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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">As it is written: &#8220;God&#8217;s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:24 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.2.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law&#8217;s requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised? </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who, by means of a</span></span></span><span class="content"> written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.2.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person&#8217;s praise is not from other people, but from God.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The images of their gods you are to burn in the fire. Do not covet the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DEU.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. Regard it as vile and utterly detest it, for it is set apart for destruction.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch51" data-usfm="PSA.51.1+PSA.51.2+PSA.51.3+PSA.51.4+PSA.51.5+PSA.51.6+PSA.51.7+PSA.51.8+PSA.51.9+PSA.51.10+PSA.51.11+PSA.51.12">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Have mercy on me, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"><span class="content">according to your unfailing love;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"><span class="content">according to your great compassion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"><span class="content">blot out my transgressions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.51.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Wash away all my iniquity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.51.2"><span class="content">and cleanse me from my sin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.51.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.51.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For I know my transgressions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.51.3"><span class="content">and my sin is always before me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.51.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Against you, you only, have I sinned</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"><span class="content">and done what is evil in your sight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"><span class="content">so you are right in your verdict</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"><span class="content">and justified when you judge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.51.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Surely I was sinful at birth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.51.5"><span class="content">sinful from the time my mother conceived me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.51.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.51.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.51.6"><span class="content">you taught me wisdom in that secret place.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.51.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.51.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.51.7"><span class="content">wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.51.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.51.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let me hear joy and gladness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.51.8"><span class="content">let the bones you have crushed rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.51.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.51.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Hide your face from my sins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.51.9"><span class="content">and blot out all my iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.51.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.51.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Create in me a pure heart, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.51.10"><span class="content">and renew a steadfast spirit within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.51.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.51.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Do not cast me from your presence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.51.11"><span class="content">or take your Holy Spirit from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.51.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.51.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Restore to me the joy of your salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.51.12"><span class="content">and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.</span></span></div>
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