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         <div class="label">75</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 75</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 75:1-10 is numbered 75:2-11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#8221; A psalm of Asaph. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">We praise you, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="content">we praise you, for your Name is near;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="content">people tell of your wonderful deeds.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.75.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You say, &#8220;I choose the appointed time;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.75.2"><span class="content">it is I who judge with equity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.75.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.75.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the earth and all its people quake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.75.3"><span class="content">it is I who hold its pillars firm.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">75:3 </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 v3" data-usfm="PSA.75.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.75.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">To the arrogant I say, &#8216;Boast no more,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.75.4"><span class="content">and to the wicked, &#8216;Do not lift up your horns.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">75:4 </span><span class="fq">Horns </span><span class="ft">here symbolize strength; also in verses 5 and 10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.75.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.75.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Do not lift your horns against heaven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.75.5"><span class="content">do not speak so defiantly.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.75.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.75.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">No one from the east or the west</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.75.6"><span class="content">or from the desert can exalt themselves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.75.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.75.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It is God who judges:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.75.7"><span class="content">He brings one down, he exalts another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.75.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a cup</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">full of foaming wine mixed with spices;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">drink it down to its very dregs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.75.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As for me, I will declare this forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.75.9"><span class="content">I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.75.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.75.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">who says, &#8220;I will cut off the horns of all the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.75.10"><span class="content">but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">76</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 76</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 76:1-12 is numbered 76:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.76.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">God is renowned in Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.76.1"><span class="content">in Israel his name is great.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.76.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.76.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">His tent is in Salem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.76.2"><span class="content">his dwelling place in Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.76.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.76.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">There he broke the flashing arrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.76.3"><span class="content">the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">76:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.76.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.76.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You are radiant with light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.76.4"><span class="content">more majestic than mountains rich with game.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.76.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The valiant lie plundered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="content">they sleep their last sleep;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="content">not one of the warriors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="content">can lift his hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.76.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">At your rebuke, God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.76.6"><span class="content">both horse and chariot lie still.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.76.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.76.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It is you alone who are to be feared.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.76.7"><span class="content">Who can stand before you when you are angry?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.76.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.76.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">From heaven you pronounced judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.76.8"><span class="content">and the land feared and was quiet&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.76.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.76.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">when you, God, rose up to judge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.76.9"><span class="content">to save all the afflicted of the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.76.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.76.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.76.10"><span class="content">and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">76:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.76.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.76.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Make vows to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God and fulfill them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.76.11"><span class="content">let all the neighboring lands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.76.11"><span class="content">bring gifts to the One to be feared.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.76.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.76.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He breaks the spirit of rulers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.76.12"><span class="content">he is feared by the kings of the earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">77</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 77</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 77:1-20 is numbered 77:2-21.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I cried out to God for help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="content">I cried out to God to hear me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When I was in distress, I sought the Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">at night I stretched out untiring hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">and I would not be comforted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I remembered you, God, and I groaned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="content">I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">77:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 9 and 15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You kept my eyes from closing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="content">I was too troubled to speak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I thought about the former days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="content">the years of long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I remembered my songs in the night.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="content">My heart meditated and my spirit asked:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will the Lord reject forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="content">Will he never show his favor again?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Has his unfailing love vanished forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="content">Has his promise failed for all time?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Has God forgotten to be merciful?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="content">Has he in anger withheld his compassion?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then I thought, &#8220;To this I will appeal:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="content">the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I will remember the deeds of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="content">yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will consider all your works</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="content">and meditate on all your mighty deeds.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your ways, God, are holy.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="content">What god is as great as our God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You are the God who performs miracles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="content">you display your power among the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="content">the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The waters saw you, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">the waters saw you and writhed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">the very depths were convulsed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The clouds poured down water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">the heavens resounded with thunder;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">your arrows flashed back and forth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">your lightning lit up the world;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">the earth trembled and quaked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Your path led through the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">your way through the mighty waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">though your footprints were not seen.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.77.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You led your people like a flock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.77.20"><span class="content">by the hand of Moses and Aaron.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Or don&#8217;t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">be rendered powerless</span></span></span><span class="content"> that we should no longer be slaves to sin&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Slaves to Righteousness</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.6.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey&#8212;whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.6.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.6.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">through</span></span></span><span class="content"> Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div>
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