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 \v 20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death and crucified him.
 
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-\v 21 But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. Yes, and what is more, it is now the third day since all these things happened.
+\v 21 But we hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. Yes, and what is more, it is now the third day since all these things happened.
 
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 \v 22 But also, some women of our company amazed us, having been at the tomb early in the morning.

45-ACT.usfm

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-\v 6 When Paul saw that the one part of the council were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he spoke loudly in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is because I have the certain hope of the resurrection of the dead that I am being judged."
+\v 6 When Paul saw that the one part of the council were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he spoke loudly in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is because I have the hope of the resurrection of the dead that I am being judged."
 \v 7 When he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided.
 \v 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, no angels, and no spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge all of them.
 

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 \v 18 You have been made free from sin, and you have been made slaves of righteousness.
 
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-\v 19 I speak like a man because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to uncleanness and to evil, in the same way now, present the parts of your body as slaves to righteousness for sanctification.
+\v 19 I speak like a man because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to uncleanness and to evil, in the same way, now present the parts of your body as slaves to righteousness for sanctification.
 \v 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness.
 \v 21 At that time, what fruit then did you have of the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.
 
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-\v 13 So did what is good become death to me? May it never be. But sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin through what is good, brought about death in me. This was in order that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.
+\v 13 So did what is good become death to me? May it never be. But sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what was good, and through the commandment sin might become sinful beyond measure.
 \v 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh. I have been sold under slavery to sin.
 
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 \v 18 For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, lives no good thing. For the desire for good is with me, but I cannot do it.
 
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-\v 19 For the good that I want I do not do, but the evil that I do not want, that I do.
+\v 19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but the evil that I do not want, that I do.
 \v 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, then it is no longer I who am acting, but rather sin that lives in me.
-\v 21 I find, then, the law in me that I want to do what is good, but that evil is actually present in me.
+\v 21 So, I find this law: When I want to do good, evil is present with me.
 
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 \v 22 For I rejoice in the law of God with the inner man.
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 \v 6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace.
-\v 7 The mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God, for it is not subject to God's law, nor is it able to do so.
+\v 7 The mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God, for it does not submit to God's law, nor is it able to do so.
 \v 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
 
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 \v 19 For the eager expectation of the creation waits for the revealing of the sons of God.
 
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-\v 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in the certain hope
+\v 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope
 \v 21 that the creation itself will be delivered from slavery to decay, and that it will be brought into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
 \v 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors in pain together even now.
 
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-\v 23 Not only that, but even we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit—even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, the redemption of our body.
-\v 24 For in this certain hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he can see? 
+\v 23 Not only that, but even we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly, as we wait eagerly for our adoption, the redemption of our body.
+\v 24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he can see? 
 \v 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
 
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 \v 28 We know that for those who love God, he works all things together for good, \f + \ft Instead of \fqa he works all things together for good \fqa* , some Greek copies read, \fqa all things work together for good \fqa* . \f* for those who are called according to his purpose.
 
-\v 29 Because those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
+\v 29 Because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
 \v 30 Those whom he predestined, these he also called. Those whom he called, these he also justified. Those whom he justified, these he also glorified.
 
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-\v 1 I tell the truth in Christ. I do not lie, and my conscience bears witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
+\v 1 I tell the truth in Christ. I do not lie, and my conscience bears witness with me in the Holy Spirit
 \v 2 that for me there is great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
 
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 \q "Though the number of the sons of Israel were as the sand of the sea, 
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-\v 28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence on the earth, 
+\v 28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence on the earth 
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 \v 29 As Isaiah had said previously,
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 \v 1 Brothers, my heart's desire and my request to God is for them, for their salvation.
 \v 2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
-\v 3 For they do not know of God's righteousness, and they seek to establish their own righteousness. They did not submit to the righteousness of God.
+\v 3 For, failing to understand the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
 
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 \v 4 For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness for everyone who believes.
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 \v 23 And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in. For God is able to graft them in again.
-\v 24 For if you were cut out of what is by nature a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a good olive tree, how much more will these Jews, who are the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree?
+\v 24 For if you were cut out of what is by nature a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a good olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree?
 
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 \v 30 For you were formerly disobedient to God, but now you have received mercy because of their disobedience.
 \v 31 In the same way, now these Jews have been disobedient. The result was that by the mercy shown to you they may also now receive mercy.
-\v 32 For God has shut up all into disobedience, in order that he might show mercy on all.
+\v 32 For God has shut up all into disobedience in order that he might show mercy on all.
 
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-\v 3 For I say, because of the grace that was given to me, that everyone who is among you should not think more highly of themselves than they ought to think. Instead, they should think in a wise way, just as God has given out to each one a certain amount of faith.
+\v 3 For by the grace that was given to me I say to everyone among you:  Do not think of yourself more highly that your ought, but rather, to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has given you.
 
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 \v 4 For we have many parts in one body, but not all the parts have the same function.
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 \v 8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
-\v 9 The commandments: "Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not covet," and if there is any other commandment also, it is summed up in this sentence: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
-\v 10 Love does not harm one's neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law.
+\v 9 The commandments, "Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not covet," and if there is any other commandment it is summed up in this, "Love your neighbor as yourself."
+\v 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law.
 
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 \v 13 Therefore, let us no longer judge one another, but instead decide this, that no one will place a stumbling block or a snare for his brother.
 
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-\v 14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean by itself. Only for him who considers anything to be unclean, for him it is unclean.
+\v 14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean by itself. Only for him who considers anything to be unclean, for him it is unclean.
 \v 15 If because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food one for whom Christ died.
 
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 \v 3 For even Christ did not please himself. Instead, it was just as it is written, "The insults of those who insulted you fell on me."
-\v 4 For whatever was previously written was written for our instruction, in order that through patience and through encouragement of the scriptures we would have hope.
+\v 4 For whatever was previously written was written for our instruction in order that through patience and through encouragement of the scriptures we would have hope.
 
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 \v 5 Now may the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with each other according to Christ Jesus.
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 \v 23 But now, I no longer have any place in these regions, and I have been longing for many years to come to you.
 
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-\v 24 I hope to see you when I pass through there on my way to Spain, and to be helped by you on my journey there, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.
+\v 24 I hope to see you when I pass through there on my way to Spain, and will be helped by you on my journey there, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.
 \v 25 But now I am going to Jerusalem, bringing aid to God's holy people.
 
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 \v 26 For it was the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution to the poor among God's holy people who are in Jerusalem.
-\v 27 Yes, it was their good pleasure, and, indeed, they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in material things.
+\v 27 Yes, it was their good pleasure, and they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the their spiritual things, they owe it to the Jews to be of service to them with their material things.
 
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 \v 28 Therefore, when I have completed this task and have made sure that they receive all that was collected, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way.
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 \v 1 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is in Cenchrea,
-\v 2 in order that you may receive her in the Lord. Do this in a manner worthy of God's holy people, and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a leader of many and of myself as well. 
+\v 2 in order that you may receive her in the Lord. Do this in a manner worthy of God's holy people, and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many and of myself as well. 
 
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 \v 6 Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.
-\v 7 Greet Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen, and my fellow prisoners. They are prominent among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
+\v 7 Greet Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.
 \v 8 Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.
 
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 \v 9 Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.
 \v 10 Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus.
-\v 11 Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet those of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.
+\v 11 Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet those of the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
 
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 \v 12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who work hard in the Lord. Greet Persis the beloved, who has worked much in the Lord.

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 \v 10 with a view to a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things together, all things in heaven and on earth, under one head, even Christ.
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 \v 11 In Christ we were appointed as heirs. We were decided on beforehand according to the plan of him who works out everything according to the purpose of his will.
-\v 12 God appointed us as heirs so that we might be the first to have a certain hope in Christ, so we would be for the praise of his glory. 
+\v 12 God appointed us as heirs so that we might be the first to hope in Christ, so we would be for the praise of his glory. 
 
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 \v 13 In Christ, you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, you believed in him and were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

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 \v 6 whom God richly poured on us through our Savior Jesus Christ,
-\v 7 so that having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs with the certain hope of eternal life.
+\v 7 so that having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
 
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 \v 8 This message is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to engage themselves in good works. These things are good and useful for everyone.

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 \v 14 But if you suffer because of righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear. Do not be troubled.
 
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-\v 15 Instead, set apart the Lord Christ in your hearts as holy. Always be ready to answer everyone who asks you why you have certain hope in God. Do this with meekness and respect.
+\v 15 Instead, set apart the Lord Christ in your hearts as holy. Always be ready to answer everyone who asks about the hope you have. Do this with meekness and respect.
 \v 16 Have a good conscience so that the people who insult your good life in Christ may be ashamed because they are speaking against you as if you were evildoers.
 \v 17 It is better, if God desires, that you suffer for doing good than for doing evil.