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That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. |
that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. |
that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. |
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We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. |
In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith (by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises. |
in order that you may become not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience are now inheriting the promises. |
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We do not want any of you to grow slack, but to follow the example of those who through sheer patient faith come to possess the promises. |
so that you may not grow careless (literally, dull, sluggish), but may follow the example of those who through their faith and patient endurance are now possessors of the blessings promised. |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
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