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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 32</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">whose transgressions are forgiven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">whose sins are covered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">whose sin the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not count against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">and in whose spirit is no deceit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I kept silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">my bones wasted away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">through my groaning all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For day and night</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">your hand was heavy on me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">my strength was sapped</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">as in the heat of summer.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:4 </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 5 and 7.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I acknowledged my sin to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">and did not cover up my iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">I said, &#8220;I will confess</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">my transgressions to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">And you forgave</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">the guilt of my sin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore let all the faithful pray to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">while you may be found;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">surely the rising of the mighty waters</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">will not reach them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You are my hiding place;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">you will protect me from trouble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">and surround me with songs of deliverance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="content">I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not be like the horse or the mule,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">which have no understanding</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">but must be controlled by bit and bridle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">or they will not come to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Many are the woes of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">surrounds the one who trusts in him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and be glad, you righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="content">sing, all you who are upright in heart!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">33</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 33</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Sing joyfully to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.33.1"><span class="content">it is fitting for the upright to praise him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.33.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with the harp;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.33.2"><span class="content">make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.33.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Sing to him a new song;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.3"><span class="content">play skillfully, and shout for joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is right and true;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.33.4"><span class="content">he is faithful in all he does.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.33.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves righteousness and justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.5"><span class="content">the earth is full of his unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">By the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> the heavens were made,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.33.6"><span class="content">their starry host by the breath of his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.33.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He gathers the waters of the sea into jars</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sea as into a heap</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.7"><span class="content">he puts the deep into storehouses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let all the earth fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.33.8"><span class="content">let all the people of the world revere him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.33.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For he spoke, and it came to be;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.9"><span class="content">he commanded, and it stood firm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> foils the plans of the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.33.10"><span class="content">he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.33.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But the plans of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stand firm forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.33.11"><span class="content">the purposes of his heart through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.33.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Blessed is the nation whose God is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.12"><span class="content">the people he chose for his inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.33.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">From heaven the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looks down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.33.13"><span class="content">and sees all mankind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.33.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.33.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">from his dwelling place he watches</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.33.14"><span class="content">all who live on earth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.33.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">he who forms the hearts of all,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.15"><span class="content">who considers everything they do.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.33.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">No king is saved by the size of his army;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.33.16"><span class="content">no warrior escapes by his great strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.33.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.17"><span class="content">despite all its great strength it cannot save.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.33.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are on those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.33.18"><span class="content">on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.33.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">to deliver them from death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.19"><span class="content">and keep them alive in famine.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">We wait in hope for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.33.20"><span class="content">he is our help and our shield.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.33.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.33.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">In him our hearts rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.33.21"><span class="content">for we trust in his holy name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.33.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.33.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">May your unfailing love be with us, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.33.22"><span class="content">even as we put our hope in you.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warnings From Israel&#8217;s History</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They all ate the same spiritual food </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: &#8220;The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:7 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 32:6</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did&#8212;and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We should not test Christ,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:9 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">test the Lord</span></span></span><span class="content"> as some of them did&#8212;and were killed by snakes. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And do not grumble, as some of them did&#8212;and were killed by the destroying angel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don&#8217;t fall! </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">No temptation</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">temptation </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">testing </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">temptation </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">testing </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">temptation </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">testing </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Idol Feasts and the Lord&#8217;s Supper</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord&#8217;s table and the table of demons. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Are we trying to arouse the Lord&#8217;s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Believer&#8217;s Freedom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.10.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have the right to do anything,&#8221; you say&#8212;but not everything is beneficial. &#8220;I have the right to do anything&#8221;&#8212;but not everything is constructive. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.10.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">for, &#8220;The earth is the Lord&#8217;s, and everything in it.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:26 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 24:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.10.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But if someone says to you, &#8220;This has been offered in sacrifice,&#8221; then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">I am referring to the other person&#8217;s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another&#8217;s conscience? </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.10.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.10.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.</span></span></div>
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