You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.
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2 Thessalonians 2:13:
But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
(NIV)
But we, brethren beloved by the Lord, ought and are obligated [as those who are in debt] to give thanks always to God for you, because God chose you from the beginning as His firstfruits (first converts) for salvation through the sanctifying work of the [Holy] Spirit and [your] belief in (adherence to, trust in, and reliance on) the Truth.
(AMP)
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
(KJV)
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When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it right away.
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Romans 8:12:
Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation – but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it.
(NIV)
So then, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh [we are not obligated to our carnal nature], to live [a life ruled by the standards set up by the dictates] of the flesh.
(AMP)
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
(KJV)
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