KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

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rejoicing

Heb. 3:6

boast keep aloof

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2 Thess. 3:6 withdraw yourselves I Tim. 2:15 sobriety 1Tim. 2:9 I Tim. 3:2 modest of good behavior I Tim. 3:11 be grave

proper clothing propriety respectable

be dignified dignity dignified dignified

I Tim. 3:4 Titus 2:7 Titus 2:2 I Tim. 3:8 Phil. 2:3 I Tim. 1:4

gravity gravity grave

Likewise must the deacons be grave. godly edifying better

Deacons must be men of dignity

more important furthering administration without honor poorly clothed

the

I Cor. 4:10 despised I Cor. 4:11 naked

Acts 2:44

had all things common

had all things in common Let no one disregard you

Titus 2:15 Let no man despise thee

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rejected; a parlor director

Again 'righteousness' is respectable and sober funeral will be 'adequate'.

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Luke 5:32 righteous I Cor. 15:34 righteousness

respectable soberminded

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Preppie or Peculiar? Pick one. For example, apparel representing modest and godly moderation, not models and glossy magazines, has a price tag which reads: PERSECUTION. A lifestyle driven by verses not vogue, will brand one as "peculiar" (NERD, in the vernacular). Unwilling to bear "his reproach," the NIV's Edwin Palmer pushes the "peculiar people" of Titus 2:14 and I Peter 2:9 into the closet—already crowded with the 'righteous' and 'the perfect'. Palmer writes:

. . .a peculiar people. Today that means odd. It should be. . .42