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Luke 1:75

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In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
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  1. Ephesians 4:24Rank 1 from verse 75
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    24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

  2. Ephesians 2:10Rank 2 from verse 75
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    10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

  3. Titus 2:11–14Rank 3 from verse 75
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    11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

    12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

    13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

    14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  4. 2 Timothy 1:9Rank 4 from verse 75
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    9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

  5. 1 Thessalonians 4:7Rank 5 from verse 75
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    7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

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Luke 1:75

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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holiness

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The quality or state of being holy: purity, separation from evil, or consecration to God.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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1:57Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

1:58And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

1:59And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

1:60And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

1:61And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

1:62And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.

1:63And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

1:64And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.

1:65And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judæa.

1:66And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.

1:67And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

1:68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

1:69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;

1:70As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

1:71That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

1:72To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

1:73The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

1:74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

1:75In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

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1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

1:77To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,

1:78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

1:79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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