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1 Chronicles 29:15
Christian Standard Bible
1 Chronicles 29:15
Christian Standard Bible
15 For we are aliens and temporary residents in your presence as were all our ancestors.(A) Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.(B)
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1 Chronicles 29:15
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1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 We are foreigners and strangers(A) in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow,(B) without hope.
1 Chronicles 29:15
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1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
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1 Chronicles 29:15
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1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 For (A)we are [a]aliens and [b]pilgrims before You,
As were all our fathers;
(B)Our days on earth are as a shadow,
And without hope.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 sojourners, temporary residents
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 transients, temporary residents in an even more temporary sense
Hebrews 11:13
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Hebrews 11:13
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13 These all died in faith, although they had not received the things that were promised. But they saw them from a distance,(A) greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.(B)
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Hebrews 11:13
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Hebrews 11:13
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13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(A) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(B) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(C)
Hebrews 11:13
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Hebrews 11:13
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13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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Hebrews 11:13
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The Heavenly Hope
13 These all died in faith, (A)not having received the (B)promises, but (C)having seen them afar off [a]were assured of them, embraced them and (D)confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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- Hebrews 11:13 NU, M omit were assured of them
1 Peter 2:11
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1 Peter 2:11
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A Call to Good Works
11 Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles(A) to abstain(B) from sinful(C) desires that wage war against the soul.(D)
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1 Peter 2:11
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Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society
11 Dear friends,(A) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(B) to abstain from sinful desires,(C) which wage war against your soul.(D)
1 Peter 2:11
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1 Peter 2:11
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11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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1 Peter 2:11
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Living Before the World
11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts (A)which war against the soul,
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