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 \v 18 God in heaven makes it clear that he is angry with all who show no respect for him and who do wicked things. He shows them that they deserve for him to punish them. Because they do wicked things, they also keep other people from knowing what is true about God.
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-\v 19 What God is like is plain to all, because God himself has revealed this to everyone.
+\v 19 What God is like is plain to all because God himself has revealed this to everyone.
 
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 \v 20 People cannot actually see with their eyes what God is like. But ever since he created the world, the things in it make people understand things about him—for example, he has always been able to do powerful things. Another example is that everyone knows that he is completely different from all that he has created. So no one is able to say truthfully, "We never knew about God."
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-\v 1 You may say that God must punish people for doing what he hates. But when you say that, you are really saying that God should punish you, because you also have lived the same kind of life. You did the same things they have done.
+\v 1 You may say that God must punish people for doing what he hates. But when you say that, you are really saying that God should punish you because you also have lived the same kind of life. You did the same things they have done.
 \v 2 We know very well that God will judge and punish fairly people who do such evil deeds.
 
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 \v 5 But instead, because you are stubborn and refuse to stop sinning, God will punish you even more severely. He will do that at the time when he shows that he is angry and judges all people fairly.
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 \v 6 God will pay back everyone according to what they deserve for what they have done.
-\v 7 Specifically, some people keep doing good deeds, because they want God to honor them, and they want to live forever with him. God will reward them in this way.
+\v 7 Specifically, some people keep doing good deeds because they want God to honor them, and they want to live forever with him. God will reward them in this way.
 
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 \v 8 But some people act in selfish ways and refuse to believe that what God says is true, and they do the things that God says are wrong. God will be very angry and will punish them severely.
-\v 9 He will cause everyone who habitually does evil deeds to suffer greatly and to have many troubles. This certainly will happen to the Jews who refuse to accept God's message, because God gave them the privilege of being his special people, but it will also happen to the Gentiles.
+\v 9 He will cause everyone who habitually does evil deeds to suffer greatly and to have many troubles. This certainly will happen to the Jews who refuse to accept God's message because God gave them the privilege of being his special people, but it will also happen to the Gentiles.
 
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 \v 10 But God will praise, honor, and give peace to every person who habitually does good deeds. He will certainly do this for the Jews because he chose them as his special people, but he will also do it for the Gentiles.
 \v 11 God will do this fairly, because he pays no attention to how important anyone is.
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-\v 12 Those who do not have the laws that God gave to Moses and still sin without having a law, God will bring them to ruin forever. And he will also punish all the Jews who have disobeyed his law, because he will judge them according to what the law says.
+\v 12 Those who do not have the laws that God gave to Moses and still sin without having a law, God will bring them to ruin forever. And he will also punish all the Jews who have disobeyed his law because he will judge them according to what the law says.
 
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 \v 13 God does not consider people to be righteous if they only listen to the law being read; they must do what God commands in the law.
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 \v 17 This is what God said to Abraham in the scriptures: "I will make you the ancestor of many nations." Abraham received this directly from God, who raises dead people to life and creates things out of nothing.
 
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-\v 18 He trusted firmly in this promise of God, even though there was no physical reason for him to expect that he would have descendants, because he and his wife were too old to bear children. God had promised Abraham that he would become the ancestor of many nations by saying, "Your descendants will be like the stars in the sky."
+\v 18 He trusted firmly in this promise of God, even though there was no physical reason for him to expect that he would have descendants because he and his wife were too old to bear children. God had promised Abraham that he would become the ancestor of many nations by saying, "Your descendants will be like the stars in the sky."
 \v 19 He did not doubt that God would do what he promised, even though he knew that his body was not able to father a child (he was, after all, about one hundred years old), and he knew that Sarah could not ever become pregnant before.
 
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 \v 8 The people who do what their evil attitude tells them cannot please God.
 
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-\v 9 But we do not have to let our sinful human nature control us. Instead, we can let God's Spirit control us, because he lives within us. If the Spirit who comes from Christ does not live in a person, that person does not belong to Christ.
-\v 10 But since Christ is living in you by his Spirit, God views your bodies as dead, so you no longer have to sin. And he views your spirits as alive, because he has put you right with himself.
+\v 9 But we do not have to let our sinful human nature control us. Instead, we can let God's Spirit control us because he lives within us. If the Spirit who comes from Christ does not live in a person, that person does not belong to Christ.
+\v 10 But since Christ is living in you by his Spirit, God views your bodies as dead, so you no longer have to sin. And he views your spirits as alive because he has put you right with himself.
 
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 \v 11 God caused Jesus to live again after he died. And because his Spirit lives in you, God will also make your bodies, which now are sure to die, live again. He caused Christ to live again after he died, and he will make you live again by causing his Spirit to do it.
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-\v 28 And we know that for those who love God, he works out all things that happen to them in a way that does them good. He does this for those whom he has chosen, because that was what he planned to do.
+\v 28 And we know that for those who love God, he works out all things that happen to them in a way that does them good. He does this for those whom he has chosen because that was what he planned to do.
 \v 29 God already knew us and decided to make our character become like his Son's character. The result is that Christ is honored as God's firstborn Son among many brothers and sisters.
 \v 30 And the ones God decided previously who would be like his Son, he also called them to be with him. And the ones he called to be with him, he also made them to be right with himself. And to the ones whom he has put right with himself, he also will give them honor.
 
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 \v 27 Isaiah also exclaimed concerning Israel:
-"Even though the sons of Israel are so many that no one can count them, like grains of sand beside the ocean, only a small group of them will be saved,
+"Even though the sons of Israel are so many that no one can count them, like grains of sand beside the ocean, only a small group of them will be saved
 \v 28 because the Lord will punish completely and speedily the people who live in that land, as he said that he would do."
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 \v 29 Isaiah also wrote,
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 \v 12 Our time to live in this world has almost ended. It is nearly time for the daylight to shine! So we must stop doing the wicked deeds that people do when they live in the darkness, and we must put on the armor of light that shines with the power of God and his gospel.
 
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-\v 13 We must behave properly, because we are living in the daytime, when God sees everything we do. We must not get drunk and do evil things with other people. We must live our lives without any kind of sexual immorality or wild, excessive sensuality. We must not quarrel. We must not be jealous of other people.
+\v 13 We must behave properly because we are living in the daytime, when God sees everything we do. We must not get drunk and do evil things with other people. We must live our lives without any kind of sexual immorality or wild, excessive sensuality. We must not quarrel. We must not be jealous of other people.
 \v 14 On the contrary, we should be like the Lord Jesus Christ, so that others will see what he is like. You should stop wanting to do the things that your sinful human nature wants to do.
 
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 \v 5 Some people regard certain days as being the best days for worshiping God. Other people regard all days as equally suitable for worshiping God. Each person should decide the days in which they should worship, and they should decide these issues for themselves, and not because some people try to convince you that their way is best.
-\v 6 As for those who believe that they should worship on a certain day of the week, it is to honor the Lord that they worship on that day. And as for those who think that it is all right to eat all kinds of food, it is to honor the Lord that they eat those foods, because they thank God for their food. As for those who abstain from eating certain kinds of food, it is to honor the Lord that they do not eat those foods, and they also thank God for the food that they do eat. So these people are not wrong, even though they think differently.
+\v 6 As for those who believe that they should worship on a certain day of the week, it is to honor the Lord that they worship on that day. And as for those who think that it is all right to eat all kinds of food, it is to honor the Lord that they eat those foods because they thank God for their food. As for those who abstain from eating certain kinds of food, it is to honor the Lord that they do not eat those foods, and they also thank God for the food that they do eat. So these people are not wrong, even though they think differently.
 
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 \v 7 None of us should live merely to please ourselves, and none of us should think that when we die it affects only us.
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-\v 17 It follows that, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, I am happy about my work for God.
+\v 17 It follows that because of my relationship with Christ Jesus I am happy about my work for God.
 \v 18 I will speak boldly only about the work that Christ has accomplished through me, that Gentiles might obey God in their words and in their actions.
 \v 19 Christ worked through me by showing signs and other miracles that were done in the power of the Spirit of God, so that in every place I have traveled, from Jerusalem all the way to the province of Illyricum, I have completed my work of proclaiming the message about Christ.
 
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 \v 1 By means of this letter I am introducing and recommending to you our fellow believer Phoebe, who will be taking this letter to you. She is a servant in the assembly in the city of Cenchrea.
-\v 2 I request that you receive her because you are all joined to the Lord. You should do that because God's people ought to welcome their fellow believers. I am also requesting that you help her by giving her whatever she needs, because she has helped many people, including me.
+\v 2 I request that you receive her because you are all joined to the Lord. You should do that because God's people ought to welcome their fellow believers. I am also requesting that you help her by giving her whatever she needs because she has helped many people, including me.
 
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