Luke 6:35
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35 But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High.(A) For He is gracious to the ungrateful and evil.
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John 3:16
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16 “For God loved(A) the world in this way:[a] He gave His One and Only(B) Son,(C) so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.(D)
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- John 3:16 The Gk word houtos, commonly translated in Jn 3:16 as “so” or “so much” occurs over 200 times in the NT. Almost without exception it is an adverb of manner, not degree (for example, see Mt 1:18). It only means “so much” when modifying an adjective (see Gl 3:3; Rv 16:18). Manner seems primarily in view in Jn 3:16, which explains the HCSB‘s rendering.
John 12:43
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43 For they loved praise from men(A) more than praise from God.[a](B)
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- John 12:43 Lit loved glory of men more than glory of God; v. 41; Jn 5:41
2 Thessalonians 2:13
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Stand Firm
13 But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning[a] God has chosen(A) you for salvation through sanctification(B) by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
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- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Other mss read because as a firstfruit
Revelation 12:11
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11 They conquered him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
for they did not love their lives
in the face of death.(A)
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