1 Timothy 3:16

16 Great indeed, we qconfess, is the mystery of godliness:

He1 was rmanifested sin the flesh,

tvindicated2 by the Spirit,3

seen by uangels,

vproclaimed among the nations,

believed on in the world,

wtaken up in glory.

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Hebrews 9:26
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Romans 8:3
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 for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

Philippians 2:7
but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

1 John 4:2
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

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While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.

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And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

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And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,


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ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]