t wasted. On the contrary I’ve worked harder than all of them—though not me, but God’s grace working through me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.011","1CO","15","C115_11","<span class='v C115_11' data-id='C115_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>So whether it’s I or them, this is the message we shared with you that brought you to trust in God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.012","1CO","15","C115_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C115_12' data-id='C115_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Now if the message declares that Christ has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say there’s no resurrection of the dead? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.013","1CO","15","C115_13","<span class='v C115_13' data-id='C115_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>If there’s no resurrection of the dead then Christ hasn’t been raised either. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.014","1CO","15","C115_14","<span class='v C115_14' data-id='C115_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>And if Christ isn’t raised, then our message we shared with you is pointless, and your trust in God is pointless too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.015","1CO","15","C115_15","<span class='v C115_15' data-id='C115_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>In addition, we would be shown to be false witnesses of God when we testified that God raised Christ from the dead. But God didn’t raise Christ from the dead if it’s true that there’s no resurrection. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.016","1CO","15","C115_16","<span class='v C115_16' data-id='C115_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>If the dead are not raised, then Christ hasn’t been raised either, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.017","1CO","15","C115_17","<span class='v C115_17' data-id='C115_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>and if Christ hasn’t been raised, then your trust in God is useless, and you are still in your sins. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.018","1CO","15","C115_18","<span class='v C115_18' data-id='C115_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>This also means that those who died in Christ are lost. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.019","1CO","15","C115_19","<span class='v C115_19' data-id='C115_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>If our hope in Christ is only for this life, we’re the most pitiful people of all! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.020","1CO","15","C115_20","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C115_20' data-id='C115_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>But Christ ‘has’ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits<span class='note' id='footnote-646'><a href='#note-646' class='key'>*</a></span> of the harvest from those who have died. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.021","1CO","15","C115_21","<span class='v C115_21' data-id='C115_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Just as death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead came through a man. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.022","1CO","15","C115_22","<span class='v C115_22' data-id='C115_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Just as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.023","1CO","15","C115_23","<span class='v C115_23' data-id='C115_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>But each in their own turn: Christ the firstfruits, then those who belong to Christ when he comes. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.024","1CO","15","C115_24","<span class='v C115_24' data-id='C115_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>After this comes the end, when Christ hands over the kingdom to God the Father, having destroyed<span class='note' id='footnote-647'><a href='#note-647' class='key'>†</a></span> all rulers, authorities, and powers. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.025","1CO","15","C115_25","<span class='v C115_25' data-id='C115_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Christ has to rule until he has put all his enemies under his feet<span class='note' id='footnote-648'><a href='#note-648' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.026","1CO","15","C115_26","<span class='v C115_26' data-id='C115_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.027","1CO","15","C115_27","<span class='v C115_27' data-id='C115_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “He put everything under his feet.” (Of course when it says “everything” is put under him it’s obvious this doesn’t refer to God who placed everything under Christ’s authority.) </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.028","1CO","15","C115_28","<span class='v C115_28' data-id='C115_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>When everything has been placed under Christ’s authority, then the Son will also place himself under God’s authority, so that God who gave the Son authority over everything may be all in all<span class='note' id='footnote-649'><a href='#note-649' class='key'>§</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.029","1CO","15","C115_29","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C115_29' data-id='C115_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>Otherwise what will those people do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then would people be baptized for them?<span class='note' id='footnote-650'><a href='#note-650' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.030","1CO","15","C115_30","<span class='v C115_30' data-id='C115_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>As for us, why do we place ourselves in danger hour after hour? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.031","1CO","15","C115_31","<span class='v C115_31' data-id='C115_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>I die every day—let me say it bluntly, my brothers and sisters. This is just as sure as the pride I have for what Christ Jesus has done in you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.032","1CO","15","C115_32","<span class='v C115_32' data-id='C115_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>Humanly speaking, what would I gain by fighting with those people in Ephesus who were like wild animals, if the dead are not raised? If the dead are not raised, “let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die”! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.033","1CO","15","C115_33","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C115_33' data-id='C115_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>Don’t be fooled: “bad company ruins good character.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.034","1CO","15","C115_34","<span class='v C115_34' data-id='C115_34'><span class='v-num v-34'>34&#160;</span>Come to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! Some of you don’t know God. I tell you this to shame you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.035","1CO","15","C115_35","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C115_35' data-id='C115_35'><span class='v-num v-35'>35&#160;</span>Of course somebody will ask, “How exactly are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have?” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.036","1CO","15","C115_36","<span class='v C115_36' data-id='C115_36'><span class='v-num v-36'>36&#160;</span>What a foolish question! What you sow doesn’t sprout into life unless it dies. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.037","1CO","15","C115_37","<span class='v C115_37' data-id='C115_37'><span class='v-num v-37'>37&#160;</span>When you sow, you don’t sow the plant it will grow into, just the bare seed, whether wheat or whatever you’re planting. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.038","1CO","15","C115_38","<span class='v C115_38' data-id='C115_38'><span class='v-num v-38'>38&#160;</span>God makes the plant grow into the form he has chosen, and different seeds produce different plants with different forms. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.039","1CO","15","C115_39","<span class='v C115_39' data-id='C115_39'><span class='v-num v-39'>39&#160;</span>What living things are made from is not the same. Human beings have one kind of body tissue, while animals have another, birds another, and fish another. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.040","1CO","15","C115_40","<span class='v C115_40' data-id='C115_40'><span class='v-num v-40'>40&#160;</span>There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. Heavenly bodies have one kind of beauty, earthly bodies another. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.041","1CO","15","C115_41","<span class='v C115_41' data-id='C115_41'><span class='v-num v-41'>41&#160;</span>The sun shines in one way, and the moon another, while the stars are different again, with each one shining in a different way. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.042","1CO","15","C115_42","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C115_42' data-id='C115_42'><span class='v-num v-42'>42&#160;</span>It’s the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in decay; it is raised to last forever. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.043","1CO","15","C115_43","<span class='v C115_43' data-id='C115_43'><span class='v-num v-43'>43&#160;</span>It is sown in shame; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.044","1CO","15","C115_44","<span class='v C115_44' data-id='C115_44'><span class='v-num v-44'>44&#160;</span>It is sown as a natural body; it is raised as a spiritual body. Just as there are natural bodies there are spiritual bodies. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.045","1CO","15","C115_45","<span class='v C115_45' data-id='C115_45'><span class='v-num v-45'>45&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “The first man, Adam, became a living being;”<span class='note' id='footnote-651'><a href='#note-651' class='key'>†</a></span> but the last Adam a life-giving spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.046","1CO","15","C115_46","<span class='v C115_46' data-id='C115_46'><span class='v-num v-46'>46&#160;</span>The spiritual did not come first, but the natural—the spiritual came after that. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.047","1CO","15","C115_47","<span class='v C115_47' data-id='C115_47'><span class='v-num v-47'>47&#160;</span>The first man is from the dust of the earth; the second man is from heaven. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.048","1CO","15","C115_48","<span class='v C115_48' data-id='C115_48'><span class='v-num v-48'>48&#160;</span>Earthly people are like the man made from the earth; heavenly people are like the man from heaven. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.049","1CO","15","C115_49","<span class='v C115_49' data-id='C115_49'><span class='v-num v-49'>49&#160;</span>Just as we bore the likeness of the earthly man so we shall bear the likeness of the man from heaven. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.050","1CO","15","C115_50","<span class='v C115_50' data-id='C115_50'><span class='v-num v-50'>50&#160;</span>However I tell you this, my brothers and sisters: our present bodies<span class='note' id='footnote-652'><a href='#note-652' class='key'>‡</a></span> cannot inherit the kingdom of God. These decaying bodies cannot inherit what lasts forever. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.051","1CO","15","C115_51","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C115_51' data-id='C115_51'><span class='v-num v-51'>51&#160;</span>Listen, I’m going to reveal a mystery! Not all of us will die—but we will all be changed, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.052","1CO","15","C115_52","<span class='v C115_52' data-id='C115_52'><span class='v-num v-52'>52&#160;</span>in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet. The trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised never to die again, and we will be changed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.053","1CO","15","C115_53","<span class='v C115_53' data-id='C115_53'><span class='v-num v-53'>53&#160;</span>For this perishable body must be clothed with a body that never perishes. This mortal life must be clothed with immortality. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.054","1CO","15","C115_54","<span class='v C115_54' data-id='C115_54'><span class='v-num v-54'>54&#160;</span>When this perishable body has been clothed with a body that never perishes, and this mortal life has been clothed with immortality, then the Scripture will come true that says, “Death has been totally conquered and destroyed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.055","1CO","15","C115_55","<span class='v C115_55' data-id='C115_55'><span class='v-num v-55'>55&#160;</span>Death—where’s your victory? Death—where’s your sting?<span class='note' id='footnote-653'><a href='#note-653' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.056","1CO","15","C115_56","<span class='v C115_56' data-id='C115_56'><span class='v-num v-56'>56&#160;</span>The sting that causes death is sin; and the power of sin is the law; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.057","1CO","15","C115_57","<span class='v C115_57' data-id='C115_57'><span class='v-num v-57'>57&#160;</span>but praise God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.015.058","1CO","15","C115_58","<span class='v C115_58' data-id='C115_58'><span class='v-num v-58'>58&#160;</span>So my dear brothers and sisters: be strong, stand firm, doing everything you can for the Lord’s work, since you know that nothing you do in the Lord is wasted. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.001","1CO","16","C116_1","<div class='c'>16</div><div class='p'><span class='v C116_1' data-id='C116_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Now about “collecting money for fellow-believers.” I’m giving you the same instructions for you to follow as I did to the churches in Galatia. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.002","1CO","16","C116_2","<span class='v C116_2' data-id='C116_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>On the first day of the week everybody should set aside some money you’ve earned. I don’t want there to be any collections to have to be made when I’m with you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.003","1CO","16","C116_3","<span class='v C116_3' data-id='C116_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>When I get there I will write recommendation letters for whoever you choose, and they will take your donation to Jerusalem. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.005","1CO","16","C116_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C116_5' data-id='C116_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>After I’ve been to Macedonia, I plan to come and visit you. I pass that way through Macedonia </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.006","1CO","16","C116_6","<span class='v C116_6' data-id='C116_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>and I may stay with you for a while, perhaps spend the winter, and then you can send me on my way to wherever I’m headed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.007","1CO","16","C116_7","<span class='v C116_7' data-id='C116_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>This time I don’t want to come and see you for just a short time. I hope I can stay for a while with you, if that’s what the Lord permits. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.008","1CO","16","C116_8","<span class='v C116_8' data-id='C116_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>However I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.009","1CO","16","C116_9","<span class='v C116_9' data-id='C116_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>because a tremendous door of opportunity has opened up for me there, though there are plenty who oppose me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.010","1CO","16","C116_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C116_10' data-id='C116_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Now if Timothy arrives, make sure that he has nothing to fear by being with you, for he’s working for the Lord just as I am. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.011","1CO","16","C116_11","<span class='v C116_11' data-id='C116_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Don’t let anyone look down on him. Cheerfully send him on his way so he can come and see me—the brothers and sisters and I are waiting for him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.012","1CO","16","C116_12","<span class='v C116_12' data-id='C116_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>As for our brother Apollos: I urged him to go and see you together with the other believers, but he wasn’t willing to go at the moment. He’ll come and visit when he gets the chance. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.013","1CO","16","C116_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C116_13' data-id='C116_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Stay alert. Stand firm in your trust in God. Take courage. Be strong. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.014","1CO","16","C116_14","<span class='v C116_14' data-id='C116_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Whatever you do, do it in love. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.015","1CO","16","C116_15","<span class='v C116_15' data-id='C116_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>You know that Stephanas and his family were among the first converts in Achaia, and they dedicated themselves to helping God’s people. I’m pleading with you, my brothers and sisters, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.016","1CO","16","C116_16","<span class='v C116_16' data-id='C116_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>to respect their leadership, and everyone who helps the work with such dedication. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.017","1CO","16","C116_17","<span class='v C116_17' data-id='C116_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>I’m delighted that Stephanas, Fortunatas, and Achaicus have arrived here, for they did what you weren’t able to. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.018","1CO","16","C116_18","<span class='v C116_18' data-id='C116_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>They have been a great source of encouragement to me, and to you. People like that deserve your recognition. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.019","1CO","16","C116_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C116_19' data-id='C116_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>The churches of Asia<span class='note' id='footnote-654'><a href='#note-654' class='key'>*</a></span> send their greetings. Aquila and Priscilla, along with the church that meets in their home, send their best wishes. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.020","1CO","16","C116_20","<span class='v C116_20' data-id='C116_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>All the brothers and sisters here send their greetings. Greet one another affectionately. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.021","1CO","16","C116_21","<span class='v C116_21' data-id='C116_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>I Paul write this greeting with my own hand. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.022","1CO","16","C116_22","<span class='v C116_22' data-id='C116_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Anyone who doesn’t love the Lord should be excluded from the church<span class='note' id='footnote-655'><a href='#note-655' class='key'>†</a></span>. Come Lord! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.023","1CO","16","C116_23","<span class='v C116_23' data-id='C116_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("076.016.024","1CO","16","C116_24","<span class='v C116_24' data-id='C116_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.001","2CO","1","C21_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v C21_1' data-id='C21_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the will of God, and from Timothy, our brother. It is sent to the church of God in Corinth, together with all of God’s people throughout Achaia. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.002","2CO","1","C21_2","<span class='v C21_2' data-id='C21_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#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 ("077.001.003","2CO","1","C21_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C21_3' data-id='C21_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Praise be to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He is the compassionate Father and the God of all comfort. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.004","2CO","1","C21_4","<span class='v C21_4' data-id='C21_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>He comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those who are also in trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.005","2CO","1","C21_5","<span class='v C21_5' data-id='C21_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>The more we share in Christ’s sufferings, the more we receive the abundant comfort of Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.006","2CO","1","C21_6","<span class='v C21_6' data-id='C21_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>If we are in distress, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are being comforted, it is for your comfort, which results in you patiently bearing the same sufferings that we suffer. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.007","2CO","1","C21_7","<span class='v C21_7' data-id='C21_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>We have great confidence in you<span class='note' id='footnote-656'><a href='#note-656' class='key'>*</a></span>, knowing that as you share in our sufferings you also share in our comfort. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.008","2CO","1","C21_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C21_8' data-id='C21_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, we won’t keep you in the dark about the trouble we had in Asia. We were so overwhelmed that we were afraid we wouldn’t have the strength to continue—so much so we doubted we would live through it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.009","2CO","1","C21_9","<span class='v C21_9' data-id='C21_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>In fact it was like a death sentence inside us. This was to stop us relying on ourselves and to trust in God who raises the dead. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.010","2CO","1","C21_10","<span class='v C21_10' data-id='C21_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>He saved us from a terrible death, and he will do so again. We have total confidence in God that he will continue to save us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.011","2CO","1","C21_11","<span class='v C21_11' data-id='C21_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>You help us by praying for us. In this way many will thank God for us because of the blessing that God will give us in response to the prayers of many. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.012","2CO","1","C21_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C21_12' data-id='C21_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>We take pride in the fact—and our conscience confirms it—that we have acted properly towards people, and especially to you. We have followed God’s principles of holiness and sincerity, not according to worldly wisdom but through the grace of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.013","2CO","1","C21_13","<span class='v C21_13' data-id='C21_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>For we are not writing anything complicated that you can’t read and understand. I hope you’ll understand in the end, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.014","2CO","1","C21_14","<span class='v C21_14' data-id='C21_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>even if you only understand part of it now, so that when the Lord comes you will be proud of us, just as we are of you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.015","2CO","1","C21_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C21_15' data-id='C21_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Because I was so sure of your confidence in me I planned to come and visit you first. That way you could have benefited twice, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.016","2CO","1","C21_16","<span class='v C21_16' data-id='C21_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>as I would go on from you to Macedonia, and then return from Macedonia to you. Then I would have had you send me on my way to Judea. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.017","2CO","1","C21_17","<span class='v C21_17' data-id='C21_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Why did I change my original plan? Do you think I make my decisions lightly? Do you think that when I plan I’m like some worldly person who says Yes and No at the same time? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.018","2CO","1","C21_18","<span class='v C21_18' data-id='C21_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Just as God can be trusted, when we give you our word it’s not both Yes and No. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.019","2CO","1","C21_19","<span class='v C21_19' data-id='C21_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>The truth of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, was announced to you by us—me, Silvanus, and Timothy—and it wasn’t both Yes and No. In Christ the answer is absolutely Yes! </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.021","2CO","1","C21_21","<span class='v C21_21' data-id='C21_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>God has given both us and you the inner strength to stand firm in Christ. God has appointed us, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.022","2CO","1","C21_22","<span class='v C21_22' data-id='C21_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>placed his stamp of approval on us, and given us the guarantee of the Spirit in our hearts. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.023","2CO","1","C21_23","<span class='v C21_23' data-id='C21_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>I call God as my witness that it was to avoid causing you pain that I chose not to come to Corinth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.001.024","2CO","1","C21_24","<span class='v C21_24' data-id='C21_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>This isn’t because we want to dictate how you relate to God, but because we want to help you have a joyful experience—for it’s by trusting God that you stand firm. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.002.001","2CO","2","C22_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v C22_1' data-id='C22_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>That’s why I decided that I would avoid another sad visit with you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.002.002","2CO","2","C22_2","<span class='v C22_2' data-id='C22_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>For if I make you sad, who will be there to make me happy? It won’t be those I’ve made sad! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.002.003","2CO","2","C22_3","<span class='v C22_3' data-id='C22_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>That’s why I wrote what I did, so that I wouldn’t be sad over those who should make me happy. I was so sure that all of you would share in my happiness. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.002.004","2CO","2","C22_4","<span class='v C22_4' data-id='C22_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>I was crying many tears when I wrote to you, in great anguish and with a heavy heart—not to make you sad, but so you would know how much love I have for you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.002.005","2CO","2","C22_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C22_5' data-id='C22_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Not to put it too strongly, but the person caused more pain to all of you than to me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.002.006","2CO","2","C22_6","<span class='v C22_6' data-id='C22_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>This person suffered enough punishment from the majority of you, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.002.007","2CO","2","C22_7","<span class='v C22_7' data-id='C22_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>so now you should forgive him and be kind to him. Otherwise he may sink into despair. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.002.008","2CO","2","C22_8","<span class='v C22_8' data-id='C22_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>So I urge you to publicly affirm your love towards him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.002.009","2CO","2","C22_9","<span class='v C22_9' data-id='C22_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>That’s why I wrote: so I could discoverer your true character and whether you’re doing everything you were told to do. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.002.010","2CO","2","C22_10","<span class='v C22_10' data-id='C22_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Anyone you forgive, I forgive too. What I have forgiven, whatever it may be, I have forgiven before Christ for your benefit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.002.011","2CO","2","C22_11","<span class='v C22_11' data-id='C22_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>In this way Satan will not be able to take us in, because we know the tricks he thinks up. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.002.012","2CO","2","C22_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C22_12' data-id='C22_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Now when I arrived in Troas to spread the good news of Christ, the Lord opened a door of opportunity for me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.002.013","2CO","2","C22_13","<span class='v C22_13' data-id='C22_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>But my mind wasn’t at peace because I couldn’t find my brother Titus. So I said goodbye and went over to Macedonia<span class='note' id='footnote-658'><a href='#note-658' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.002.016","2CO","2","C22_16","<span class='v C22_16' data-id='C22_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>To those who are dying it is the smell of decay, while to those who are being saved it is the scent of life! But who is up to such an assignment? </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.006.016","2CO","6","C26_16","<span class='v C26_16' data-id='C26_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>What compromise could the Temple of God make with idols? For we are a temple of the living God, just as God said: “I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”<span class='note' id='footnote-670'><a href='#note-670' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.001","2CO","7","C27_1","<div class='c'>7</div><div class='p'><span class='v C27_1' data-id='C27_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Dear friends, since we have these promises, we should wash ourselves clean from all that makes both body and spirit dirty, aiming for complete holiness out of reverence for God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.002","2CO","7","C27_2","<span class='v C27_2' data-id='C27_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Please make room in your hearts for us! We haven’t done anyone wrong, we haven’t corrupted anyone, and we haven’t taken advantage of anyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.003","2CO","7","C27_3","<span class='v C27_3' data-id='C27_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>I’m not saying this to condemn you—as I already told you, you mean so much to us that we live and die together with you! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.004","2CO","7","C27_4","<span class='v C27_4' data-id='C27_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>I speak up very strongly for you because I am so proud of you. You are such an encouragement to me. I am so happy for you despite all our troubles. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.005","2CO","7","C27_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C27_5' data-id='C27_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>When we arrived in Macedonia we didn’t have a minute’s peace. We were attacked from every direction, with external conflicts and inner fears. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.006","2CO","7","C27_6","<span class='v C27_6' data-id='C27_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Even so, God who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us with Titus’ arrival. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.007","2CO","7","C27_7","<span class='v C27_7' data-id='C27_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Not just by his arrival, but also by the encouragement you gave him. He told us how you were longing to see me, how sorry you were, and how concerned you were about me, which made me even happier. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.008","2CO","7","C27_8","<span class='v C27_8' data-id='C27_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Even though I made you sorry by the letter I wrote, I don’t regret it—though I did regret it because the letter did hurt you, but just for a while. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.009","2CO","7","C27_9","<span class='v C27_9' data-id='C27_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>I’m happy now, not for hurting you, but because this pain led you to change your minds. You were made sorry in a way God would want, and so weren’t harmed by us in any way. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.010","2CO","7","C27_10","<span class='v C27_10' data-id='C27_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>The kind of sorrow God wants us to have makes us change our minds and brings salvation. This kind of sorrow leaves no sense of regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.011","2CO","7","C27_11","<span class='v C27_11' data-id='C27_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>See what happened to you when you had this very same experience of sorrow that God wants. Remember how enthusiastic you became, how keen you were to defend yourselves, how angry you were at what had happened, how seriously you took it, how you longed to do right, how concerned you were, how you wanted justice to be done. In all of this you showed that you were sincere in wanting to make things right<span class='note' id='footnote-673'><a href='#note-673' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.012","2CO","7","C27_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C27_12' data-id='C27_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>So when I wrote to you, I wasn’t writing about who did the wrong or who was wronged, but to show you how devoted you are to us in God’s sight. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.013","2CO","7","C27_13","<span class='v C27_13' data-id='C27_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>We are so encouraged by this. Added to our own encouragement, we were so pleased to see how happy Titus was, because you set his mind at rest. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.014","2CO","7","C27_14","<span class='v C27_14' data-id='C27_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>I boasted<span class='note' id='footnote-674'><a href='#note-674' class='key'>†</a></span> to him about you, and you didn’t let me down. Just as all I’ve told you is true, my boasting about you to Titus has proved to be true too! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.015","2CO","7","C27_15","<span class='v C27_15' data-id='C27_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Titus cares for you even more as he remembers how you did what he told you, how you welcomed him with great respect. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.007.016","2CO","7","C27_16","<span class='v C27_16' data-id='C27_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>I am so happy that I can be completely confident of you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.001","2CO","8","C28_1","<div class='c'>8</div><div class='p'><span class='v C28_1' data-id='C28_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, we want to let you know about the grace of God shown to the Macedonian churches. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.002","2CO","8","C28_2","<span class='v C28_2' data-id='C28_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Even though they have suffered terrible trouble, they are overflowing with happiness; and even though they are very poor, they are also overflowing in their generosity. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.003","2CO","8","C28_3","<span class='v C28_3' data-id='C28_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>I can confirm that they gave what they could, in fact even more than that! By their own choice </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.004","2CO","8","C28_4","<span class='v C28_4' data-id='C28_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>they kept on pleading with us to have a part in this privilege of sharing in this ministry to God’s people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.005","2CO","8","C28_5","<span class='v C28_5' data-id='C28_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>They didn’t just do what we hoped they would do, but they gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us, as God wanted them to do. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.006","2CO","8","C28_6","<span class='v C28_6' data-id='C28_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>So we have encouraged Titus—since it was he who started this work with you—to return and complete this gracious ministry of yours. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.007","2CO","8","C28_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C28_7' data-id='C28_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Since you have an abundance of everything—your trust in God, your eloquence, your spiritual knowledge, your complete dedication, and in your love for us—make sure that your abundance also extends to this gracious ministry of giving. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.008","2CO","8","C28_8","<span class='v C28_8' data-id='C28_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>I’m not ordering you to do this, but to prove how sincere your love is in comparison with the dedication of others<span class='note' id='footnote-675'><a href='#note-675' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.009","2CO","8","C28_9","<span class='v C28_9' data-id='C28_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Even though he was rich, he became poor for you, so that through his poverty you could become rich. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.010","2CO","8","C28_10","<span class='v C28_10' data-id='C28_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>This is my advice: it would be good if you finished what you started. Last year you were not only the first to give but the first to want to do so. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.011","2CO","8","C28_11","<span class='v C28_11' data-id='C28_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Now finish what you planned to do. Be as keen to finish as you were to plan, and give as you are able. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.012","2CO","8","C28_12","<span class='v C28_12' data-id='C28_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>If the willingness is there, it’s fine to give what you have, not what you don’t have! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.013","2CO","8","C28_13","<span class='v C28_13' data-id='C28_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>This is not to make things easier for others and harder for you, but simply to be fair. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.014","2CO","8","C28_14","<span class='v C28_14' data-id='C28_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>At the moment you have more than enough and can meet their needs, and in turn when they have more than enough they can meet your needs. In that way everyone is treated fairly. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.015","2CO","8","C28_15","<span class='v C28_15' data-id='C28_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “The one who had much didn’t have any excess, and the one who didn’t have much didn’t have too little.”<span class='note' id='footnote-676'><a href='#note-676' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.016","2CO","8","C28_16","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C28_16' data-id='C28_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Thanks be to God that he gave to Titus the same devotion for you that I have. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.017","2CO","8","C28_17","<span class='v C28_17' data-id='C28_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Though he agreed to do what we told him, he’s coming to see you because he really wants to, and had already decided to do so. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.018","2CO","8","C28_18","<span class='v C28_18' data-id='C28_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>We’re also sending with him a brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in spreading the good news. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.019","2CO","8","C28_19","<span class='v C28_19' data-id='C28_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>He was also appointed by the churches to go with us as we deliver this gracious offering we’re carrying. We do this to honor the Lord and to show our eagerness to help others. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.020","2CO","8","C28_20","<span class='v C28_20' data-id='C28_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>We want to guard against anyone criticizing us about how we use this gift. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.021","2CO","8","C28_21","<span class='v C28_21' data-id='C28_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>We’re concerned to do things the right way, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of everyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.022","2CO","8","C28_22","<span class='v C28_22' data-id='C28_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>We’re also sending with them another brother who has proved to be reliable on many occasions, and who is eager to help. He is now even more eager to help because of the great confidence he has in you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.023","2CO","8","C28_23","<span class='v C28_23' data-id='C28_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>If anyone asks about Titus, he is my companion. He works with me on your behalf. The other brothers are representatives from the churches and an honor to Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.008.024","2CO","8","C28_24","<span class='v C28_24' data-id='C28_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>So please welcome them before all the churches and show them your love, proving how rightly proud we are of you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.001","2CO","9","C29_1","<div class='c'>9</div><div class='p'><span class='v C29_1' data-id='C29_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>I really don’t need to write to you about this offering for God’s people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.002","2CO","9","C29_2","<span class='v C29_2' data-id='C29_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>I know how keen you are to help—I was boasting about this to those in Macedonia that you in Achaia have been ready for over a year, and your enthusiasm has encouraged many of them to give. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.003","2CO","9","C29_3","<span class='v C29_3' data-id='C29_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>But I’m sending these brothers so that my boasting about you regarding this won’t be proved wrong, and that you’re prepared, just as I said you would be. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.004","2CO","9","C29_4","<span class='v C29_4' data-id='C29_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>This is just in case some Macedonians should come with me and find you unprepared. We, not to mention you, would be really embarrassed if this project failed! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.005","2CO","9","C29_5","<span class='v C29_5' data-id='C29_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>That’s why I decided I should ask these brothers to visit you in advance, and complete the arrangements to collect this offering, so that it would be ready as a gift, and not as something demanded. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.006","2CO","9","C29_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C29_6' data-id='C29_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>I want to remind you of this: If you only sow a little, you’ll only reap a little; if you sow plenty, you’ll reap plenty. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.007","2CO","9","C29_7","<span class='v C29_7' data-id='C29_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Everybody should give as they’ve already decided—not reluctantly, or because they have to, for God loves those who give with a cheerful spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.008","2CO","9","C29_8","<span class='v C29_8' data-id='C29_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>God is able to graciously provide you with everything, so that you will always have all you need—with plenty to help others too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.009","2CO","9","C29_9","<span class='v C29_9' data-id='C29_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “He gives generously to the poor; his generosity is everlasting.”<span class='note' id='footnote-677'><a href='#note-677' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.010","2CO","9","C29_10","<span class='v C29_10' data-id='C29_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>God, who provides seed to the sower and gives bread for food, will provide and multiply your “seed” and increase your harvest of generosity. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.011","2CO","9","C29_11","<span class='v C29_11' data-id='C29_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>You will be made rich in every way so that you can always be very generous, and your generosity will lead others to be grateful to God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.012","2CO","9","C29_12","<span class='v C29_12' data-id='C29_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>When you serve in this way, not only are the needs of God’s people met, but also many will give grateful thanks to God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.013","2CO","9","C29_13","<span class='v C29_13' data-id='C29_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>By giving this offering you show your true nature, and those who receive it will thank God for your obedience, since it shows your commitment to the good news of Christ and your generosity in giving to them and everyone else. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.014","2CO","9","C29_14","<span class='v C29_14' data-id='C29_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>They will pray for you with much fondness because of God’s abundant grace working through you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.009.015","2CO","9","C29_15","<span class='v C29_15' data-id='C29_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Thank God for his gift that is far greater than words can express! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.001","2CO","10","C210_1","<div class='c'>10</div><div class='p'><span class='v C210_1' data-id='C210_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This is me Paul, personally appealing to you through Christ’s kindness and gentleness, the one who is “shy” when I have to face you but who is “bold” when I’m not there<span class='note' id='footnote-678'><a href='#note-678' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.002","2CO","10","C210_2","<span class='v C210_2' data-id='C210_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>I’m pleading with you, so that the next time I’m with you I won’t have to be as tough as I think I’ll have to be, boldly dealing with those who think we behave in worldly ways. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.003","2CO","10","C210_3","<span class='v C210_3' data-id='C210_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Even though we live in this world, we don’t fight as the world does. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.004","2CO","10","C210_4","<span class='v C210_4' data-id='C210_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Our weapons are not of this world but God’s mighty power that destroys fortresses of human thinking, demolishing misleading theories. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.005","2CO","10","C210_5","<span class='v C210_5' data-id='C210_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Every high wall that stands tall and proud against the knowledge of God is knocked down. Every rebel idea is captured and brought into obedient agreement with Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.006","2CO","10","C210_6","<span class='v C210_6' data-id='C210_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>When you are completely obeying Christ then we’re ready to punish any disobedience. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.007","2CO","10","C210_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C210_7' data-id='C210_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Look at what’s staring you in the face! Anyone who considers that they belong to Christ should think again—just as they belong to Christ, so do we! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.008","2CO","10","C210_8","<span class='v C210_8' data-id='C210_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Even though I may seem to be boasting a little too much about our authority, I’m not embarrassed about it. The Lord gave this authority to us to build you up, not to knock you down. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.009","2CO","10","C210_9","<span class='v C210_9' data-id='C210_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>I’m not trying to scare you by my letters. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.010","2CO","10","C210_10","<span class='v C210_10' data-id='C210_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>People say, “His letters are tough and severe, but in person he’s feeble, and he’s a useless speaker.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.011","2CO","10","C210_11","<span class='v C210_11' data-id='C210_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>People like that should realize that what we ‘say’ through letters when we’re not there we will ‘do’ when we are there! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.012","2CO","10","C210_12","<span class='v C210_12' data-id='C210_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>We’re not so arrogant to compare ourselves with those who think so much of themselves. Those who measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves, are really foolish! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.013","2CO","10","C210_13","<span class='v C210_13' data-id='C210_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>But we won’t boast about ourselves in extravagant terms that can’t be measured. We simply measure what we have done using God’s system of measurement that he gave us—and that includes you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.014","2CO","10","C210_14","<span class='v C210_14' data-id='C210_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>We are not over-extending our authority in saying this, as if we didn’t get as far as you, for we did get to you and share with you the good news of Christ<span class='note' id='footnote-679'><a href='#note-679' class='key'>†</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.015","2CO","10","C210_15","<span class='v C210_15' data-id='C210_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>We’re not boasting in extravagant terms that can’t be measured, claiming credit for what others have done. On the contrary, we hope that as your trust in God grows, our work among you will greatly increase. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.016","2CO","10","C210_16","<span class='v C210_16' data-id='C210_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Then we can share the good news in places way beyond you, without boasting about what’s already been done where someone else has worked<span class='note' id='footnote-680'><a href='#note-680' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.017","2CO","10","C210_17","<span class='v C210_17' data-id='C210_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>“If anyone wants to boast, boast about the Lord.”<span class='note' id='footnote-681'><a href='#note-681' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.010.018","2CO","10","C210_18","<span class='v C210_18' data-id='C210_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>It’s not those who praise themselves that are respected, but those that the Lord praises. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.001","2CO","11","C211_1","<div class='c'>11</div><div class='p'><span class='v C211_1' data-id='C211_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>I hope you can put up with a little more foolishness from me—well you already do put up with me! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.002","2CO","11","C211_2","<span class='v C211_2' data-id='C211_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>I agonize over you with a divine kind of jealousy, for I promised you to a single husband—Christ—so that I could present you as a pure virgin to him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.003","2CO","11","C211_3","<span class='v C211_3' data-id='C211_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>I worry that in some way, just as the serpent deceived Eve with his devious cunning, that you might be led astray in your thinking from your sincere and pure commitment to Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.004","2CO","11","C211_4","<span class='v C211_4' data-id='C211_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>If anyone comes and tells you about a different Jesus to the one we shared with you, you easily go along with them<span class='note' id='footnote-682'><a href='#note-682' class='key'>*</a></span>, accepting a different spirit to the one you received, and a different kind of good news to the one you believed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.005","2CO","11","C211_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C211_5' data-id='C211_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>I don’t believe I’m inferior to these “super-apostles.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.006","2CO","11","C211_6","<span class='v C211_6' data-id='C211_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Even though I may not be skilled in giving speeches, I do know what I’m talking about. We have made this absolutely clear to you in every way. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.007","2CO","11","C211_7","<span class='v C211_7' data-id='C211_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Was it wrong of me to humble myself so you could be elevated, since I shared the good news with you at no charge? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.008","2CO","11","C211_8","<span class='v C211_8' data-id='C211_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>I robbed as it were other churches, taking pay from them so I could work for you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.009","2CO","11","C211_9","<span class='v C211_9' data-id='C211_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>When I was there with you and needed something, I wasn’t a burden to anyone because the believers who came from Macedonia took care of my needs. I was determined never to be a burden to you and I never shall. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.010","2CO","11","C211_10","<span class='v C211_10' data-id='C211_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>This is as certain as the truth of Christ that is in me: nobody in all Achaia will stop me boasting about this! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.011","2CO","11","C211_11","<span class='v C211_11' data-id='C211_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>And why? Because I don’t love you? God knows that I do! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.012","2CO","11","C211_12","<span class='v C211_12' data-id='C211_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>I’ll continue to do what I’ve always done, so as to remove any opportunity for those who want to boast that their work is the same as ours. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.013","2CO","11","C211_13","<span class='v C211_13' data-id='C211_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>These people are false apostles, dishonest workers, who pretend<span class='note' id='footnote-683'><a href='#note-683' class='key'>†</a></span> to be apostles of Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.014","2CO","11","C211_14","<span class='v C211_14' data-id='C211_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Don’t be surprised at this for even Satan himself pretends to be an angel of light. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.015","2CO","11","C211_15","<span class='v C211_15' data-id='C211_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>So it’s no wonder then if those who serve him pretend to be agents of good. But their final end will be in accordance with what they’ve done. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.016","2CO","11","C211_16","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C211_16' data-id='C211_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Let me say it again: please don’t think I’m being foolish. However, even if you do, accept me as someone who is foolish, and let me also boast a little<span class='note' id='footnote-684'><a href='#note-684' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.017","2CO","11","C211_17","<span class='v C211_17' data-id='C211_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>What I’m saying is not as the Lord would say it—all this foolish boasting. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.018","2CO","11","C211_18","<span class='v C211_18' data-id='C211_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>But since many others are boasting in the way the world does, let me boast too. ( </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.019","2CO","11","C211_19","<span class='v C211_19' data-id='C211_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>You’re happy to put up with fools, since you are so wise!<span class='note' id='footnote-685'><a href='#note-685' class='key'>§</a></span>) </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.020","2CO","11","C211_20","<span class='v C211_20' data-id='C211_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>You put up with people who make you slaves, who take what you have, who exploit you, who arrogantly put you down, who hit you in the face. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.021","2CO","11","C211_21","<span class='v C211_21' data-id='C211_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>I’m so sorry that we were too weak to do anything like that! But whatever people dare to boast about, I dare to do too. (Here I’m talking like a fool again). </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.022","2CO","11","C211_22","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C211_22' data-id='C211_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Are they Hebrews? Me too. Are they Israelites? Me too. Are they descendants of Abraham? Me too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.023","2CO","11","C211_23","<span class='v C211_23' data-id='C211_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>Are they servants of Christ? (This will sound like I’m talking crazy). But I have done so much more. I’ve worked harder, been imprisoned more often, whipped more times than I can count, faced death time and again. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.024","2CO","11","C211_24","<span class='v C211_24' data-id='C211_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes less one. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.025","2CO","11","C211_25","<span class='v C211_25' data-id='C211_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent twenty-four hours adrift on the ocean. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.026","2CO","11","C211_26","<span class='v C211_26' data-id='C211_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>During my many journeys I have faced the dangers of crossing rivers, robber gangs, attacks from my own countrymen, as well as from foreigners<span class='note' id='footnote-686'><a href='#note-686' class='key'>*</a></span>. I have faced danger in cities, in the deserts, and on the sea. I have faced the danger of people who pretend to be Christians. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.027","2CO","11","C211_27","<span class='v C211_27' data-id='C211_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>I have faced hard labor and struggles, many sleepless nights, hungry and thirsty, often going without food, cold, without enough clothing to keep warm. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.028","2CO","11","C211_28","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C211_28' data-id='C211_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>Besides all this, I face the daily concerns of dealing with all the churches. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.029","2CO","11","C211_29","<span class='v C211_29' data-id='C211_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>Who is weak, and I don’t feel weak too? Who is led into sin, and I don’t burn up? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.030","2CO","11","C211_30","<span class='v C211_30' data-id='C211_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>If I have to boast, I will boast about how weak I am. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.031","2CO","11","C211_31","<span class='v C211_31' data-id='C211_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>The God and Father of the Lord Jesus—may he be praised forever—knows I am not lying. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.032","2CO","11","C211_32","<span class='v C211_32' data-id='C211_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>While I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas had the city guarded in order to capture me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.011.033","2CO","11","C211_33","<span class='v C211_33' data-id='C211_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the city wall, and so I escaped from him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.001","2CO","12","C212_1","<div class='c'>12</div><div class='p'><span class='v C212_1' data-id='C212_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>I suppose I have to boast, even though it doesn’t really help. Let me go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.002","2CO","12","C212_2","<span class='v C212_2' data-id='C212_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was taken up to the third heaven (whether physically in the body, or out of it, I don’t know, but God knows). </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.003","2CO","12","C212_3","<span class='v C212_3' data-id='C212_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>I know that this man (whether taken up physically in the body, or apart from it, I don’t know, but God knows), </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.004","2CO","12","C212_4","<span class='v C212_4' data-id='C212_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>how he was taken up into Paradise, and heard things too wonderful to be spoken, in words so sacred that no human being is allowed to say. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.005","2CO","12","C212_5","<span class='v C212_5' data-id='C212_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Something like that I’ll boast about, but I won’t boast about myself, except for my weaknesses. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.006","2CO","12","C212_6","<span class='v C212_6' data-id='C212_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>I wouldn’t be foolish if I wanted to boast, because I’d be telling the truth. But I won’t boast, so that nobody will think more of me than what they see me doing or hear me saying. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.007","2CO","12","C212_7","<span class='v C212_7' data-id='C212_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Also, because these revelations were so amazingly great, and so that I wouldn’t become proud, I was given a “thorn in my flesh”<span class='note' id='footnote-687'><a href='#note-687' class='key'>*</a></span>—a messenger from Satan to hurt me so that I wouldn’t become proud. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.008","2CO","12","C212_8","<span class='v C212_8' data-id='C212_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>I pleaded with the Lord three times to get rid of this problem. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.009","2CO","12","C212_9","<span class='v C212_9' data-id='C212_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>But he told me, “My grace is all you will need, for my power is effective in weakness.” That’s why I happily boast about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.010","2CO","12","C212_10","<span class='v C212_10' data-id='C212_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>So I appreciate weaknesses, insults, troubles, persecutions, and difficulties that I suffer for Christ’s sake. For when I’m weak, then I’m strong! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.011","2CO","12","C212_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C212_11' data-id='C212_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>I’m talking like a fool, but you made me do it! You should really have been speaking well of me, for in no way am I inferior to the super-apostles<span class='note' id='footnote-688'><a href='#note-688' class='key'>†</a></span>, even though I don’t count for anything. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.012","2CO","12","C212_12","<span class='v C212_12' data-id='C212_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Yet the marks of an apostle were patiently demonstrated among you—signs, wonders, and powerful miracles. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.013","2CO","12","C212_13","<span class='v C212_13' data-id='C212_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>In what way were you inferior to the other churches except I wasn’t any burden to you? Please forgive me for doing you wrong!<span class='note' id='footnote-689'><a href='#note-689' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.014","2CO","12","C212_14","<span class='v C212_14' data-id='C212_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Now I’m preparing to visit you for the third time, and I won’t be a burden to you. I don’t want what you have, I want you yourselves! After all, children shouldn’t save up for their parents, but parents should for their children. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.015","2CO","12","C212_15","<span class='v C212_15' data-id='C212_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>I will happily spend myself, and be spent, for you. If I love you so much more, will you love me even less? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.016","2CO","12","C212_16","<span class='v C212_16' data-id='C212_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Well, even if that’s so, I wasn’t a burden to you. Maybe I was being devious, and tricked you with my cunning ways! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.017","2CO","12","C212_17","<span class='v C212_17' data-id='C212_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>But did I take advantage of you by anyone I’ve sent to you? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.018","2CO","12","C212_18","<span class='v C212_18' data-id='C212_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>I urged Titus to go and see you, and I sent another brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? No, we both have the same spirit and use the same methods. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.019","2CO","12","C212_19","<span class='v C212_19' data-id='C212_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Maybe you’re thinking that all along we’ve been just trying to defend ourselves. No, we speak for Christ before God. Everything we do, friends, is for your benefit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.020","2CO","12","C212_20","<span class='v C212_20' data-id='C212_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>I do worry when I visit that somehow I won’t find you as I would want to, and that you won’t find me as you would want to! I’m afraid that there will be arguments, jealousy, anger, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.012.021","2CO","12","C212_21","<span class='v C212_21' data-id='C212_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>I’m afraid that when I visit, my God will humble me in your presence, and that I will be weeping over many of those who have sinned previously, and who still have not repented of impurity, sexual immorality, and indecent acts that they committed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.013.001","2CO","13","C213_1","<div class='c'>13</div><div class='p'><span class='v C213_1' data-id='C213_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This is my third visit to you. “Any charge must be verified by two or three witnesses.”<span class='note' id='footnote-690'><a href='#note-690' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.013.002","2CO","13","C213_2","<span class='v C213_2' data-id='C213_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>I already warned those of you who were sinning when I visited the second time. Even though I’m not there, I’m warning them again—and all the rest of you—that when I visit I won’t hesitate to act against them, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.013.003","2CO","13","C213_3","<span class='v C213_3' data-id='C213_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>since you’re demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in the way he relates to you; rather he works powerfully among you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.013.004","2CO","13","C213_4","<span class='v C213_4' data-id='C213_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Even though he was crucified in weakness, now he lives through the power of God. We too are weak in him, but you will see that we live with him through the power of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.013.005","2CO","13","C213_5","<span class='v C213_5' data-id='C213_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Examine yourselves to see if you are trusting God. Put yourselves to the test. Don’t you yourselves realize that Jesus Christ is in<span class='note' id='footnote-691'><a href='#note-691' class='key'>†</a></span> you? Unless you have failed the test… </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.013.006","2CO","13","C213_6","<span class='v C213_6' data-id='C213_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>However, I hope that you realize that we have not failed the test. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.013.007","2CO","13","C213_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C213_7' data-id='C213_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>We pray to God that you won’t do anything bad—not so we can show we passed the test, but so you can do what is good, even if we appear to be failures. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.013.008","2CO","13","C213_8","<span class='v C213_8' data-id='C213_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>We can’t do anything against the truth, only for the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.013.009","2CO","13","C213_9","<span class='v C213_9' data-id='C213_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>We’re happy when we are weak, and you are strong—we pray that you may continue to improve. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.013.010","2CO","13","C213_10","<span class='v C213_10' data-id='C213_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>That is why I write about this while I’m not with you, so that when I am with you I won’t have to treat you harshly by imposing my authority. The Lord gave me authority for building up, not for tearing down. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.013.011","2CO","13","C213_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v C213_11' data-id='C213_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Finally, brothers and sisters, I say goodbye. Continue to improve spiritually. Encourage one another. Be in agreement. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.013.012","2CO","13","C213_12","<span class='v C213_12' data-id='C213_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Greet each other with Christian affection. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.013.013","2CO","13","C213_13","<span class='v C213_13' data-id='C213_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>All the believers here send their greetings. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("077.013.014","2CO","13","C213_14","<span class='v C213_14' data-id='C213_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.001","GAL","1","GL1_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL1_1' data-id='GL1_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Paul, an apostle not appointed by any human organization or human authority<span class='note' id='footnote-692'><a href='#note-692' class='key'>*</a></span>. Quite the contrary: I was appointed by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Jesus from the dead. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.002","GAL","1","GL1_2","<span class='v GL1_2' data-id='GL1_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>All the brothers and sisters here with me join in sending this letter to the churches in Galatia. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.003","GAL","1","GL1_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL1_3' data-id='GL1_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>May the grace and peace of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ be with you! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.004","GAL","1","GL1_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL1_4' data-id='GL1_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Jesus gave himself for our sins to set us free from this current world of evil, following the will of our God and Father. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.005","GAL","1","GL1_5","<span class='v GL1_5' data-id='GL1_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>To him be glory forever and ever! Amen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.006","GAL","1","GL1_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL1_6' data-id='GL1_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>I’m shocked at how quickly you’re abandoning the God who by the grace of Christ called you. You are turning to a different kind of good news </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.007","GAL","1","GL1_7","<span class='v GL1_7' data-id='GL1_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>that isn’t good news at all! Some people there are confusing you, wanting to pervert the good news of Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.008","GAL","1","GL1_8","<span class='v GL1_8' data-id='GL1_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>But if anyone, even we ourselves, or even an angel from heaven, should promote any other kind of good news<span class='note' id='footnote-693'><a href='#note-693' class='key'>†</a></span> than what we have already told you, let them be condemned! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.009","GAL","1","GL1_9","<span class='v GL1_9' data-id='GL1_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>I repeat what we’ve told you before: if anyone promotes any other kind of good news<span class='note' id='footnote-694'><a href='#note-694' class='key'>‡</a></span> than what you’ve already accepted, let them be condemned! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.010","GAL","1","GL1_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL1_10' data-id='GL1_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Whose approval do you think I want—that of people or of God? Do you think I’m trying to please people? If I wanted to please people I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.011","GAL","1","GL1_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL1_11' data-id='GL1_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Let me make it clear, my friends, regarding the good news I’m declaring—it did not come from any human being. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.012","GAL","1","GL1_12","<span class='v GL1_12' data-id='GL1_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>I didn’t receive it from anyone, and nobody taught it to me—it was Jesus Christ who revealed it to me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.013","GAL","1","GL1_13","<span class='v GL1_13' data-id='GL1_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>You heard how I behaved as a follower of the Jewish religion—how I fanatically persecuted God’s church, savagely trying to destroy it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.014","GAL","1","GL1_14","<span class='v GL1_14' data-id='GL1_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>I surpassed my contemporaries in the practice of the Jewish religion because I was so fervently devoted to the traditions of my ancestors. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.015","GAL","1","GL1_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL1_15' data-id='GL1_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>But when God (who had set me apart from birth) called me through his grace, and was pleased </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.016","GAL","1","GL1_16","<span class='v GL1_16' data-id='GL1_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>to reveal his Son to me so that I could announce the good news to the nations<span class='note' id='footnote-695'><a href='#note-695' class='key'>§</a></span>, I didn’t discuss this with anyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.017","GAL","1","GL1_17","<span class='v GL1_17' data-id='GL1_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>I didn’t go to Jerusalem to talk to those who preceded me as apostles; instead I left for Arabia, and then later returned to Damascus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.018","GAL","1","GL1_18","<span class='v GL1_18' data-id='GL1_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>After three years I went to Jerusalem to visit Peter. I stayed with him for two weeks. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.019","GAL","1","GL1_19","<span class='v GL1_19' data-id='GL1_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>I didn’t see any other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.020","GAL","1","GL1_20","<span class='v GL1_20' data-id='GL1_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>(Let me assure you before God that I’m not lying about what I’m writing to you!) </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.021","GAL","1","GL1_21","<span class='v GL1_21' data-id='GL1_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Then I went to Syria and Cilicia. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.022","GAL","1","GL1_22","<span class='v GL1_22' data-id='GL1_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Even so, my face wasn’t known to those in the churches of Judea. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.023","GAL","1","GL1_23","<span class='v GL1_23' data-id='GL1_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>They had only heard people say, “The man who used to persecute us is now spreading the faith he once tried to destroy!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.001.024","GAL","1","GL1_24","<span class='v GL1_24' data-id='GL1_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>—and they praised God because of me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.001","GAL","2","GL2_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL2_1' data-id='GL2_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Fourteen years later I returned to Jerusalem with Barnabas. I took Titus along with me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.002","GAL","2","GL2_2","<span class='v GL2_2' data-id='GL2_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>I went because of what God had shown me<span class='note' id='footnote-696'><a href='#note-696' class='key'>*</a></span>. I met with the recognized church leaders there in private and explained to them the good news I was sharing with the foreigners<span class='note' id='footnote-697'><a href='#note-697' class='key'>†</a></span>. I didn’t want the course I had followed, and what I was working so hard for, to come to nothing. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.003","GAL","2","GL2_3","<span class='v GL2_3' data-id='GL2_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>But as it turned out, nobody even insisted that Titus who was with me should be circumcised, though he was Greek. ( </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.004","GAL","2","GL2_4","<span class='v GL2_4' data-id='GL2_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>That issue only arose because some false Christians slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, trying to make us slaves. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.005","GAL","2","GL2_5","<span class='v GL2_5' data-id='GL2_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>We never gave into them, not even for a moment. We wanted to make sure to keep the truth of the good news unchanged for you.) </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.006","GAL","2","GL2_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL2_6' data-id='GL2_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>But those considered to be important didn’t add anything<span class='note' id='footnote-698'><a href='#note-698' class='key'>‡</a></span> to what I said. (It doesn’t concern me what kind of leaders they were, because God doesn’t judge people the way we do.) </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.007","GAL","2","GL2_7","<span class='v GL2_7' data-id='GL2_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>On the contrary, once they realized that I’d been given responsibility to share the good news with the foreigners just as Peter had been given the responsibility to share the good news with the Jews, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.008","GAL","2","GL2_8","<span class='v GL2_8' data-id='GL2_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>(for the same God<span class='note' id='footnote-699'><a href='#note-699' class='key'>§</a></span> who worked through Peter as apostle to the Jews also worked through me as apostle to the foreigners), </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.009","GAL","2","GL2_9","<span class='v GL2_9' data-id='GL2_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>and once they recognized the grace that had been given to me, then James, Peter, and John, who bore the responsibility<span class='note' id='footnote-700'><a href='#note-700' class='key'>*</a></span> of church leadership, shook me and Barnabas by the hand as their fellow-workers. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.010","GAL","2","GL2_10","<span class='v GL2_10' data-id='GL2_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>We were to work for the foreigners, while they would work for the Jews. Their only instruction was to remember to look after the poor, something I was already very committed to. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.011","GAL","2","GL2_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL2_11' data-id='GL2_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>However when Peter came to Antioch I did have to confront him directly, because he was clearly wrong in what he did. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.012","GAL","2","GL2_12","<span class='v GL2_12' data-id='GL2_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Before some of James’ friends arrived, Peter used to eat with the foreigners. But when these people came he stopped doing this and stayed away from the foreigners. He was afraid of being criticized by those who insisted that men had to be circumcised. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.013","GAL","2","GL2_13","<span class='v GL2_13' data-id='GL2_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>As well as Peter, other Jewish Christians became hypocritical too, to the extent that even Barnabas was persuaded to follow their hypocrisy. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.014","GAL","2","GL2_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL2_14' data-id='GL2_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>When I realized that they weren’t taking a firm stand for the truth of the good news, I said to Peter in front of everyone, “If you’re a Jew yet live like the foreigners and not like Jews, why are you forcing the foreigners to live like Jews? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.015","GAL","2","GL2_15","<span class='v GL2_15' data-id='GL2_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>We may be Jews by birth, and not ‘sinners’ like the foreigners, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.016","GAL","2","GL2_16","<span class='v GL2_16' data-id='GL2_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>but we know that nobody is made right by doing what the law demands—it is only through trusting in Jesus Christ. We have trusted in Christ Jesus so that we could be made right by placing our confidence in Christ, and not through doing what the law says—because nobody is made right by observing the requirements of the law.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.017","GAL","2","GL2_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL2_17' data-id='GL2_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>For if, as we look to be made right in Christ, we ourselves prove to be sinners, does that then mean that Christ is in the service of sin?<span class='note' id='footnote-701'><a href='#note-701' class='key'>†</a></span> Of course not! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.018","GAL","2","GL2_18","<span class='v GL2_18' data-id='GL2_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>For if I were to rebuild what I’ve destroyed, then I only demonstrate I’m a law-breaker<span class='note' id='footnote-702'><a href='#note-702' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.019","GAL","2","GL2_19","<span class='v GL2_19' data-id='GL2_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>For through the law I died to the law in order that I could live for God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.020","GAL","2","GL2_20","<span class='v GL2_20' data-id='GL2_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>I’ve been crucified with Christ— so it’s no longer me who lives, but it is Christ living in me. The life I now live in this body, I live by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me, and who gave himself for me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.002.021","GAL","2","GL2_21","<span class='v GL2_21' data-id='GL2_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>How could I dismiss God’s grace? For if we can be made right through keeping the law then Christ died a pointless death! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.001","GAL","3","GL3_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL3_1' data-id='GL3_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>You Galatians, you’ve lost your heads!<span class='note' id='footnote-703'><a href='#note-703' class='key'>*</a></span> Who has put you under a spell? The death of Jesus Christ on a cross was clearly presented to you so you could see! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.002","GAL","3","GL3_2","<span class='v GL3_2' data-id='GL3_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>So tell me—did you receive the Spirit by keeping the law or by placing your trust in what you heard? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.003","GAL","3","GL3_3","<span class='v GL3_3' data-id='GL3_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>You really have lost your heads! You began living<span class='note' id='footnote-704'><a href='#note-704' class='key'>†</a></span> in the Spirit. Do you really think you can now make yourselves perfect by your own human efforts<span class='note' id='footnote-705'><a href='#note-705' class='key'>‡</a></span>? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.004","GAL","3","GL3_4","<span class='v GL3_4' data-id='GL3_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Did you go through so much suffering for nothing? (It really wasn’t for nothing was it?) </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.005","GAL","3","GL3_5","<span class='v GL3_5' data-id='GL3_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Let me ask you: does God<span class='note' id='footnote-706'><a href='#note-706' class='key'>§</a></span> give you the Spirit and do so many miracles among you because you keep the law, or is it because you trust in what you heard? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.006","GAL","3","GL3_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL3_6' data-id='GL3_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>It’s just like Abraham who “trusted God, and was considered to be right.”<span class='note' id='footnote-707'><a href='#note-707' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.007","GAL","3","GL3_7","<span class='v GL3_7' data-id='GL3_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>So you should acknowledge that those who trust in God are the children of Abraham. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.008","GAL","3","GL3_8","<span class='v GL3_8' data-id='GL3_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>In Scripture it’s foreseen that God would make right the foreigners who trusted in him. The good news is revealed to Abraham beforehand with the words, “Through you all the nations will be blessed.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.009","GAL","3","GL3_9","<span class='v GL3_9' data-id='GL3_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Consequently those who trust in God are blessed along with Abraham who trusted God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.010","GAL","3","GL3_10","<span class='v GL3_10' data-id='GL3_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>All those who rely on keeping the law<span class='note' id='footnote-708'><a href='#note-708' class='key'>†</a></span> are under a curse, for as Scripture says, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t carefully obey everything that’s written in the book of the law.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.011","GAL","3","GL3_11","<span class='v GL3_11' data-id='GL3_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Clearly nobody is made right with God by attempting to keep the law, for “Those who are made right will live by trusting God.”<span class='note' id='footnote-709'><a href='#note-709' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.012","GAL","3","GL3_12","<span class='v GL3_12' data-id='GL3_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Obedience to the law has nothing to do with trusting God. Scripture only says, “You will live if you observe everything the law requires.”<span class='note' id='footnote-710'><a href='#note-710' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.013","GAL","3","GL3_13","<span class='v GL3_13' data-id='GL3_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Christ has rescued us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. As Scripture says, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”<span class='note' id='footnote-711'><a href='#note-711' class='key'>*</a></span>— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.014","GAL","3","GL3_14","<span class='v GL3_14' data-id='GL3_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>so that through Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham could come to the foreigners as well, and we could receive the promise of the Spirit by trusting God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.015","GAL","3","GL3_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL3_15' data-id='GL3_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, here’s an example from daily life. If a contract is drawn up and agreed, signed and sealed, nobody can ignore it or add to it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.016","GAL","3","GL3_16","<span class='v GL3_16' data-id='GL3_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Now the promises were given to Abraham, and to his son.<span class='note' id='footnote-712'><a href='#note-712' class='key'>†</a></span> It doesn’t say, “sons” as if plural, but singular: “and to your son,” meaning Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.017","GAL","3","GL3_17","<span class='v GL3_17' data-id='GL3_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Let me explain. The law, coming four hundred and thirty years later, doesn’t cancel the previous covenant that God made, breaking the promise. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.018","GAL","3","GL3_18","<span class='v GL3_18' data-id='GL3_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>If the inheritance is derived from obedience to the law, it no longer comes from the promise. But God graciously gave it to Abraham by means of the promise. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.019","GAL","3","GL3_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL3_19' data-id='GL3_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>What was the point of the law, then? It was added to show what wrongdoing really is, until the son came to whom the promise had been made. The law was put in place by angels through the hand of a mediator. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.020","GAL","3","GL3_20","<span class='v GL3_20' data-id='GL3_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>But a mediator isn’t needed when there’s only one person involved. And God is one!<span class='note' id='footnote-713'><a href='#note-713' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.021","GAL","3","GL3_21","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL3_21' data-id='GL3_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>So does the law work against God’s promises? Of course not! For if there was a law that could give life, then we could be made right by keeping it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.022","GAL","3","GL3_22","<span class='v GL3_22' data-id='GL3_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>But Scripture tells us that we all are prisoners of sin. The only way we can receive God’s promises is by trusting in Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.023","GAL","3","GL3_23","<span class='v GL3_23' data-id='GL3_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>Before we trusted in Jesus we remained in the custody of the law until this way of trusting was revealed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.024","GAL","3","GL3_24","<span class='v GL3_24' data-id='GL3_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>The law was our guardian until Christ came, so that we could be made right by trusting him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.025","GAL","3","GL3_25","<span class='v GL3_25' data-id='GL3_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>But now this way of trusting Jesus has come, we no longer need such a guardian. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.026","GAL","3","GL3_26","<span class='v GL3_26' data-id='GL3_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>For you are all God’s children through your trust in Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.027","GAL","3","GL3_27","<span class='v GL3_27' data-id='GL3_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>All of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.028","GAL","3","GL3_28","<span class='v GL3_28' data-id='GL3_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>There’s no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female—you are all one in Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.003.029","GAL","3","GL3_29","<span class='v GL3_29' data-id='GL3_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s children, and you are heirs of the promise! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.001","GAL","4","GL4_1","<div class='c'>4</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL4_1' data-id='GL4_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Let me explain what I’m saying. An heir who is under-age is no different from a slave, even though the heir may be the owner of everything. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.002","GAL","4","GL4_2","<span class='v GL4_2' data-id='GL4_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>An heir is subject to guardians and managers until the time set by the father. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.003","GAL","4","GL4_3","<span class='v GL4_3' data-id='GL4_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>It’s just the same for us. When we were children, we were slaves subject to the basic rules<span class='note' id='footnote-714'><a href='#note-714' class='key'>*</a></span> of the law. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.004","GAL","4","GL4_4","<span class='v GL4_4' data-id='GL4_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>But at the appropriate time God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the rule of law, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.005","GAL","4","GL4_5","<span class='v GL4_5' data-id='GL4_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>so that he could rescue those who were kept under the rule of law, so that we could receive the inheritance of adopted children. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.006","GAL","4","GL4_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL4_6' data-id='GL4_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>To show you are his children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, causing us to call out, “Abba,” meaning “Father.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.007","GAL","4","GL4_7","<span class='v GL4_7' data-id='GL4_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Since you are now no longer a slave, but a child, and if you are his child, then God has made you his heir. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.008","GAL","4","GL4_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL4_8' data-id='GL4_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>At the time when you didn’t know God, you were enslaved by the supposed “gods” of this world. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.009","GAL","4","GL4_9","<span class='v GL4_9' data-id='GL4_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>But now you’ve come to know God—or better, to be known ‘by’ God. So how can you go back to those useless and worthless rules? Do you want to be slaves to those rules all over again? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.010","GAL","4","GL4_10","<span class='v GL4_10' data-id='GL4_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>You’re observing special days and months, seasons and years<span class='note' id='footnote-715'><a href='#note-715' class='key'>†</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.011","GAL","4","GL4_11","<span class='v GL4_11' data-id='GL4_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>I’m concerned that all I did for you has been wasted! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.012","GAL","4","GL4_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL4_12' data-id='GL4_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>I’m pleading with you, my friends: be like me, because I became like you<span class='note' id='footnote-716'><a href='#note-716' class='key'>‡</a></span>. You’ve never treated me badly. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.013","GAL","4","GL4_13","<span class='v GL4_13' data-id='GL4_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>You remember that it was because I was sick that I shared with you the good news on my first visit<span class='note' id='footnote-717'><a href='#note-717' class='key'>§</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.014","GAL","4","GL4_14","<span class='v GL4_14' data-id='GL4_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Even though my illness was difficult for you, you didn’t despise or reject me—in fact you treated me like an angel of God, like Christ Jesus himself. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.015","GAL","4","GL4_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL4_15' data-id='GL4_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>So what’s happened to all your gratefulness? I tell you, back then if you could have pulled out your eyes and given them to me, you would have! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.016","GAL","4","GL4_16","<span class='v GL4_16' data-id='GL4_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>So what has happened—have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.017","GAL","4","GL4_17","<span class='v GL4_17' data-id='GL4_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>These people are keen to gain your support, but not for any good reasons. On the contrary, they want to keep you away from us so that you will enthusiastically support them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.018","GAL","4","GL4_18","<span class='v GL4_18' data-id='GL4_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Of course it’s good to want to do good. But this should be at all times, not just when I’m there with you!<span class='note' id='footnote-718'><a href='#note-718' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.019","GAL","4","GL4_19","<span class='v GL4_19' data-id='GL4_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>My dear friends, I want to work with you until Christ’s character is duplicated in you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.020","GAL","4","GL4_20","<span class='v GL4_20' data-id='GL4_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>I really wish I could be with you right now so I could change my tone of voice… I’m so worried about you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.021","GAL","4","GL4_21","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL4_21' data-id='GL4_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Answer me this, you people who want to live under the law: Don’t you hear what the law is saying? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.022","GAL","4","GL4_22","<span class='v GL4_22' data-id='GL4_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>As Scripture says, Abraham had two sons, one from the servant girl, and one from the free woman. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.023","GAL","4","GL4_23","<span class='v GL4_23' data-id='GL4_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>However the son from the servant girl was born following a human plan<span class='note' id='footnote-719'><a href='#note-719' class='key'>†</a></span>, while the son from the free woman was born as the result of the promise. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.024","GAL","4","GL4_24","<span class='v GL4_24' data-id='GL4_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>This provides an analogy: these two women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai—Hagar—and she gives birth to slave children. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.025","GAL","4","GL4_25","<span class='v GL4_25' data-id='GL4_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Hagar symbolizes Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the current Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.026","GAL","4","GL4_26","<span class='v GL4_26' data-id='GL4_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>But the heavenly Jerusalem is free. She is our mother. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.027","GAL","4","GL4_27","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL4_27' data-id='GL4_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “Rejoice you who are childless and who have never given birth! Shout aloud for joy, you who have never been in labor—for the abandoned woman has more children than the woman who has a husband!”<span class='note' id='footnote-720'><a href='#note-720' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.028","GAL","4","GL4_28","<span class='v GL4_28' data-id='GL4_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>Now my friends, we are children of promise just like Isaac. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.029","GAL","4","GL4_29","<span class='v GL4_29' data-id='GL4_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>However just as the one born according to a human plan persecuted the one born through the Spirit, so it is today. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.030","GAL","4","GL4_30","<span class='v GL4_30' data-id='GL4_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>But what does Scripture say? “Send away the servant girl and her son, for the son of the servant girl will not be an heir together with the son of the free woman.”<span class='note' id='footnote-721'><a href='#note-721' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.004.031","GAL","4","GL4_31","<span class='v GL4_31' data-id='GL4_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>Therefore, my friends, we’re not children of a servant girl, but of the free woman. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.001","GAL","5","GL5_1","<div class='c'>5</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL5_1' data-id='GL5_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Christ set us free so we could have real freedom. So stand firm and don’t get burdened down again by a yoke of slavery. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.002","GAL","5","GL5_2","<span class='v GL5_2' data-id='GL5_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Let me, Paul, tell you bluntly: if you rely on the way of circumcision, Christ will be of absolutely no benefit to you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.003","GAL","5","GL5_3","<span class='v GL5_3' data-id='GL5_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Let me repeat: every man who is circumcised has to keep the whole of the law. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.004","GAL","5","GL5_4","<span class='v GL5_4' data-id='GL5_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Those of you who think you can be made right by the law are cut off from Christ—you have abandoned grace. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.005","GAL","5","GL5_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL5_5' data-id='GL5_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>For through the Spirit we trust and wait in hope to be made right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.006","GAL","5","GL5_6","<span class='v GL5_6' data-id='GL5_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>For in Christ Jesus being circumcised or uncircumcised doesn’t achieve anything; it’s only trust working through love that matters. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.007","GAL","5","GL5_7","<span class='v GL5_7' data-id='GL5_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>You were doing so well! Who got in the way and prevented you from being convinced by the truth? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.008","GAL","5","GL5_8","<span class='v GL5_8' data-id='GL5_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>This “persuasion” certainly isn’t from the One who calls you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.009","GAL","5","GL5_9","<span class='v GL5_9' data-id='GL5_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>You only need a little bit of yeast to raise the whole batch of dough. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.010","GAL","5","GL5_10","<span class='v GL5_10' data-id='GL5_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>I’m confident in the Lord that you won’t change the way you think, and that the one who is confusing you will face the consequences<span class='note' id='footnote-722'><a href='#note-722' class='key'>*</a></span>, whoever he is. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.011","GAL","5","GL5_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL5_11' data-id='GL5_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>As for me, brothers and sisters, if I were still advocating circumcision—why am I still persecuted? If that was true, it would remove the issue of the cross that offends people so much. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.012","GAL","5","GL5_12","<span class='v GL5_12' data-id='GL5_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>If only those who are causing you trouble would go even further than circumcision and castrate themselves!<span class='note' id='footnote-723'><a href='#note-723' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.013","GAL","5","GL5_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL5_13' data-id='GL5_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>You, my brothers and sisters, were called to freedom! Just don’t use your freedom as an excuse to indulge your sinful human nature—instead serve one another in love. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.014","GAL","5","GL5_14","<span class='v GL5_14' data-id='GL5_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>For the whole law is summed up in this one command, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.015","GAL","5","GL5_15","<span class='v GL5_15' data-id='GL5_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>But if you attack and tear into one other, watch out that you don’t completely destroy yourselves! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.016","GAL","5","GL5_16","<span class='v GL5_16' data-id='GL5_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>My advice is to walk by the Spirit. Don’t satisfy the desires of your sinful human nature. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.017","GAL","5","GL5_17","<span class='v GL5_17' data-id='GL5_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>For the desires of the sinful nature are opposed to the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are opposed to the sinful nature. They fight one another, so you don’t do what you want to do. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.018","GAL","5","GL5_18","<span class='v GL5_18' data-id='GL5_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>But if the Spirit leads you, you’re not under the law. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.019","GAL","5","GL5_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL5_19' data-id='GL5_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>It’s clear what the sinful human nature produces: sexual immorality, indecency, sensuality, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.020","GAL","5","GL5_20","<span class='v GL5_20' data-id='GL5_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>idolatry, sorcery, hatred, rivalry, jealousy, anger, selfish ambition, dissension, heresy, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.021","GAL","5","GL5_21","<span class='v GL5_21' data-id='GL5_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>envy, drunkenness, feasting, and similar things. As I warned you before so I warn you again: nobody who behaves like this will inherit the kingdom of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.022","GAL","5","GL5_22","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL5_22' data-id='GL5_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>But the Spirit produces fruit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trust, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.023","GAL","5","GL5_23","<span class='v GL5_23' data-id='GL5_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>gentleness, self-control—and there’s no law against these kinds of things! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.024","GAL","5","GL5_24","<span class='v GL5_24' data-id='GL5_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed to the cross their sinful human nature, together with all their sinful passions and desires. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.025","GAL","5","GL5_25","<span class='v GL5_25' data-id='GL5_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>If we live in the Spirit we should also walk in the Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.005.026","GAL","5","GL5_26","<span class='v GL5_26' data-id='GL5_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>Let’s not become boastful, or irritate and envy one another. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.001","GAL","6","GL6_1","<div class='c'>6</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL6_1' data-id='GL6_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>My friends, if someone is led astray by sin, you who are spiritual should bring them back with a gentle spirit. Watch out that you don’t get tempted too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.002","GAL","6","GL6_2","<span class='v GL6_2' data-id='GL6_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Carry each other’s burdens, for in this way you fulfill the law of Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.003","GAL","6","GL6_3","<span class='v GL6_3' data-id='GL6_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Those who think they’re really something—when they’re actually nothing—only fool themselves. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.004","GAL","6","GL6_4","<span class='v GL6_4' data-id='GL6_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Carefully examine your actions. Then you can be satisfied with yourself, without comparing yourself to anyone else. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.005","GAL","6","GL6_5","<span class='v GL6_5' data-id='GL6_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>We have to take responsibility for ourselves. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.006","GAL","6","GL6_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL6_6' data-id='GL6_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Those that are taught the Word should treat their teachers well, sharing with them all good things. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.007","GAL","6","GL6_7","<span class='v GL6_7' data-id='GL6_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Don’t be fooled, God can’t be treated with contempt: whatever you sow, that’s what you reap. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.008","GAL","6","GL6_8","<span class='v GL6_8' data-id='GL6_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>If you sow according to your sinful human nature, from that nature you’ll reap self-destruction. But if you sow according to the Spirit, from the Spirit you’ll reap eternal life. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.009","GAL","6","GL6_9","<span class='v GL6_9' data-id='GL6_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Let’s never tire of doing good, for we’ll reap a harvest at the proper time, if we don’t give up. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.010","GAL","6","GL6_10","<span class='v GL6_10' data-id='GL6_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>So while we have time<span class='note' id='footnote-724'><a href='#note-724' class='key'>*</a></span>, let’s do good to everyone—especially to those who belong to the family of faith. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.011","GAL","6","GL6_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v GL6_11' data-id='GL6_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Notice how big the letters are, now that I’m writing with my own hand! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.012","GAL","6","GL6_12","<span class='v GL6_12' data-id='GL6_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Those people who only want to make a good impression are forcing you to be circumcised just so they won’t be persecuted for the cross of Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.013","GAL","6","GL6_13","<span class='v GL6_13' data-id='GL6_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Even those who are circumcised don’t keep the law, but they want to have you circumcised so that they can boast about you and claim you as their followers<span class='note' id='footnote-725'><a href='#note-725' class='key'>†</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.014","GAL","6","GL6_14","<span class='v GL6_14' data-id='GL6_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Through this cross, the world has been crucified to me, and I’ve been crucified as far as the world is concerned. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.015","GAL","6","GL6_15","<span class='v GL6_15' data-id='GL6_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Circumcision or uncircumcision doesn’t matter—what matters is that we’re created brand new! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.016","GAL","6","GL6_16","<span class='v GL6_16' data-id='GL6_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Peace and mercy to all who follow this principle, and to the Israel of God! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.017","GAL","6","GL6_17","<span class='v GL6_17' data-id='GL6_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Please, don’t anyone trouble me anymore, because I carry on my body the scars of Jesus<span class='note' id='footnote-726'><a href='#note-726' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("078.006.018","GAL","6","GL6_18","<span class='v GL6_18' data-id='GL6_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>My brothers and sisters, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.001","EPH","1","EP1_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP1_1' data-id='EP1_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to God’s will, to the Christians<span class='note' id='footnote-727'><a href='#note-727' class='key'>*</a></span> in Ephesus and those who trust in Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.002","EPH","1","EP1_2","<span class='v EP1_2' data-id='EP1_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.003","EPH","1","EP1_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP1_3' data-id='EP1_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Praise God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with all that’s spiritually good in the heavenly world, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.004","EPH","1","EP1_4","<span class='v EP1_4' data-id='EP1_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>just as he chose us to be in him<span class='note' id='footnote-728'><a href='#note-728' class='key'>†</a></span> before the beginning of this world, so that in love we could be holy and without fault before him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.005","EPH","1","EP1_5","<span class='v EP1_5' data-id='EP1_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>He decided in advance to adopt us as his children, working through Jesus Christ to bring us to himself. He was happy to do this because this is what he wanted. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.006","EPH","1","EP1_6","<span class='v EP1_6' data-id='EP1_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>So we praise him for his glorious grace that he so kindly gave us in his beloved Son.<span class='note' id='footnote-729'><a href='#note-729' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.007","EPH","1","EP1_7","<span class='v EP1_7' data-id='EP1_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Through him we gain salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins as a result of his priceless grace </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.008","EPH","1","EP1_8","<span class='v EP1_8' data-id='EP1_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>that he so generously provided for us, together with all wisdom and understanding. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.009","EPH","1","EP1_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP1_9' data-id='EP1_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>He revealed to us his previously-hidden will through which he was happy to pursue his plan </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.010","EPH","1","EP1_10","<span class='v EP1_10' data-id='EP1_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>at the appropriate time to bring everyone<span class='note' id='footnote-730'><a href='#note-730' class='key'>§</a></span> together in Christ—those in heaven and those on the earth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.011","EPH","1","EP1_11","<span class='v EP1_11' data-id='EP1_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>‘In him’—we were chosen beforehand, according to the plan of the One who is working everything out according to his will, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.012","EPH","1","EP1_12","<span class='v EP1_12' data-id='EP1_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>for the purpose that we<span class='note' id='footnote-731'><a href='#note-731' class='key'>*</a></span> who were the first to hope in Christ could praise his glory. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.013","EPH","1","EP1_13","<span class='v EP1_13' data-id='EP1_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>‘In him’—you<span class='note' id='footnote-732'><a href='#note-732' class='key'>†</a></span> too have heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation. ‘In him’—because you trusted in him you were stamped with the seal of the Holy Spirit’s promise, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.014","EPH","1","EP1_14","<span class='v EP1_14' data-id='EP1_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>which is a down-payment on our inheritance when God redeems what he’s kept safe for himself—us, who will praise and give him glory! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.015","EPH","1","EP1_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP1_15' data-id='EP1_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>That’s the reason, because I’ve heard of your trust in the Lord Jesus and the love that you have for all Christians, </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.017","EPH","1","EP1_17","<span class='v EP1_17' data-id='EP1_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom to see and know him as he really is. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.018","EPH","1","EP1_18","<span class='v EP1_18' data-id='EP1_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>May your minds be enlightened so you can understand the hope he’s called you to— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.019","EPH","1","EP1_19","<span class='v EP1_19' data-id='EP1_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>the glorious riches he promises as an inheritance to his trustworthy people. May you also understand God’s amazing power </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.001.020","EPH","1","EP1_20","<span class='v EP1_20' data-id='EP1_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>that he demonstrated in raising Christ from the dead. God seated Christ at his right hand in heaven, </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.001","EPH","2","EP2_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP2_1' data-id='EP2_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>At one time you were dead in your sins and evil actions, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.002","EPH","2","EP2_2","<span class='v EP2_2' data-id='EP2_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>living your lives according to the ways of the world, under the control of the devil,<span class='note' id='footnote-733'><a href='#note-733' class='key'>*</a></span> whose spirit is at work in those who disobey God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.003","EPH","2","EP2_3","<span class='v EP2_3' data-id='EP2_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>All of us were once like that, our behavior determined by the desires of our sinful human nature and our evil way of thinking. Like everyone else, in our nature we were children of anger.<span class='note' id='footnote-734'><a href='#note-734' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.005","EPH","2","EP2_5","<span class='v EP2_5' data-id='EP2_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>even while we were dead in our sins, has made us alive together with Christ. Trusting in him has saved you! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.006","EPH","2","EP2_6","<span class='v EP2_6' data-id='EP2_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>He raised us up with Christ, and in Christ Jesus seated us with him in heaven, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.007","EPH","2","EP2_7","<span class='v EP2_7' data-id='EP2_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>so that in all eternity to come he could demonstrate the amazing extent of his grace in showing us kindness through Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.008","EPH","2","EP2_8","<span class='v EP2_8' data-id='EP2_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>For you’ve been saved by grace through trusting in him—it’s not through yourselves, it’s the gift of God! </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.010","EPH","2","EP2_10","<span class='v EP2_10' data-id='EP2_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>We’re the product of what God does, created in Christ Jesus to do good, which God already planned that we should do. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.011","EPH","2","EP2_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP2_11' data-id='EP2_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>So you who are “foreigners” humanly-speaking, called “uncircumcised” by those who are “circumcised”<span class='note' id='footnote-735'><a href='#note-735' class='key'>‡</a></span> (which is only a procedure carried out by human beings), you need to remember </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.012","EPH","2","EP2_12","<span class='v EP2_12' data-id='EP2_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>that once you had no relationship to Christ. You were barred as foreigners from being citizens of Israel, strangers to the covenant God had promised. You had no hope and you lived in the world without God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.013","EPH","2","EP2_13","<span class='v EP2_13' data-id='EP2_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>But now, in Christ Jesus, you who were once a long way off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.014","EPH","2","EP2_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP2_14' data-id='EP2_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Christ is our peace. Through his body<span class='note' id='footnote-736'><a href='#note-736' class='key'>§</a></span> he made the two into one, and broke down the separating wall of hostility that divided us, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.015","EPH","2","EP2_15","<span class='v EP2_15' data-id='EP2_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>freeing us from the law with its requirements and regulations. He did this so he could create in himself one new person out of the two and so make peace, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.016","EPH","2","EP2_16","<span class='v EP2_16' data-id='EP2_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>and completely reconcile both of them to God through the cross as if they were just one body, having destroyed our hostility towards each other. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.017","EPH","2","EP2_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP2_17' data-id='EP2_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>He came and shared the good news of peace with those of you who were far away, and those who were nearby, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.018","EPH","2","EP2_18","<span class='v EP2_18' data-id='EP2_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>because through him we both gain access to the Father through the same Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.019","EPH","2","EP2_19","<span class='v EP2_19' data-id='EP2_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>That means you’re no longer strangers and foreigners; you are fellow citizens of God’s people and belong to God’s family </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.020","EPH","2","EP2_20","<span class='v EP2_20' data-id='EP2_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>that’s being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.021","EPH","2","EP2_21","<span class='v EP2_21' data-id='EP2_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>In him the whole building is joined together, growing to form a holy temple for the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.002.022","EPH","2","EP2_22","<span class='v EP2_22' data-id='EP2_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>You too are being built together in him as a place for God to live by the Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.001","EPH","3","EP3_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP3_1' data-id='EP3_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This is why, I, Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ for the sake of you foreigners, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.002","EPH","3","EP3_2","<span class='v EP3_2' data-id='EP3_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>(well, I’m assuming you’ve heard that God gave me the specific responsibility of sharing God’s grace with you), </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.003","EPH","3","EP3_3","<span class='v EP3_3' data-id='EP3_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>how, by what God showed me, made clear the mystery that was previously hidden. I wrote to you briefly before about this, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.004","EPH","3","EP3_4","<span class='v EP3_4' data-id='EP3_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>and when you read this you’ll be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.005","EPH","3","EP3_5","<span class='v EP3_5' data-id='EP3_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>In past generations this wasn’t made clear to anyone, but now it’s been revealed to God’s holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.006","EPH","3","EP3_6","<span class='v EP3_6' data-id='EP3_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>that foreigners are joint heirs, part of the same body, and in Christ Jesus share together in the promise through the good news. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.007","EPH","3","EP3_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP3_7' data-id='EP3_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>I became a minister of this good news through the gift of God’s grace that I was given by his power that was at work in me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.008","EPH","3","EP3_8","<span class='v EP3_8' data-id='EP3_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>This grace was given to me, the least important of all Christians, in order to share with the foreigners the incredible value of Christ, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.009","EPH","3","EP3_9","<span class='v EP3_9' data-id='EP3_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>and to help everyone see the purpose of the mystery which from the very beginning was hidden in God who made everything. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.010","EPH","3","EP3_10","<span class='v EP3_10' data-id='EP3_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>God’s plan was that the various aspects of his wisdom would be revealed through the church to the rulers and authorities in heaven. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.011","EPH","3","EP3_11","<span class='v EP3_11' data-id='EP3_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>This was in accordance with God’s eternal purpose that he carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.012","EPH","3","EP3_12","<span class='v EP3_12' data-id='EP3_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Because of him and our trust in him we can come to God in total freedom and confidence. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.013","EPH","3","EP3_13","<span class='v EP3_13' data-id='EP3_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>So I’m asking that you don’t get discouraged that I’m suffering—it’s for you and you should value that! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.014","EPH","3","EP3_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP3_14' data-id='EP3_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>This is why I kneel before the Father </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.015","EPH","3","EP3_15","<span class='v EP3_15' data-id='EP3_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>from whom every family in heaven and on earth receives its nature and character, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.016","EPH","3","EP3_16","<span class='v EP3_16' data-id='EP3_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>asking him that out of his wealth of glory he may strengthen you in your innermost being with power through his Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.017","EPH","3","EP3_17","<span class='v EP3_17' data-id='EP3_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>May Christ live in your hearts as you trust in him, so that as you are planted deep in love, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.018","EPH","3","EP3_18","<span class='v EP3_18' data-id='EP3_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>you may have the power to comprehend with all God’s people the breadth and length and height and depth of Christ’s love. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.019","EPH","3","EP3_19","<span class='v EP3_19' data-id='EP3_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>May you know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you’re made full and complete by the fullness of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.020","EPH","3","EP3_20","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP3_20' data-id='EP3_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Now may he who—through his power working in us—can do infinitely more than we ever ask for or even think about, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.003.021","EPH","3","EP3_21","<span class='v EP3_21' data-id='EP3_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>may he be glorified in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations for ever and ever. Amen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.001","EPH","4","EP4_1","<div class='c'>4</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP4_1' data-id='EP4_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So I—this prisoner in the Lord—am encouraging you to make sure you live according to the principles to which you were called. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.002","EPH","4","EP4_2","<span class='v EP4_2' data-id='EP4_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Don’t think proudly of yourselves; be gentle and patient, showing tolerance to each other in love. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.003","EPH","4","EP4_3","<span class='v EP4_3' data-id='EP4_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Make every effort to remain one in the Spirit through the peace that binds you together. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.004","EPH","4","EP4_4","<span class='v EP4_4' data-id='EP4_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>For there’s one body, and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.005","EPH","4","EP4_5","<span class='v EP4_5' data-id='EP4_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>The Lord is one, our trust in him is one, and there’s one baptism; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.006","EPH","4","EP4_6","<span class='v EP4_6' data-id='EP4_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>there’s one God and Father of everyone. He is over all and through all and in all. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.007","EPH","4","EP4_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP4_7' data-id='EP4_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>To each of us grace was given in proportion to Christ’s generous gift. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.008","EPH","4","EP4_8","<span class='v EP4_8' data-id='EP4_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “When he ascended to the heights he took captives with him, and gave gifts to humanity.”<span class='note' id='footnote-737'><a href='#note-737' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.009","EPH","4","EP4_9","<span class='v EP4_9' data-id='EP4_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>(Regarding this: it says he ascended, but that means he also had previously descended to our lowly world. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.010","EPH","4","EP4_10","<span class='v EP4_10' data-id='EP4_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>The one that descended is the same one who also ascended to the highest heaven in order that he could make the whole universe complete). </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.011","EPH","4","EP4_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP4_11' data-id='EP4_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>The gifts he gave were so that some could be apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.012","EPH","4","EP4_12","<span class='v EP4_12' data-id='EP4_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>with the purpose of preparing God’s people for the work of helping others, to help the body of Christ to grow. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.013","EPH","4","EP4_13","<span class='v EP4_13' data-id='EP4_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>We grow together until we all reach the state of being one in our trust in and knowledge of the Son of God, completely grown up, measuring up to full maturity in Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.014","EPH","4","EP4_14","<span class='v EP4_14' data-id='EP4_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>We shouldn’t be little children any more, tossed about and blown along by every passing breeze of doctrine, confused by human trickery, led into error by crafty people who deceitfully scheme; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.015","EPH","4","EP4_15","<span class='v EP4_15' data-id='EP4_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>instead by speaking the truth in love we ought to grow up in everything into Christ, who is our head. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.016","EPH","4","EP4_16","<span class='v EP4_16' data-id='EP4_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>It’s because of him that the whole body operates, every joint holding it together as each individual part does what it’s supposed to, and the whole body grows, building itself up in love. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.017","EPH","4","EP4_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP4_17' data-id='EP4_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>So let me say this to you—in fact I insist on it in the Lord—that you should no longer live like the foreigners do, in their empty-headed way. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.018","EPH","4","EP4_18","<span class='v EP4_18' data-id='EP4_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>In the darkness of their minds they don’t understand, and they have been cut off from the life of God because they don’t know anything and in their stubbornness they don’t want to know. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.019","EPH","4","EP4_19","<span class='v EP4_19' data-id='EP4_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Because they are past caring they abandon themselves to sensuality, and greedily do all kinds of disgusting things. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.020","EPH","4","EP4_20","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP4_20' data-id='EP4_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>But that’s not what you learned about Christ! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.021","EPH","4","EP4_21","<span class='v EP4_21' data-id='EP4_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Didn’t you hear about him? Weren’t you taught concerning him? Didn’t you learn the truth as it is in Jesus? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.022","EPH","4","EP4_22","<span class='v EP4_22' data-id='EP4_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>So get rid of your former lifestyle, that old nature that ruins you through deceptive desires! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.023","EPH","4","EP4_23","<span class='v EP4_23' data-id='EP4_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>Let yourselves be re-made spiritually and mentally, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.024","EPH","4","EP4_24","<span class='v EP4_24' data-id='EP4_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>and put on your new nature that God created so you will be like him, right and holy in the truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.025","EPH","4","EP4_25","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP4_25' data-id='EP4_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>So reject lies, and tell the truth to each other—for we belong to each other. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.026","EPH","4","EP4_26","<span class='v EP4_26' data-id='EP4_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>Don’t sin by getting angry; don’t let evening come and find you still mad— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.027","EPH","4","EP4_27","<span class='v EP4_27' data-id='EP4_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>and don’t give the devil any opportunity. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.028","EPH","4","EP4_28","<span class='v EP4_28' data-id='EP4_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>Thieves, stop your stealing, and do honest, productive work with your hands, so you’ll have something to give to those who need it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.029","EPH","4","EP4_29","<span class='v EP4_29' data-id='EP4_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>Don’t use bad language. Speak words that will encourage people as necessary, so that those who listen will be helped. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.030","EPH","4","EP4_30","<span class='v EP4_30' data-id='EP4_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>Don’t disappoint the Holy Spirit of God that marked you as belonging to him until the day of redemption. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.031","EPH","4","EP4_31","<span class='v EP4_31' data-id='EP4_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>Get rid of every kind of bitterness, rage, anger, verbal abuse, and insults, along with all forms of evil. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.004.032","EPH","4","EP4_32","<span class='v EP4_32' data-id='EP4_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>Be kind and compassionate to each other, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.001","EPH","5","EP5_1","<div class='c'>5</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP5_1' data-id='EP5_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So then, imitate God since you’re his much-loved children. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.002","EPH","5","EP5_2","<span class='v EP5_2' data-id='EP5_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Live in love, just as Christ loved you. He gave himself for us, a gift and sacrificial offering to God like a sweet-smelling perfume. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.003","EPH","5","EP5_3","<span class='v EP5_3' data-id='EP5_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Sexual immorality or any kind of indecency or greed should never be mentioned concerning you, as God’s people should not be doing such things. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.004","EPH","5","EP5_4","<span class='v EP5_4' data-id='EP5_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Obscene talk, stupid chatter, and coarse jokes are totally inappropriate—instead you should be thanking God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.005","EPH","5","EP5_5","<span class='v EP5_5' data-id='EP5_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>You know it’s absolutely sure that no-one who is sexually immoral, or commits indecency, or who is greedy, or is an idol-worshiper will inherit anything in the kingdom of Christ and God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.006","EPH","5","EP5_6","<span class='v EP5_6' data-id='EP5_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Don’t let anyone fool you with lying words, for it’s because of such things that God’s judgment is passed on the children of disobedience. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.007","EPH","5","EP5_7","<span class='v EP5_7' data-id='EP5_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>So don’t partner with them in this. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.008","EPH","5","EP5_8","<span class='v EP5_8' data-id='EP5_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>At one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. You are to live as children of light </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.009","EPH","5","EP5_9","<span class='v EP5_9' data-id='EP5_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>(and the fruit of light is everything that’s good and right and true), </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.010","EPH","5","EP5_10","<span class='v EP5_10' data-id='EP5_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>demonstrating what the Lord really appreciates. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.011","EPH","5","EP5_11","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP5_11' data-id='EP5_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Don’t have anything to do with the pointless things that darkness produces—instead expose them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.012","EPH","5","EP5_12","<span class='v EP5_12' data-id='EP5_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>It’s shameful even to speak about the things such people do secretly, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.013","EPH","5","EP5_13","<span class='v EP5_13' data-id='EP5_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>but when anything is exposed by the light then it’s revealed as it is. Light makes everything visible. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.014","EPH","5","EP5_14","<span class='v EP5_14' data-id='EP5_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>That’s why it’s said, “Wake up, those of you who are sleeping, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.015","EPH","5","EP5_15","<span class='v EP5_15' data-id='EP5_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>So be careful how you live your life, not foolishly, but wisely, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.016","EPH","5","EP5_16","<span class='v EP5_16' data-id='EP5_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>making the best use of opportunities because the days are evil. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.017","EPH","5","EP5_17","<span class='v EP5_17' data-id='EP5_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>So don’t be ignorant—find out what the Lord’s will is. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.018","EPH","5","EP5_18","<span class='v EP5_18' data-id='EP5_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Don’t get drunk on wine which will wreck your life, but be filled with the Spirit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.019","EPH","5","EP5_19","<span class='v EP5_19' data-id='EP5_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Share together with one another using psalms and hymns and sacred songs, singing and making music to the Lord with your heart. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.020","EPH","5","EP5_20","<span class='v EP5_20' data-id='EP5_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Always thank God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.021","EPH","5","EP5_21","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP5_21' data-id='EP5_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Each of you should be willing to accept what others tell you to do out of reverence for Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.022","EPH","5","EP5_22","<span class='v EP5_22' data-id='EP5_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Wives, do what your own husbands tell you to do, as you would if the Lord told you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.023","EPH","5","EP5_23","<span class='v EP5_23' data-id='EP5_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>The husband is head of the wife in the same way as Christ is head of the church—his body and its savior. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.024","EPH","5","EP5_24","<span class='v EP5_24' data-id='EP5_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>In the same way that the church does what Christ says, wives should do what their husbands tell them in all things. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.025","EPH","5","EP5_25","<span class='v EP5_25' data-id='EP5_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Husbands, you should love your wives in the same way as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.026","EPH","5","EP5_26","<span class='v EP5_26' data-id='EP5_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>He made it holy, he made it clean by washing in the water of the word,<span class='note' id='footnote-738'><a href='#note-738' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.027","EPH","5","EP5_27","<span class='v EP5_27' data-id='EP5_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>so that he could make the church his own, with no flaw or blemish or any kind of fault, but holy and blameless. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.028","EPH","5","EP5_28","<span class='v EP5_28' data-id='EP5_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>Husbands should love their wives just like this, as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.029","EPH","5","EP5_29","<span class='v EP5_29' data-id='EP5_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>for no one ever hated his own body, but feeds it and looks after it, just as Christ does for the church, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.030","EPH","5","EP5_30","<span class='v EP5_30' data-id='EP5_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>for we are parts of his body. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.031","EPH","5","EP5_31","<span class='v EP5_31' data-id='EP5_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>“This is why a man leaves his father and mother, and is joined to his wife, and the two are united in one.”<span class='note' id='footnote-739'><a href='#note-739' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.032","EPH","5","EP5_32","<span class='v EP5_32' data-id='EP5_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>This is a deep hidden truth—but I’m talking about Christ and the church. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.005.033","EPH","5","EP5_33","<span class='v EP5_33' data-id='EP5_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>However each husband should love his own wife as he does himself, and the wife should respect her husband. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.001","EPH","6","EP6_1","<div class='c'>6</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP6_1' data-id='EP6_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Children, do what your parents tell you, for this is the right thing to do. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.002","EPH","6","EP6_2","<span class='v EP6_2' data-id='EP6_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>“Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment that has a promise attached: </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.003","EPH","6","EP6_3","<span class='v EP6_3' data-id='EP6_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>“that things may go well for you and you may live a long life on the earth.”<span class='note' id='footnote-740'><a href='#note-740' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.004","EPH","6","EP6_4","<span class='v EP6_4' data-id='EP6_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Fathers, don’t make your children mad, but look after them by disciplining them and instructing them about God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.005","EPH","6","EP6_5","<span class='v EP6_5' data-id='EP6_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Servants, obey those who are your human masters, with proper respect and awe, doing things from sincere motives as if you were serving Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.006","EPH","6","EP6_6","<span class='v EP6_6' data-id='EP6_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Don’t just work well when you’re being watched to gain approval, but work like servants of Christ, honestly doing God’s will, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.007","EPH","6","EP6_7","<span class='v EP6_7' data-id='EP6_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>happily serving as if you were doing it for the Lord, and not for people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.008","EPH","6","EP6_8","<span class='v EP6_8' data-id='EP6_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>You know that whoever does what’s good will be rewarded by the Lord, whether that person is a servant or someone who is free. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.009","EPH","6","EP6_9","<span class='v EP6_9' data-id='EP6_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Masters, you should treat your servants the same way. Don’t threaten them, remember that the Lord in heaven is both their master and yours, and he treats people the same, without favoritism. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.010","EPH","6","EP6_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v EP6_10' data-id='EP6_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Lastly, stay strong in the Lord, and in his mighty power. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.011","EPH","6","EP6_11","<span class='v EP6_11' data-id='EP6_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Put on all the armor of God so you can withstand all the devil’s attacks! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.012","EPH","6","EP6_12","<span class='v EP6_12' data-id='EP6_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>We’re not fighting against human forces, but against supernatural rulers and powers, the dark lords of this world, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.013","EPH","6","EP6_13","<span class='v EP6_13' data-id='EP6_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Take all the weapons God provides so that you may be able to stand your ground in the day of evil and after doing all you can, to find yourself still standing! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.014","EPH","6","EP6_14","<span class='v EP6_14' data-id='EP6_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>So stand up, wrap the belt of truth around your waist, tie on the breastplate of justice and right, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.015","EPH","6","EP6_15","<span class='v EP6_15' data-id='EP6_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>and put on the shoes of readiness to share the good news of peace. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.016","EPH","6","EP6_16","<span class='v EP6_16' data-id='EP6_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Above all, take up the shield of trusting God, by which you’ll be able to put out all the devil’s flaming arrows. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.017","EPH","6","EP6_17","<span class='v EP6_17' data-id='EP6_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Wear the helmet of salvation, and carry the sword of the Spirit—the Spirit that’s the word of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.018","EPH","6","EP6_18","<span class='v EP6_18' data-id='EP6_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Always pray in the Spirit as you do all this. Stay awake and keep on praying for all God’s people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.019","EPH","6","EP6_19","<span class='v EP6_19' data-id='EP6_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Pray for me too so that I’ll be given the right words to say, and that I’ll be able to explain confidently the hidden truths of the good news. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.020","EPH","6","EP6_20","<span class='v EP6_20' data-id='EP6_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>I’m an imprisoned ambassador for the sake of the good news, so please pray that I will speak fearlessly, as I should. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.021","EPH","6","EP6_21","<span class='v EP6_21' data-id='EP6_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Tychicus, our good friend and faithful minister, will give you all my news and explain everything so you’ll know how I’m doing. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.022","EPH","6","EP6_22","<span class='v EP6_22' data-id='EP6_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>That’s why I’m sending him to you—to tell you what’s happened to us and to encourage you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.023","EPH","6","EP6_23","<span class='v EP6_23' data-id='EP6_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>Peace to all the Christians there, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, with love and trust in him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("079.006.024","EPH","6","EP6_24","<span class='v EP6_24' data-id='EP6_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Grace to all those who eternally love our Lord Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.001","PHP","1","PP1_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP1_1' data-id='PP1_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all God’s people in Christ Jesus living in Philippi, and to the church leaders and assistants. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.002","PHP","1","PP1_2","<span class='v PP1_2' data-id='PP1_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.003","PHP","1","PP1_3","<span class='v PP1_3' data-id='PP1_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>When I think of you I’m so thankful to my God, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.004","PHP","1","PP1_4","<span class='v PP1_4' data-id='PP1_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>and I’m always glad to remember all of you in my prayers, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.005","PHP","1","PP1_5","<span class='v PP1_5' data-id='PP1_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>because you’ve been partners with me in spreading the good news right from the beginning up till now. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.006","PHP","1","PP1_6","<span class='v PP1_6' data-id='PP1_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>I’m absolutely sure that God who began this good work in you will continue working and bring it to a successful conclusion when Jesus Christ returns. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.007","PHP","1","PP1_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP1_7' data-id='PP1_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>It’s appropriate for me to be thinking this way about all of you because you mean so much to me. Whether I’m in prison or out there making the good news clear, all of you share God’s grace together with me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.008","PHP","1","PP1_8","<span class='v PP1_8' data-id='PP1_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>God is my witness as to my great affection for every one of you in the caring love of Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.009","PHP","1","PP1_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP1_9' data-id='PP1_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>My prayer is that your love may grow more and more in knowledge and understanding, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.010","PHP","1","PP1_10","<span class='v PP1_10' data-id='PP1_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>so that you can work out what’s really important. That way you can be genuine and blameless when Christ returns, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.011","PHP","1","PP1_11","<span class='v PP1_11' data-id='PP1_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>filled with the fruits of living right that come through Jesus Christ and give glory and praise to God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.012","PHP","1","PP1_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP1_12' data-id='PP1_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>I want you to know, my brothers and sisters, that all I’ve experienced has worked out to move the good news forward! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.013","PHP","1","PP1_13","<span class='v PP1_13' data-id='PP1_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>For everyone—including the whole praetorian guard<span class='note' id='footnote-741'><a href='#note-741' class='key'>*</a></span>—now knows that I’m in chains for Christ; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.014","PHP","1","PP1_14","<span class='v PP1_14' data-id='PP1_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>and because of my chains most of the Christians here have been encouraged to speak God’s word boldly and fearlessly! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.015","PHP","1","PP1_15","<span class='v PP1_15' data-id='PP1_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Yes, some speak out of jealousy and rivalry. However there are those who speak from good motives. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.016","PHP","1","PP1_16","<span class='v PP1_16' data-id='PP1_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>They act out of love, because they know that I’m meant to be here to defend the good news. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.017","PHP","1","PP1_17","<span class='v PP1_17' data-id='PP1_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Those others present Christ deceptively because of their selfish ambitions, trying to cause me problems in my imprisonment. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.018","PHP","1","PP1_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP1_18' data-id='PP1_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>But so what? All I care about is that Christ is presented every which way, whether just pretending or whether from true convictions. That’s what makes me happy—and I will go on being happy! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.019","PHP","1","PP1_19","<span class='v PP1_19' data-id='PP1_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Why? Because I’m convinced that through your prayers for me, and through the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, this will turn out to be my salvation.<span class='note' id='footnote-742'><a href='#note-742' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.020","PHP","1","PP1_20","<span class='v PP1_20' data-id='PP1_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>For it’s my strongest hope and expectation not to do anything of which I would be ashamed. Instead it’s my bold hope, as always, that even now Christ will be greatly honored through me, whether I live or die. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.021","PHP","1","PP1_21","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP1_21' data-id='PP1_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>As far as I’m concerned, living is for Christ, and dying brings gain. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.022","PHP","1","PP1_22","<span class='v PP1_22' data-id='PP1_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>But if I’m to go on living here and this would be productive work, then I really don’t know what’s best to choose! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.023","PHP","1","PP1_23","<span class='v PP1_23' data-id='PP1_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>For I’m in a dilemma—I really want to leave and be with Christ, which would be far better, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.024","PHP","1","PP1_24","<span class='v PP1_24' data-id='PP1_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>and yet to remain physically here is more important as far you’re concerned. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.025","PHP","1","PP1_25","<span class='v PP1_25' data-id='PP1_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Since I’m absolutely sure of this, I know that I’ll stay here, remaining with you all to help you as your trust and delight in God grows, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.026","PHP","1","PP1_26","<span class='v PP1_26' data-id='PP1_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>so that when I see you again your praise to Christ Jesus may be even greater because of me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.027","PHP","1","PP1_27","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP1_27' data-id='PP1_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>Just be sure that the way you live your lives corresponds to the good news of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or not I can get to hear how you’re doing—that you stand firm in full agreement with one another, spiritually united as you work together for the trusting faith of the good news. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.028","PHP","1","PP1_28","<span class='v PP1_28' data-id='PP1_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>Don’t let your enemies scare you. By being brave you will demonstrate to them that they will be lost, but that God himself will save you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.029","PHP","1","PP1_29","<span class='v PP1_29' data-id='PP1_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>For you have been given the privilege not only of trusting in Jesus, but suffering for him as well. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.001.030","PHP","1","PP1_30","<span class='v PP1_30' data-id='PP1_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>You’re experiencing the same struggle you saw me having—a struggle I still have, as you now know. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.001","PHP","2","PP2_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP2_1' data-id='PP2_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So then, if you’re encouraged by being in Christ, if you’re comforted by his love, if you share together in the Spirit, if you have compassion and sympathy— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.002","PHP","2","PP2_2","<span class='v PP2_2' data-id='PP2_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>then make my joy complete by thinking the same way and loving the same way, spiritually united and having one purpose. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.003","PHP","2","PP2_3","<span class='v PP2_3' data-id='PP2_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Don’t do anything from a spirit of selfishness or pride, but humbly think of others better than you do of yourself. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.004","PHP","2","PP2_4","<span class='v PP2_4' data-id='PP2_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>None of you should be preoccupied about your own things—instead concern yourself with the interests of others too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.005","PHP","2","PP2_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP2_5' data-id='PP2_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>The attitude you should have is the same as that of Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.006","PHP","2","PP2_6","<span class='v PP2_6' data-id='PP2_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Though in his nature he was always God, he wasn’t concerned to cling on to his equality with God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.007","PHP","2","PP2_7","<span class='v PP2_7' data-id='PP2_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Instead he emptied<span class='note' id='footnote-743'><a href='#note-743' class='key'>*</a></span> himself, taking the nature of a servant, becoming like a human being. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.008","PHP","2","PP2_8","<span class='v PP2_8' data-id='PP2_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Coming in human form, humbling himself, he submitted himself to death—even death on a cross. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.009","PHP","2","PP2_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP2_9' data-id='PP2_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>That’s why God placed him in the position of greatest honor and power, and gave him the most prestigious name— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.010","PHP","2","PP2_10","<span class='v PP2_10' data-id='PP2_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>so that in the name of Jesus everyone should bow in respect, whether in heaven or on earth or under the earth, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.011","PHP","2","PP2_11","<span class='v PP2_11' data-id='PP2_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>and all will declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.012","PHP","2","PP2_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP2_12' data-id='PP2_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>So, my good friends, continue to work towards the goal of salvation with complete reverence and respect for God, following what you were told—not just when I was with you, but even more so now I’m away from you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.013","PHP","2","PP2_13","<span class='v PP2_13' data-id='PP2_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>For it’s God who is working within you, creating the will and the ability to do what he wants you to do. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.014","PHP","2","PP2_14","<span class='v PP2_14' data-id='PP2_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Do everything without complaining or arguing </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.015","PHP","2","PP2_15","<span class='v PP2_15' data-id='PP2_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>so that you’ll be sincere, innocent of any wrong. Be God’s blameless children living in the middle of a dishonest and corrupt people. Shine among them as lights to the world, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.016","PHP","2","PP2_16","<span class='v PP2_16' data-id='PP2_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>holding out to them the word of life. That way I’ll have something to be proud of when Christ returns, proving I didn’t run around and work for nothing! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.017","PHP","2","PP2_17","<span class='v PP2_17' data-id='PP2_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>So even if I pour out my life as a sacrifice and offering so you may trust in God, I’m happy for it, and I’m glad together with all of you, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.018","PHP","2","PP2_18","<span class='v PP2_18' data-id='PP2_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>just as you have such joy and are glad with me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.019","PHP","2","PP2_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP2_19' data-id='PP2_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>I’m hoping, if that’s what the Lord Jesus wants, to send Timothy to you soon. It will cheer me up once I know how you’re doing. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.020","PHP","2","PP2_20","<span class='v PP2_20' data-id='PP2_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>I don’t know anyone who genuinely cares about you as he does. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.021","PHP","2","PP2_21","<span class='v PP2_21' data-id='PP2_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Other people only worry about their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.022","PHP","2","PP2_22","<span class='v PP2_22' data-id='PP2_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>But you already know what he’s like—just as a child working to help his father, so he’s worked with me to spread the good news. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.023","PHP","2","PP2_23","<span class='v PP2_23' data-id='PP2_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>So I hope to send him as soon as I see how I’m doing, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.024","PHP","2","PP2_24","<span class='v PP2_24' data-id='PP2_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>and I trust in the Lord that shortly I’ll be able to come too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.025","PHP","2","PP2_25","<span class='v PP2_25' data-id='PP2_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>But I thought it was important to send Epaphroditus to you. He’s a brother to me, a co-worker and fellow-soldier. He’s the one you sent to look after me, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.026","PHP","2","PP2_26","<span class='v PP2_26' data-id='PP2_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>and he’s been longing to see all of you, worried about you because you’d heard he was sick. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.027","PHP","2","PP2_27","<span class='v PP2_27' data-id='PP2_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>He certainly was sick—he nearly died—but God had mercy on him. Not just on him, but on me too, so that I wouldn’t have tragedy upon tragedy. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.028","PHP","2","PP2_28","<span class='v PP2_28' data-id='PP2_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>That’s why I’m so keen to send him, so that when you see him you’ll be happy, and I won’t have to be so anxious. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.029","PHP","2","PP2_29","<span class='v PP2_29' data-id='PP2_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>So welcome him with much happiness in the Lord—honor people like him, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.002.030","PHP","2","PP2_30","<span class='v PP2_30' data-id='PP2_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>because in working for Christ he nearly died, putting his life on the line to make up for the help you weren’t in a position to give me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.001","PHP","3","PP3_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP3_1' data-id='PP3_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>To sum up: my dear friends, delight in the Lord! It’s not a burden for me to repeat these things to you—it’s to keep you safe! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.002","PHP","3","PP3_2","<span class='v PP3_2' data-id='PP3_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Watch out for the wolves, those who do evil, those who insist on physical circumcision— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.003","PHP","3","PP3_3","<span class='v PP3_3' data-id='PP3_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>for it’s we who are truly circumcised, worshiping by the Spirit of God, placing our assurance in Christ Jesus. We have no confidence in human abilities<span class='note' id='footnote-744'><a href='#note-744' class='key'>*</a></span>— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.004","PHP","3","PP3_4","<span class='v PP3_4' data-id='PP3_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>for if there was a way to rely on human nature then I myself could have that confidence! If anyone thinks they have confidence in such human things, then I outdo them: </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.005","PHP","3","PP3_5","<span class='v PP3_5' data-id='PP3_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>I was circumcised on the eighth day, I’m an Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin, a true Hebrew. Regarding legal observance I’m a Pharisee; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.006","PHP","3","PP3_6","<span class='v PP3_6' data-id='PP3_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>as for religious dedication I was a persecutor of the church; while in regard to doing right according to the law I was blameless! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.007","PHP","3","PP3_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP3_7' data-id='PP3_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>But in whatever way such things gained me anything, I count them as a loss for Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.008","PHP","3","PP3_8","<span class='v PP3_8' data-id='PP3_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Truly, I count everything as loss in exchange for the incredible benefit I’ve gained through knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I’ve thrown away all these things for him, and consider them trash, so that I might gain Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.009","PHP","3","PP3_9","<span class='v PP3_9' data-id='PP3_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>I want to be found in him, not being right because of what I’ve done, or what the law requires, but made right through confidence in Christ, set right by God through trusting in him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.010","PHP","3","PP3_10","<span class='v PP3_10' data-id='PP3_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>I want to really know him, and the power of his resurrection—to take part in his suffering and become like him in his death, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.011","PHP","3","PP3_11","<span class='v PP3_11' data-id='PP3_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>so that somehow I might be part of the resurrection from the dead! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.012","PHP","3","PP3_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP3_12' data-id='PP3_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Not that I’ve already got it all, or that I’m already perfect—but I run so that I might win what was won for me by Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.013","PHP","3","PP3_13","<span class='v PP3_13' data-id='PP3_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>My friends, I don’t consider that I’ve already won, but this is my one objective: disregarding what is behind me, I strain forward to what is in front of me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.014","PHP","3","PP3_14","<span class='v PP3_14' data-id='PP3_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>I run towards the finish line to win the prize of God’s invitation to heaven through Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.015","PHP","3","PP3_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP3_15' data-id='PP3_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Those of us who are spiritually mature should think like this, and if you think anything different, then God will reveal this to you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.016","PHP","3","PP3_16","<span class='v PP3_16' data-id='PP3_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>We just need to make sure that we follow what we already have understood. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.017","PHP","3","PP3_17","<span class='v PP3_17' data-id='PP3_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>My friends, copy my example as others do and take note of the way to behave since you have us as a model. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.018","PHP","3","PP3_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP3_18' data-id='PP3_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>The way some people live makes them enemies of the cross of Christ—as I’ve often told you before and repeat again though it pains me so much I want to weep. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.019","PHP","3","PP3_19","<span class='v PP3_19' data-id='PP3_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>They will end up being completely lost, these people whose “god” is their physical desires and who are proud of what they should be ashamed of, thinking only about the things of this world. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.020","PHP","3","PP3_20","<span class='v PP3_20' data-id='PP3_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>But our homeland is heaven, and we’re waiting for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from there too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.003.021","PHP","3","PP3_21","<span class='v PP3_21' data-id='PP3_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>He will re-create our defective human bodies so that they will be made like his glorious body using the power by which he brings everything under his control. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.001","PHP","4","PP4_1","<div class='c'>4</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP4_1' data-id='PP4_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So stand firm in the Lord, my dear friends who mean so much to me, who make me so happy! To me you are my crowning achievement! I truly love you and long to see you! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.002","PHP","4","PP4_2","<span class='v PP4_2' data-id='PP4_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Euodia and Syntyche—I urge you to resolve your differences with each other and agree in the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.003","PHP","4","PP4_3","<span class='v PP4_3' data-id='PP4_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>In fact, my faithful fellow-worker,<span class='note' id='footnote-745'><a href='#note-745' class='key'>*</a></span> let me ask you to help these women, for they worked together with me to spread the good news—as well as Clement and my other co-workers, whose names are recorded in the book of life. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.004","PHP","4","PP4_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP4_4' data-id='PP4_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Always be happy in the Lord—I repeat, Be happy! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.005","PHP","4","PP4_5","<span class='v PP4_5' data-id='PP4_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Everyone should know about your kindness. The Lord will soon be here. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.006","PHP","4","PP4_6","<span class='v PP4_6' data-id='PP4_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Don’t worry about anything, but take everything to God in prayer, explaining your requests to him and thanking him for all he does. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.007","PHP","4","PP4_7","<span class='v PP4_7' data-id='PP4_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Then the peace that comes from God, which is better than we can ever imagine, will keep your hearts and minds protected in Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.008","PHP","4","PP4_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP4_8' data-id='PP4_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Lastly, whatever is true, honorable, right, pure, beautiful, commendable, whatever is truly good and deserves to be praised, think about these kinds of things. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.009","PHP","4","PP4_9","<span class='v PP4_9' data-id='PP4_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Put into practice what you learned and received from me, what you saw me doing and heard me say. Then the God of peace will be with you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.010","PHP","4","PP4_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP4_10' data-id='PP4_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>I’m so happy in the Lord that you’ve at last thought about me again—realizing that you were concerned about me before but you couldn’t do anything about it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.011","PHP","4","PP4_11","<span class='v PP4_11' data-id='PP4_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>I’m not talking about my own needs, because I’ve already learned to be satisfied in whatever situation I find myself. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.012","PHP","4","PP4_12","<span class='v PP4_12' data-id='PP4_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>I’m used to having nothing, and I’ve experienced having plenty too. In every possible situation I’ve learned the secret of dealing with having plenty and going hungry, of being rich and of living in poverty: </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.013","PHP","4","PP4_13","<span class='v PP4_13' data-id='PP4_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>I can do anything through him who makes me strong! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.014","PHP","4","PP4_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v PP4_14' data-id='PP4_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Even so it was good of you to share with me during my troubles. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.015","PHP","4","PP4_15","<span class='v PP4_15' data-id='PP4_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>You Philippians remember that right at the beginning of sharing the good news, when I left Macedonia, that yours was the only church that helped me financially. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.016","PHP","4","PP4_16","<span class='v PP4_16' data-id='PP4_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Even when I was in Thessalonica you helped me out not once but twice. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.017","PHP","4","PP4_17","<span class='v PP4_17' data-id='PP4_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Not that I’m looking for a donation—I’m looking for your “account” to increase in “profit.”<span class='note' id='footnote-746'><a href='#note-746' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.018","PHP","4","PP4_18","<span class='v PP4_18' data-id='PP4_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>For I have everything, more than I need! I’m thankful to receive from Epaphroditus the things you sent. They’re like a sweet-smelling sacrifice that pleases God and that he approves of. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.019","PHP","4","PP4_19","<span class='v PP4_19' data-id='PP4_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>My God will fill you with everything you need in accordance with his glorious wealth in Christ Jesus! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.020","PHP","4","PP4_20","<span class='v PP4_20' data-id='PP4_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Glory be to God the Father, forever and ever. Amen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.021","PHP","4","PP4_21","<span class='v PP4_21' data-id='PP4_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Greet every fellow-believer in Christ Jesus. The Christian brothers and sisters with me send their greetings. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("080.004.022","PHP","4","PP4_22","<span class='v PP4_22' data-id='PP4_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>All the believers send you greetings, especially those from Caesar’s palace. </span>");
