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46-ROM/13.usfm

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 \v 12 The night has advanced, and the day has come near. Let us therefore put aside the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
 
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-\v 13 Let us walk appropriately, as in the day, not in wild celebrations or drunkenness; and let us not walk in sexual immorality or in uncontrolled lust, and not in strife or jealousy.
+\v 13 Let us walk appropriately, as in the day, not in drunken celebrations or drunkenness; and let us not walk in sexual immorality or in uncontrolled lust, and not in strife or jealousy.
 \v 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its lusts.

49-GAL/01.usfm

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-\v 1 Paul, an apostle—not an apostle from men nor through human agency, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead ones—
+\v 1 Paul, an apostle—not an apostle from men nor by human agency, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead ones—
 \v 2 and all the brothers with me, to the churches of Galatia:
 
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49-GAL/02.usfm

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 \v 15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;
-\v 16 yet we know that no person is justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. We also came to faith in Christ Jesus so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law. For by the works of the law no flesh will be justified.
+\v 16 yet we know that no person is justified by the works of the law but through faith in  Christ Jesus. We also came to faith in Christ Jesus so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law. For by the works of the law no flesh will be justified.
 
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 \v 17 But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we too, were found to be sinners, does Christ then promote sin? Absolutely not!

49-GAL/03.usfm

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-\v 1 Foolish Galatians! Who has put a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified. 
+\v 1 Foolish Galatians! Who has put a spell on you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly displayed as crucified. 
 \v 2 This is the only thing I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard?
 \v 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now going to finish by the flesh?
 
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 \v 10 All who rely on the works of the law are under a curse; and so it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all the things written in the book of the law, and do them."
-\v 11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous will live by faith.
+\v 11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because "the righteous will live by faith."
 \v 12 But the law is not of faith, rather, "The person who does the works of the law must live by them."
 
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49-GAL/04.usfm

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 \v 2 But he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
 
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-\v 3 So also, when we were children, were held enslaved to the elemental principles of the world.
-\v 4 But when the fulness of time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law.
+\v 3 So also, when we were children, we were enslaved to the elemental principles of the world.
+\v 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law.
 \v 5 He did this to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
 
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 \v 26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
 \v 27 For it is written,
-\q "Rejoice, you barren one who does not give birth.
-\q Cry out and shout for joy, you who are not suffering the pains of childbirth.
-\q Because the children of the abandoned woman are more numerous than the woman who has a husband."
+\q "Rejoice, you barren one who does not give birth;
+\q cry out and shout for joy, you who are not suffering the pains of childbirth;
+\q because the children of the abandoned woman are more numerous 
+\q than the woman who has a husband."
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49-GAL/05.usfm

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 \v 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. But do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the sinful nature; rather, through love serve one another.
-\v 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one commandment; in "You must love your neighbor as yourself."
+\v 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one command: "You must love your neighbor as yourself."
 \v 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
 
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 \v 16 But I say, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the sinful nature.
 \v 17 For the desires of the sinful nature are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the sinful nature. For these are in conflict with each other, so that you cannot do the things you want. 
-\v 18 But if you are led by the Spirit you are not under the law.
+\v 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
 
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-\v 19 Now the works of the sinful nature are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, lustfulness,
+\v 19 Now the works of the sinful nature are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,
 \v 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, rivalry, dissension, divisions,
-\v 21 envy, drunkenness, drunken riots, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
+\v 21 envy, drunkenness, drunken celebrations, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
 
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 \v 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

61-1PE/04.usfm

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 \v 2 As a result, such a person, for the rest of his time in the flesh, no longer lives for men's desires, but for God's will.
 
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-\v 3 For enough time has passed to do what the Gentiles want to do—sensuality, passion, drunkenness, carousings, wild parties, and disgusting acts of idolatry.
+\v 3 For enough time has passed to do what the Gentiles want to do—sensuality, passion, drunkenness, drunken celebrations, wild parties, and disgusting acts of idolatry.
 \v 4 They think it is strange that you do not join with them in these floods of dissipation, so they speak evil about you.
 \v 5 They will give an account to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
 \v 6 For this purpose the gospel was preached also to the dead, so that, although they have been judged in the flesh as humans, they may live as God in the spirit.