2 Samuel 22:24
And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
BSB
ASV
I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
KJV
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
God had recompensed him, though not for his righteousness, as if that had merited any thing at the hand of God, yet according to his righteousness, which he was well pleased with, and had an eye to.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…
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I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
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Ephesians 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
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He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
