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1 Kings 21:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Naboth answered, “This vineyard has always been in my family. I won't let you have it.”

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Joseph told them, “I would never punish all of you. Only the one who was caught with the cup will become my slave. The rest of you are free to go home to your father.”

But they replied, “Sir, why do you say such things? We would never do anything like that!

and said, “Drinking this water would be like drinking the blood of these men who risked their lives to get it for me.” The Three Warriors did these brave deeds.

Until the day I die, I will refuse to do wrong by saying you are right,

The ruler must never abuse my people by taking land from them. Any land he gives his children must already belong to him.

No land may be permanently bought or sold. It all belongs to me—it isn't your land, and you only live there for a little while.

Tribal land must not be given to another tribe—it will remain the property of the tribe that received it.

Do we destroy the Law by our faith? Not at all! We make it even more powerful.

No, indeed! God tells the truth, even if everyone else is a liar. The Scriptures say about God, “Your words will be proved true, and in court you will win your case.”

But the answer is, “No.” Otherwise, how could God judge the world?

What does all this mean? Does it mean we are free to sin, because we are ruled by God's wonderful kindness and not by the Law? Certainly not!

No, we should not! If we are dead to sin, how can we go on sinning?

Am I saying that something good caused my death? Certainly not! It was sin that killed me by using something good. Now we can see how terrible and evil sin really is.

Does this mean that the Law is sinful? Certainly not! But if it had not been for the Law, I would not have known what sin is really like. For example, I would not have known what it means to want something that belongs to someone else, unless the Law had told me not to do that.

Don't you know that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? Is it right for me to join part of the body of Christ to a prostitute? No, it isn't!

But I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his cross, the world is dead as far as I am concerned, and I am dead as far as the world is concerned.

The people answered: We could never worship other gods or stop worshipping the LORD.

I would be disobeying the LORD if I stopped praying for you! I will always teach you how to live right.

and he told his men, “Stop talking foolishly. We're not going to attack Saul. He's my king, and I pray that the LORD will keep me from doing anything to harm his chosen king.” Saul left the cave and started down the road.




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