[a](A)Blessed are the poor in spirit, for (B)theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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  1. Matthew 5:3 I.e., fortunate or prosperous, and so through v 11

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(A)

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29 And (A)everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother [a]or children or farms on account of My name, will receive [b]many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.

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  1. Matthew 19:29 One early ms adds or wife
  2. Matthew 19:29 One early ms a hundred times

29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[a] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.(A)

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  1. Matthew 19:29 Some manuscripts do not have or wife.

32 [a](A)Do not be afraid, (B)little flock, because (C)your Father has chosen to give you the kingdom.

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  1. Luke 12:32 Or Stop being afraid

32 “Do not be afraid,(A) little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.(B)

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Or (A)do you not know that the unrighteous will not (B)inherit the kingdom of God? (C)Do not be deceived; (D)neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]homosexuals,

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 Two Gr words in the text, prob. submissive and dominant male homosexuals

Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?(A) Do not be deceived:(B) Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers(C) nor men who have sex with men[a](D)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 The words men who have sex with men translate two Greek words that refer to the passive and active participants in homosexual acts.

The Mystery of Resurrection

50 Now I say this, brothers and sisters, that (A)flesh and blood cannot (B)inherit the kingdom of God; nor does [a]the perishable inherit [b](C)the imperishable.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:50 Lit corruption
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:50 Lit incorruption

50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood(A) cannot inherit the kingdom of God,(B) nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.(C)

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21 envy, (A)drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not (B)inherit the kingdom of God.

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21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.(A) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.(B)

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Listen, (A)my beloved brothers and sisters: did (B)God not choose the poor [a]of this world to be (C)rich in faith and (D)heirs of the kingdom which He (E)promised to those who love Him?

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  1. James 2:5 Lit to the

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters:(A) Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world(B) to be rich in faith(C) and to inherit the kingdom(D) he promised those who love him?(E)

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