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a Matthew 23:1-4 (Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The
scribes and Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; therefore, do whatever they teach
you and follow it; but do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they
teach. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the
shoulders of others; but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move
them)
1 John 1:8, John 9:41, Job 36:26

b Romans 6:15-18 (What then? Should we sin because we are not under
law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present
yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom
you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads
to righteousness? But thanks be to God that you, having once been slaves
of sin, have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which
you were entrusted, and that you, having been set free from sin, have
become slaves of righteousness.)

c 1 Peter 2:22-24 (“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his
mouth.” When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered,
he did not threaten; but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we
might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.)
1 John 3:4-6, 2 Corinthians 5:21

d Romans 8:1-8 (There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are
in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you
free from the law of sin and of death. For God has done what the law,
weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness
of sinful flesh, and to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, so that
the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
according to the flesh but according to the Spirit…)