Monthly Archives: July 2019

weight lifting

Galatians 6:1-5 (JDV) Galatians 6:1 Brothers, if a human is overtaken in any violation,1 you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle spirit, watching out for yourselves so that you also won’t be tempted. Galatians 6:2 Carry … Continue reading

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fruit of the Breath

Galatians 5:22-26 (JDV) Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Breath is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, Galatians 5:23 gentleness, and self-mastery. There is no law against such things. Galatians 5:24 But those who belong to Christ Jesus … Continue reading

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an insult sandwich

Galatians 5:19-21 (JDV) Galatians 5:19 Now the achievements of the flesh are obvious: whatever results in sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity, Galatians 5:20 idolatry, alternative spiritual experiences,1 hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish passions, dissensions, heretical cults,2 Galatians 5:21 … Continue reading

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animation, not stagnation

Galatians 5:16-18 (JDV) Galatians 5:16 But I am saying, walk by the Breath and you will certainly not carry out the cravings1 of the flesh. Galatians 5:17 You see, the flesh craves2 what is against the Breath, and the Breath … Continue reading

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against

Galatians 5:13-15 (JDV) Galatians 5:13 For you were invited to be free, brothers; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another by love. Galatians 5:14 You see, the whole law is fulfilled in … Continue reading

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interrupted race, defiled loaf

Galatians 5:7-12 (JDV) Galatians 5:7 You were running well. Who interrupted your being persuaded about truth? Galatians 5:8 This persuasion does not come from your inviter. Galatians 5:9 A little fermented dough contaminates the whole batch of dough. Galatians 5:10 … Continue reading

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the things that matter

Galatians 5:1-6 (JDV) Galatians 5:1 Christ set us free so we could experience freedom. Stand stable then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:2 See! I, Paul, am saying to you that if you get yourselves … Continue reading

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siding with the bully

Galatians 4:28-31 (JDV) Galatians 4:28 Now you too, brothers, like Isaac, are promised children. Galatians 4:29 But just as then the child born as a result of the physical act persecuted the one born as a result of the Spirit, … Continue reading

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children of the desolate woman

Galatians 4:21-27 (JDV) Galatians 4:21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, aren’t you listening to the law? Galatians 4:22 You see, it is written that Abraham had two sons, one from a slave and the other … Continue reading

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listen to our enemies

Galatians 4:15-20 (JDV) Galatians 4:15 Where, then, is that feeling that you were blessed? Because I testify to you that, if you were able, you would have gouged out your eyes and given them to me. Galatians 4:16 So, have … Continue reading

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