for God gave us (A)a spirit not of fear but (B)of power and love and self-control.

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Book One

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

Blessed is the man[a]
    who (A)walks not in (B)the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in (C)the way of sinners,
    nor (D)sits in (E)the seat of (F)scoffers;
but his (G)delight is in the law[b] of the Lord,
    and on his (H)law he meditates day and night.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 1:1 The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see Preface
  2. Psalm 1:2 Or instruction

(A)You keep him in perfect peace
    whose mind is stayed on you,
    because he trusts in you.

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(A)Do not be conformed to this world,[a] but be transformed by (B)the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may (C)discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:2 Greek age
  2. Romans 12:2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God

18 There is no fear in love, but (A)perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not (B)been perfected in love.

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16 (A)“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But (B)we have the mind of Christ.

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