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27-DAN.usfm

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-\v 17 Then Daniel went to his house and explained to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, what had happened.
+\v 17 Then Daniel went to his house and explained to his companions Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, what had happened.
 \v 18 He urged them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery so that he and they might not be killed with the rest of the men of Babylon who were known for their wisdom.
 
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34-NAM.usfm

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 \v 9 What are you people plotting against Yahweh?
 \q He will make a full end to it; trouble will not rise up a second time.
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-\v 10 For they will become tangled up like thornbushes; they will be saturated in their own drink;
-\q they will be completely devoured by fire like dry stubble.
+\v 10 Like tangled thorns and like the drink of drunkards,  
+\q they will be consumed like dry stubble.
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 \v 11 Someone arose among you, Nineveh, who planned evil against Yahweh, someone who promoted wickedness.
 

43-LUK.usfm

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 \v 15 It came about that when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to each other, "Let us now go to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."
-\v 16 They hurried there and found Mary and Joseph, and saw the baby lying in the manger.
+\v 16 They hurried there and found Mary, Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in a manger.
 
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 \v 17 After they had seen him, they made known what had been said to them about this child.
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 \v 40 I begged your disciples to force it out, but they could not."
 
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-\v 41 Jesus answered and said, "You unbelieving and depraved generation, how long must I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here."
+\v 41 Jesus answered and said, "You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long must I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here."
 \v 42 While the boy was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
 
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44-JHN.usfm

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 \v 26 When the Comforter—whom I will send to you from the Father, that is, the Spirit of truth, who goes out from the Father—comes, he will testify about me.
-\v 27 You are also testifying because you have been with me from the beginning.
+\v 27 You also must testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
 
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45-ACT.usfm

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 \v 6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him. \f + \ft Some ancient copies add, \fqa We wanted to judge him according to our law \fqa* . \f*
 
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-\v 7 \f + \ft Some ancient copies have verse 7, \fqa But Lysias, the officer, came and took him by force out of our hands \fqa* . \f*
-\v 8  When you question Paul about all these matters, you will be able to learn about these charges we are bringing against him." \f + \ft Some ancient copies add to the first part of verse 8, \fqa commanding his accusers to come to you \fqa* as the end of the sentence begun in verse 7. \f* 
+\v 7 \f + \ft Some ancient copies have for verse 7 and the beginning of verse 8, \fqa 7 But Lysias, the officer, came and took him by force out of our hands, 8 commanding his accusers to come to you \fqa* . \f*
+\v 8 When you question Paul about all these matters, you will be able to learn about these charges we are bringing against him."
 \v 9 The Jews also joined in the accusation, affirming that these charges were true.
 
 
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 \v 25 When they did not agree with one another, they left after Paul had spoken this one word, "The Holy Spirit spoke well through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers.
-\v 26 He said, 'Go to this people and say,
-\q "By hearing you will hear, but not understand;
-\q and seeing you will see, but will not perceive.
+\v 26 He said, 'Go to this people and say, 
+\q "By hearing you will hear, but you will not understand; 
+\q and by seeing you will see, but you will not perceive.
 
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46-ROM.usfm

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-\v 28 Because they did not approve of having God in their awareness, he gave them up to a depraved mind, for them to do those things that are not proper.
+\v 28 Because they did not approve of having God in their awareness, he gave them up to a corrupted mind, for them to do those things that are not proper.
 
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 \v 29 They have been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and evil intentions. They are gossips, 
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 \v 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
 
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-\v 9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is true that God's Spirit lives in you. But if someone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.
+\v 9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed God's Spirit lives in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.
 \v 10 If Christ is in you, the body is dead with respect to sin, but the spirit is alive with respect to righteousness.
 
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47-1CO.usfm

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 \v 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
 
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-\v 15 Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we testified against God, saying he raised up Christ when he did not.
+\v 15 Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we testified that God raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him, if indeed the dead are not raised.
 \v 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised;
 \v 17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is in vain and you are still in your sins.
 

51-PHP.usfm

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 \v 11 so somehow I may experience the resurrection from the dead.
 
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-\v 12 It is not true that I have already received these things, or that I have become complete. But I press on in order that I may grasp that for which I was grasped by Christ Jesus.
-\v 13 Brothers, I do not think that I myself have yet grasped it. But there is one thing: I forget what is behind and strain for what is ahead.
-\v 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize of the upward calling of God in Christ Jesus.
+\v 12 Not that I have already obtained these things, or am already perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
+\v 13 Brothers, I do not think that I myself have yet taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining forward to what is ahead,
+\v 14 I press on toward the goal with a view to the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
 
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 \v 15 All of us who are mature, let us think this way; and if you think differently about anything, God will also reveal that to you.

54-2TH.usfm

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 \v 1 Now about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to be with him, we ask you, brothers,
-\v 2 that you not be easily disturbed or troubled, either by a spirit, by a message, or by a letter that seems to be coming from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has already come.
+\v 2 that you not be easily disturbed or troubled, either by a spirit or by a message, or by a letter that seems to be coming from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has already come.
 
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 \v 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not come until after the falling away comes, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

55-1TI.usfm

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 \v 3 If anyone teaches something that does not agree with the reliable instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,
 \v 4 he is proud and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and arguments about words that result in envy, strife, insults, evil suspicions, 
-\v 5 and constant conflict between people with depraved minds. They have lost the truth and they think that godliness is a way to get more money.
-\f + \ft Some old copies add, \fqa Withdraw from such things, \fqa* but the best ancient copies do not. \f*
+\v 5 and constant conflict between people who have morally corrupt minds. They have lost the truth and they think that godliness is a way to get more money.  
+\f + \ft Some old copies add the exhortation, \fqa Stay away from such things. \fqa* But the best ancient copies do not. \f*
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 \v 6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain.
 \v 7 For we have brought nothing into the world. Neither are we able to take out anything.