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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w Adam|strong="G0076"\w* was formed \w first|strong="G4413"\w*, \w then|strong="G1534"\w* \w Eve|strong="G2096"\w*.


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(\w for|strong="G2316"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* could \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w doesn’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w to|strong="G5100"\w* rule \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w take|strong="G1959"\w* \w care|strong="G1959"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w assembly|strong="G1577"\w*?)


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\w Moreover|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w testimony|strong="G3141"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1855"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* avoid falling \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w reproach|strong="G3680"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w snare|strong="G3803"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w*.<pb/>


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\w holding|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w mystery|strong="G3466"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w pure|strong="G2513"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w*.


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\w Let|strong="G1510"\w* \w them|strong="G3778"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w tested|strong="G1381"\w*; \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w them|strong="G3778"\w* \w serve|strong="G1247"\w*<n>or, serve as deacons</n> \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w blameless|strong="G0410"\w*.


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\w Their|strong="G3956"\w* \w wives|strong="G1135"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w same|strong="G5615"\w* \w way|strong="G5615"\w* \w must|strong="G1135"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* reverent, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w slanderers|strong="G1228"\w*, \w temperate|strong="G3524"\w*, \w and|strong="G1135"\w* \w faithful|strong="G4103"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*.


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\w Let|strong="G1510"\w* \w servants|strong="G1249"\w*<n>or, deacons</n> \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w husbands|strong="G0435"\w* \w of|strong="G3624"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*, ruling \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* houses \w well|strong="G2573"\w*.


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w served|strong="G1247"\w* \w well|strong="G2573"\w*<n>or, served well as deacons</n> \w gain|strong="G4046"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w standing|strong="G0898"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w boldness|strong="G3954"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.<pb/>


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\w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* wait long, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* men \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* behave \w themselves|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w which|strong="G3748"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w assembly|strong="G1577"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w pillar|strong="G4769"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ground \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w*.


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\w Without|strong="G2532"\w* controversy, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w mystery|strong="G3466"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w godliness|strong="G2150"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w*: <pb/>God<n>NU replaces “God” with “who”</n> \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w revealed|strong="G5319"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*, <pb/>\w justified|strong="G1344"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, <pb/>\w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w*, <pb/>\w preached|strong="G2784"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w*, <pb/>\w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, <pb/>\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G0353"\w* \w up|strong="G0353"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*.<pb/>


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\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* expressly \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w later|strong="G5306"\w* \w times|strong="G2540"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w fall|strong="G0868"\w* \w away|strong="G0868"\w* \w from|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w paying|strong="G4337"\w* \w attention|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* seducing \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w doctrines|strong="G1319"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w*,


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\w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w hypocrisy|strong="G5272"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* men \w who|strong="G3588"\w* speak lies, branded \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* hot iron,


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\w forbidding|strong="G2967"\w* \w marriage|strong="G1060"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* commanding \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w abstain|strong="G0568"\w* \w from|strong="G0568"\w* \w foods|strong="G1033"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w created|strong="G2936"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G0568"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w thanksgiving|strong="G2169"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w believe|strong="G4103"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w*.


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\w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w creature|strong="G2938"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w rejected|strong="G0579"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w thanksgiving|strong="G2169"\w*.


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w sanctified|strong="G0037"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayer|strong="G1783"\w*.<pb/>


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\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w refuse|strong="G3868"\w* \w profane|strong="G0952"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G1126"\w* wives’ \w fables|strong="G3454"\w*. Exercise \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w* \w toward|strong="G4314"\w* \w godliness|strong="G2150"\w*.


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\w Command|strong="G3853"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Besides|strong="G0235"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w learn|strong="G3129"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* \w idle|strong="G0692"\w*, going \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2980"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w idle|strong="G0692"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w gossips|strong="G5397"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w busybodies|strong="G4021"\w*, \w saying|strong="G2980"\w* \w things|strong="G2980"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*.


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\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* believes \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w*, \w let|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* relieve \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w assembly|strong="G1577"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w burdened|strong="G0916"\w*, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* relieve \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w indeed|strong="G2532"\w*.<pb/>


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Let \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* rule \w well|strong="G2573"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w counted|strong="G0515"\w* \w worthy|strong="G0515"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w double|strong="G1362"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w*, \w especially|strong="G3122"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w labor|strong="G2872"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1319"\w*.


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w muzzle|strong="G5392"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w ox|strong="G1016"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* treads out \w the|strong="G3588"\w* grain.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w*, <J>“\+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w laborer|strong="G2040"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w worthy|strong="G0514"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w wages|strong="G3408"\+w*.”</J><pb/>


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\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sin|strong="G0264"\w*, \w reprove|strong="G1651"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w sight|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G1799"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w rest|strong="G3062"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w*.


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\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3371"\w* \w longer|strong="G3371"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* drinker \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w water|strong="G5202"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w use|strong="G5530"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G3641"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* stomach’s \w sake|strong="G1223"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w frequent|strong="G4437"\w* \w infirmities|strong="G0769"\w*.<pb/>


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\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3056"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w trustworthy|strong="G4103"\w*: <pb/>“\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w died|strong="G4880"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, <pb/>\w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G4800"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.<pb/>


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\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w therefore|strong="G3767"\w* purges \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w vessel|strong="G4632"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w*, \w sanctified|strong="G0037"\w*, \w and|strong="G5092"\w* \w suitable|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* master’s \w use|strong="G5092"\w*, \w prepared|strong="G2090"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w*.<pb/>


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\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w which|strong="G5101"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w any|strong="G4218"\w* \w time|strong="G4218"\w*, <pb/>“\w Sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G5087"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w*, <pb/>\w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w make|strong="G5087"\w* \w your|strong="G5087"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w footstool|strong="G5286"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G5087"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w somewhere|strong="G4225"\w* \w testified|strong="G1263"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, <pb/>“\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* think \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*? <pb/>\w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w the|strong="G3004"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* care \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*?<pb/>


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\w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1642"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G1024"\w* \w lower|strong="G1642"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w*. <pb/>\w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowned|strong="G4737"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w*.<n>TR adds “and set him over the works of your hands”</n><pb/>


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\w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* \w put|strong="G5293"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w subjection|strong="G5293"\w* \w under|strong="G5270"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.” <pb/>\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3708"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w subjected|strong="G5293"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w left|strong="G0863"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3708"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w subject|strong="G5293"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* don’t \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w subjected|strong="G5293"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w suffered|strong="G3958"\w* being \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w*, \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w help|strong="G0997"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w*.<pb/>


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\w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*<n>“Christ” means “Anointed One”.</n> \w is|strong="G1510"\w* faithful \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w hold|strong="G2722"\w* \w fast|strong="G2722"\w* \w our|strong="G5547"\w* \w confidence|strong="G3954"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* glorying \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w our|strong="G5547"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w firm|strong="G0949"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w*.


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\w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w*, \w even|strong="G1437"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, <pb/>“\w Today|strong="G4594"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w will|strong="G0191"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*,<pb/>


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\w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w your|strong="G3708"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w tested|strong="G3985"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G3985"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, <pb/>\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w deeds|strong="G2041"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* displeased \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G1097"\w* \w generation|strong="G1074"\w*, <pb/>\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w always|strong="G0104"\w* err \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*, <pb/>\w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w didn’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w my|strong="G1097"\w* \w ways|strong="G3598"\w*.’<pb/>


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\w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w swore|strong="G3660"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w wrath|strong="G3709"\w*, <pb/>‘\w They|strong="G5613"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w exhort|strong="G3870"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w long|strong="G2250"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* “\w today|strong="G4594"\w*”, \w lest|strong="G3361"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w be|strong="G5100"\w* \w hardened|strong="G4645"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w deceitfulness|strong="G0539"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*.


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w have|strong="G5547"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w partakers|strong="G3353"\w* \w of|strong="G0746"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w hold|strong="G2722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w beginning|strong="G0746"\w* \w of|strong="G0746"\w* \w our|strong="G5547"\w* \w confidence|strong="G5287"\w* \w firm|strong="G0949"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w*,


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\w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, <pb/>“\w Today|strong="G4594"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G0191"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, <pb/>\w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w harden|strong="G4645"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* rebellion.”<pb/>


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w*, \w when|strong="G0191"\w* \w they|strong="G1223"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w*, \w rebelled|strong="G3893"\w*? \w Wasn’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Egypt|strong="G0125"\w* led \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*?


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\w With|strong="G1722"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* displeased \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*? \w Wasn’t|strong="G3780"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w sinned|strong="G0264"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w bodies|strong="G2966"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w*?


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\w To|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G1525"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w swear|strong="G3660"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* wouldn’t \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w disobedient|strong="G0544"\w*?


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\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* weren’t \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w unbelief|strong="G0570"\w*.<pb/>


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Let’s \w fear|strong="G5399"\w* \w therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, lest \w perhaps|strong="G3379"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w seem|strong="G1380"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G5100"\w* \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w short|strong="G5302"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G1525"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w entering|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*.


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w indeed|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w preached|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2097"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2509"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G0191"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w didn’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w profit|strong="G5623"\w* \w them|strong="G0191"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G0191"\w* \w wasn’t|strong="G3756"\w* mixed \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w*.


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*, \w even|strong="G1063"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G3004"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w swore|strong="G3660"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w wrath|strong="G3709"\w*, \w they|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*;” \w although|strong="G2543"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w finished|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w foundation|strong="G2602"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*.


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3779"\w* \w somewhere|strong="G4225"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w seventh|strong="G1442"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w rested|strong="G2664"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w seventh|strong="G1442"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w*;”


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\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* defines \w a|strong="G1437"\w* \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, “\w today|strong="G4594"\w*”, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w so|strong="G5118"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w a|strong="G1437"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w afterward|strong="G3326"\w* (\w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w has|strong="G5100"\w* \w been|strong="G5100"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*), <pb/>“\w Today|strong="G4594"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, <pb/>\w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w harden|strong="G4645"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Joshua|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w given|strong="G2664"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w rest|strong="G2664"\w*, \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G0302"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G0243"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w afterward|strong="G3326"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w another|strong="G0243"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.


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\w There|strong="G0686"\w* \w remains|strong="G0620"\w* \w therefore|strong="G0686"\w* \w a|strong="G2316"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4520"\w* \w rest|strong="G4520"\w* \w for|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w rested|strong="G2664"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G1525"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w*.


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