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Genesis 3:6: When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. (NIV)

And when the woman saw that the tree was good (suitable, pleasant) for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate. (AMP)

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. (KJV)

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Ephesians 2:20: Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. (NIV)

You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself the chief Cornerstone. (AMP)

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; (KJV)

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John 16:18: 'They kept asking, 'What does he mean by 'a little while'? We don't understand what he is saying.' (NIV)

What does He mean by a little while? We do not know or understand what He is talking about. (AMP)

They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. (KJV)

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Mark 8:27: Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, 'Who do people say I am?' (NIV)

And Jesus went on with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He asked His disciples, Who do people say that I am? (AMP)

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? (KJV)

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Matthew 24:24: For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. (NIV)

For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and wonders so as to deceive and lead astray, if possible, even the elect (God's chosen ones). (AMP)

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. (KJV)

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Numbers 23:19: God is not a human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? (NIV)

God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction [for what He has promised]. Has He said and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken and shall He not make it good? (AMP)

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? (KJV)

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Revelation 1:1: The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John (NIV)

[THIS IS] the revelation of Jesus Christ [His unveiling of the divine mysteries]. God gave it to Him to disclose and make known to His bond servants certain things which must shortly and speedily come to pass in their entirety. And He sent and communicated it through His angel (messenger) to His bond servant John (AMP)

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: (KJV)

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1 John 5:8: The Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. (NIV)

And there are three witnesses on the earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree [are in unison; their testimony coincides]. (AMP)

And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. (KJV)

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Colossians 2:13: When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins (NIV)

And you who were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh (your sensuality, your sinful carnal nature), [God] brought to life together with [Christ], having [freely] forgiven us all our transgressions (AMP)

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; (KJV)

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Philippians 4:11: I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. (NIV)

Not that I am implying that I was in any personal want, for I have learned how to be content (satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or disquieted) in whatever state I am. (AMP)

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. (KJV)

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Ephesians 5:23: For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. (NIV)

For the husband is head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the church, Himself the Savior of [His] body. (AMP)

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. (KJV)

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Ephesians 5:7: Therefore do not be partners with them. (NIV)

So do not associate or be sharers with them. (AMP)

Be not ye therefore partakers with them. (KJV)

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Ephesians 1:12: In order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. (NIV)

So that we who first hoped in Christ [who first put our confidence in Him have been destined and appointed to] live for the praise of His glory! (AMP)

That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. (KJV)

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2 Corinthians 8:9: For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. (NIV)

For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (His kindness, His gracious generosity, His undeserved favor and spiritual blessing), [in] that though He was [so very] rich, yet for your sakes He became [so very] poor, in order that by His poverty you might become enriched (abundantly supplied). (AMP)

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. (KJV)

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Psalms 51:5: Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. (NIV)

Behold, I was brought forth in [a state of] iniquity; my mother was sinful who conceived me [and I too am sinful]. [John 3:6; Rom. 5:12; Eph. 2:3.](AMP)

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. (KJV)

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Joshua 24:14: 'Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.' (NIV)

Now therefore, [reverently] fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and in truth; put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the [Euphrates] River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. (AMP)

Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. (KJV)

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Exodus 20:2: 'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.' (NIV)

I am the Lord your God, Who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. (AMP)

I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. (KJV)

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Philemon 1:21: Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask. (NIV)

I write to you [perfectly] confident of your obedient compliance, knowing that you will do even more than I ask. (AMP)

Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say. (KJV)

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Philippians 3:13: Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead (NIV)

I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead (AMP)

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, (KJV)

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Romans 5:9: Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! (NIV)

Therefore, since we are now justified (acquitted, made righteous, and brought into right relationship with God) by Christ's blood, how much more [certain is it that] we shall be saved by Him from the indignation and wrath of God. (AMP)

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. (KJV)

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Acts 17:22: Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: 'People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.' (NIV)

So Paul, standing in the center of the Areopagus [Mars Hill meeting place], said: Men of Athens, I perceive in every way [on every hand and with every turn I make] that you are most religious or very reverent to demons. (AMP)

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. (KJV)

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John 6:53: Jesus said to them, 'Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.' (NIV)

And Jesus said to them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, you cannot have any life in you unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood [unless you appropriate His life and the saving merit of His blood]. (AMP)

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. (KJV)

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Luke 2:41: Every year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. (NIV)

Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year to the Passover Feast. [Deut. 16:1-8; Exod. 23:15.](AMP)

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. (KJV)

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Mark 10:12: 'And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.' (NIV)

And if a woman dismisses (repudiates and divorces) her husband and marries another, she commits adultery. (AMP)

And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery. (KJV)

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Matthew 13:24: Jesus told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.' (NIV)

Another parable He set forth before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. (AMP)

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: (KJV)

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1 Peter 2:4: As you come to him, the living Stone – rejected by human beings but chosen by God and precious to him – (NIV)

Come to Him [then, to that] Living Stone which men tried and threw away, but which is chosen [and] precious in God's sight. [Ps. 118:22; Isa. 28:16.](AMP)

To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, (KJV)

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1 Peter 2:2: Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation (NIV)

Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure (unadulterated) spiritual milk, that by it you may be nurtured and grow unto [completed] salvation (AMP)

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: (KJV)

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2 Thessalonians 2:3: Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. (NIV)

Let no one deceive or beguile you in any way, for that day will not come except the apostasy comes first [unless the predicted great falling away of those who have professed to be Christians has come], and the man of lawlessness (sin) is revealed, who is the son of doom (of perdition), [Dan. 7:25; 8:25; I Tim. 4:1.](AMP)

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; (KJV)

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Colossians 1:24: Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. (NIV)

[Even] now I rejoice in the midst of my sufferings on your behalf. And in my own person I am making up whatever is still lacking and remains to be completed [on our part] of Christ's afflictions, for the sake of His body, which is the church. (AMP)

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: (KJV)

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Romans 12:4: For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function (NIV)

For as in one physical body we have many parts (organs, members) and all of these parts do not have the same function or use (AMP)

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: (KJV)

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