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      <div class="chapter ch14" data-usfm="GEN.14">
         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Abram Rescues Lot</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, Babylonia; also in verse 9</span></span></span><span class="content"> Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goyim, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea Valley). </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and the Horites in the hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran near the desert. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboyim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goyim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar&#8212;four kings against five. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They also carried off Abram&#8217;s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">a relative</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">an ally</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Eshkol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King&#8217;s Valley).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and he blessed Abram, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.14.19"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed be Abram by God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.14.19"><span class="content">Creator of heaven and earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And praise be to God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.14.20"><span class="content">who delivered your enemies into your hand.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.14.20"><span class="content">Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The king of Sodom said to Abram, &#8220;Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.14.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But Abram said to the king of Sodom, &#8220;With raised hand I have sworn an oath to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, &#8216;I made Abram rich.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me&#8212;to Aner, Eshkol and Mamre. Let them have their share.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch16" data-usfm="JOS.16">
         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh</span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz),</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:2 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Bethel to Luz</span></span></span><span class="content"> crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the Mediterranean Sea.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">This was the territory of Ephraim, according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.16.5"><span class="content">The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar in the east to Upper Beth Horon </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and continued to the Mediterranean Sea. From Mikmethath on the north it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah on the east. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">From Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah Ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, according to its clans. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 21</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 21:1-13 is numbered 21:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The king rejoices in your strength, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.21.1"><span class="content">How great is his joy in the victories you give!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.21.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You have granted him his heart&#8217;s desire</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.21.2"><span class="content">and have not withheld the request of his lips.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You came to greet him with rich blessings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.21.3"><span class="content">and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He asked you for life, and you gave it to him&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.21.4"><span class="content">length of days, for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Through the victories you gave, his glory is great;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.21.5"><span class="content">you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely you have granted him unending blessings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.21.6"><span class="content">and made him glad with the joy of your presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For the king trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.21.7"><span class="content">through the unfailing love of the Most High</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.21.7"><span class="content">he will not be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.21.8"><span class="content">your right hand will seize your foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When you appear for battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="content">you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will swallow them up in his wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="content">and his fire will consume them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You will destroy their descendants from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.21.10"><span class="content">their posterity from mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Though they plot evil against you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.21.11"><span class="content">and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You will make them turn their backs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.21.12"><span class="content">when you aim at them with drawn bow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be exalted in your strength, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.21.13"><span class="content">we will sing and praise your might.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch14" data-usfm="ISA.14.24+ISA.14.25+ISA.14.26+ISA.14.27+ISA.14.28+ISA.14.29+ISA.14.30+ISA.14.31+ISA.14.32">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has sworn,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.14.24"><span class="content">&#8220;Surely, as I have planned, so it will be,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.14.24"><span class="content">and as I have purposed, so it will happen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.14.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I will crush the Assyrian in my land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.14.25"><span class="content">on my mountains I will trample him down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.14.25"><span class="content">His yoke will be taken from my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.14.25"><span class="content">and his burden removed from their shoulders.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.14.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">This is the plan determined for the whole world;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.14.26"><span class="content">this is the hand stretched out over all nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.14.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.14.27"><span class="content">His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against the Philistines</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">This prophecy came in the year King Ahaz died:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.14.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.14.29"><span class="content">that the rod that struck you is broken;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.14.29"><span class="content">from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.14.29"><span class="content">its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.14.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The poorest of the poor will find pasture,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.14.30"><span class="content">and the needy will lie down in safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.14.30"><span class="content">But your root I will destroy by famine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.14.30"><span class="content">it will slay your survivors.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.14.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Wail, you gate! Howl, you city!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.14.31"><span class="content">Melt away, all you Philistines!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.14.31"><span class="content">A cloud of smoke comes from the north,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.14.31"><span class="content">and there is not a straggler in its ranks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.14.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ISA.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">What answer shall be given</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ISA.14.32"><span class="content">to the envoys of that nation?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ISA.14.32"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has established Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ISA.14.32"><span class="content">and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When Jesus came into Peter&#8217;s house, he saw Peter&#8217;s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.8.17"><span class="content">&#8220;He took up our infirmities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.8.17"><span class="content">and bore our diseases.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:17 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 53:4 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Cost of Following Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, &#8220;Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.8.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.8.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Another disciple said to him, &#8220;Lord, first let me go and bury my father.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But Jesus told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do you not know, brothers and sisters&#8212;for I am speaking to those who know the law&#8212;that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For when we were in the realm of the flesh,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:5 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.</span></span></div>
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