2 Corinthians 1 - 4
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Paul, a an apostle of Christ Jesus b by the will of God, and c Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, d with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
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e Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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f Blessed be the g God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and h God of all comfort,
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i who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
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For as we share abundantly in j Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
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k If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
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Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you l share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
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For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of m the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.
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Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us n rely not on ourselves o but on God p who raises the dead.
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q He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. r On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.
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s You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf t for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
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For our boast is this, u the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and v godly sincerity, w not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
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For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and acknowledge and I hope you will fully acknowledge -
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just as you did x partially acknowledge us - that y on the day of our Lord Jesus z you will boast of us as a we will boast of you.
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Because I was sure of this, b I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have c a second d experience of grace.
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I wanted to visit you e on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea.
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Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans f according to the flesh, ready to say "Yes, yes" and "No, no" at the same time?
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As surely as g God is faithful, h our word to you has not been Yes and No.
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For i the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, j Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but k in him it is always Yes.
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For l all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our m Amen to God for his glory.
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And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and n has anointed us,
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and who has also o put his seal on us and p given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
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But q I call God to witness against me - it was r to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.
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Not that we s lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm t in your faith.
2 Corinthians 2
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For I made up my mind u not to make another painful visit to you.
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For v if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?
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And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, w for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
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For x I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
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Now y if anyone has caused pain, z he has caused it not to me, but a in some measure - not to put it too severely - to all of you.
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For such a one, b this punishment by the majority is enough,
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so c you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
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So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him.
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For this is why I wrote, that I might d test you and know e whether you are obedient in everything.
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Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,
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so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for f we are not ignorant of his designs.
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When g I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though h a door was opened for me in the Lord,
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my spirit i was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.
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But j thanks be to God, who in Christ always k leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads l the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
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For we are the aroma of Christ to God among m those who are being saved and among n those who are perishing,
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o to one a fragrance from death to death, o to the other a fragrance from life to life. p Who is sufficient for these things?
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For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
2 Corinthians 3
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q Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, r as some do, s letters of recommendation to you, or from you?
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t You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all.
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And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of u the living God, not on v tablets of stone but on w tablets of x human hearts.
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y Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.
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z Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but a our sufficiency is from God,
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who has made us competent to be b ministers of c a new covenant, not of d the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but e the Spirit gives life.
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Now if f the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory g that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end,
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will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory?
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For if there was glory in h the ministry of condemnation, i the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.
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Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it.
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For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory.
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Since we have such a hope, j we are very bold,
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not like Moses, k who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end.
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But l their minds were m hardened. For to this day, n when they read o the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.
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Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts.
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But when p one turns to the Lord, q the veil is removed.
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Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where r the Spirit of the Lord is, there is s freedom.
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And we all, with unveiled face, t beholding u the glory of the Lord, v are being transformed into the same image w from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 4
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Therefore, having x this ministry y by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
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But we have renounced z disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or a to tamper with God's word, but b by the open statement of the truth c we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.
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And even d if our gospel is veiled, e it is veiled only to f those who are perishing.
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In their case g the god of this world d has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing h the light of i the gospel of the glory of Christ, j who is the image of God.
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For what k we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with l ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
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For God, who said, m "Let light shine out of darkness," n has shone in our hearts to give o the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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But we have this treasure in p jars of clay, q to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
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We are r afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;
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persecuted, but s not forsaken; t struck down, but not destroyed;
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u always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, v so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
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For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
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So w death is at work in us, but life in you.
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Since we have x the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, y "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe, and so we also speak,
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knowing that z he who raised the Lord Jesus a will raise us also with Jesus and b bring us with you into his presence.
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For c it is all for your sake, so that as d grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, e to the glory of God.
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So we do not lose heart. f Though our outer self is wasting away, g our inner self h is being renewed day by day.
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For i this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
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j as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
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Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of...
Colossians 1:1
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1 Timothy 1:1
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2 Timothy 1:1
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Titus 1:1
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus ...
Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be a...
Galatians 1:1
Paul, an apostle - not from men nor through man...
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1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes.
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1 Thessalonians 3:2
And we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith.
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Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
Colossians 1:2
To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
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Romans 1:7
To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
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Romans 15:6
That together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Romans 15:5
May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus.
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Isaiah 51:12
I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass.
Isaiah 66:13
As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
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2 Corinthians 4:10
Always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
Philippians 3:10
That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.
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2 Timothy 2:10
Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
2 Corinthians 4:15
For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 12:15
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
Ephesians 3:13
So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
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Romans 8:17
And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
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Acts 19:23
About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way.
1 Corinthians 15:32
What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
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Luke 18:9
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
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Psalms 2:12
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Psalms 25:2
O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
Psalms 26:1
Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
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2 Corinthians 4:14
Knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.
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Romans 15:31
That I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints.
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1 Timothy 4:10
For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
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Acts 12:5
So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.
Romans 15:30
I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf.
Philippians 1:19
For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance.
Philemon 1:22
At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you.
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2 Corinthians 4:15
For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 9:11 - 12
You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.
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1 Thessalonians 2:10
You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.
Acts 23:1
And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.
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2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.
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1 Corinthians 2:4
And my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
1 Corinthians 2:13
And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
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2 Corinthians 2:5
Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure - not to put it too severely - to all of you.
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1 Corinthians 1:8
Who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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2 Corinthians 5:12
We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart.
2 Corinthians 9:3
But I am sending the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be.
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1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing these things to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my ground for boasting.
Philippians 2:16
Holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
Philippians 4:1
Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.
1 Thessalonians 2:19 - 20
For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
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1 Corinthians 4:19
But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power.
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Acts 18:1 - 18
After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
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Romans 1:11
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you -
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Acts 19:21
Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
1 Corinthians 16:5 - 7
I will visit you after passing through Macedonia, for I intend to pass through Macedonia.
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2 Corinthians 10:2 - 3
I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh.
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1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
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Matthew 14:33
And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God.
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Acts 15:22
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers.
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Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
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Romans 15:8
For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs.
Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
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Revelation 3:14
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.
1 Corinthians 14:16
Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say "Amen" to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying?
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1 John 2:20
But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
1 John 2:27
But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie - just as it has taught you, abide in him.
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Ephesians 1:13
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
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2 Corinthians 5:5
He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
Ephesians 1:14
Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
Romans 8:16
The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
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Galatians 1:20
(In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!)
Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
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2 Corinthians 2:1
For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
2 Corinthians 2:3
And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
1 Corinthians 4:21
What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?
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1 Peter 5:3
Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
Matthew 23:8 - 10
But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers.
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Romans 11:20
That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear.
1 Corinthians 15:1
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand.
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2 Corinthians 1:23
But I call God to witness against me - it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.
2 Corinthians 12:20 - 21
For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish - that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.
2 Corinthians 13:10
For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.
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2 Corinthians 7:8
For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it - though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while.
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2 Corinthians 8:22
And with them we are sending our brother whom we have often tested and found earnest in many matters, but who is now more earnest than ever because of his great confidence in you.
Galatians 5:10
I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.
2 Thessalonians 3:4
And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command.
2 Corinthians 7:16
I rejoice, because I have perfect confidence in you.
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2 Corinthians 7:8
For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it - though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while.
2 Corinthians 7:12
So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
Acts 20:19
Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews.
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1 Corinthians 5:1 - 2
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife.
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Galatians 4:12
Brothers, I entreat you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong.
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2 Corinthians 1:14
Just as you did partially acknowledge us - that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you.
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1 Corinthians 5:4 - 5
When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 7:11
For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.
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Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
Ephesians 4:32
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
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Philippians 2:22
But you know Timothy's proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
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2 Corinthians 7:15
And his affection for you is even greater, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling.
2 Corinthians 10:6
Being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
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1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
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Acts 16:8
So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.
Acts 20:6
But we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
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Acts 14:27
And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
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2 Corinthians 7:5
For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn - fighting without and fear within.
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2 Corinthians 8:16
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you.
2 Corinthians 9:15
Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
Romans 6:17
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed.
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Colossians 2:15
He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
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Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Philippians 4:18
I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
Song of Solomon 1:3
Your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you.
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1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
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2 Corinthians 4:3
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing.
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Luke 2:34
And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed
John 9:39
Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
1 Peter 2:7 - 8
So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
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Luke 2:34
And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed
John 9:39
Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
1 Peter 2:7 - 8
So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
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2 Corinthians 3:5 - 6
Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.
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2 Corinthians 5:12
We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart.
2 Corinthians 10:12
Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
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2 Corinthians 11:4
For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.
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Acts 18:27
And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed.
1 Corinthians 16:3
And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
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1 Corinthians 9:2
If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
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Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
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Exodus 24:12
The Lord said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.
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Proverbs 3:3
Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 7:3
Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Jeremiah 17:1
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars.
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Ezekiel 11:19
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:26
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord : I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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Ephesians 3:12
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.
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Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.
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1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
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Ephesians 3:7
Of this gospel I was made a minister according ...
Colossians 1:23
If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and...
Colossians 1:25
Of which I became a minister according to the s...
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of...
2 Corinthians 5:18
All this is from God, who through Christ reconc...
1 Timothy 1:12
I thank him who has given me strength, Christ J...
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Jeremiah 31:31
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,...
Luke 22:20
And likewise the cup after they had eaten, sayi...
1 Corinthians 11:25
In the same way also he took the cup, after sup...
Hebrews 8:8
For he finds fault with them when he says: "Beh...
Hebrews 8:13
In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the fir...
2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were hardened. For to this day,...
Hebrews 9:15
Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant,...
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Romans 2:27
Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.
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John 6:63
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
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2 Corinthians 3:9
For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.
Romans 4:15
For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
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2 Corinthians 3:13
Not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end.
Exodus 34:29 - 35
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.
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2 Corinthians 3:7
Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end.
Hebrews 12:18 - 21
For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest
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2 Corinthians 11:15
So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
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2 Corinthians 7:4
I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.
Ephesians 6:19
And also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
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2 Corinthians 3:7
Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end.
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2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Romans 11:25
Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
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Mark 6:52
For they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
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Acts 13:15
After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it.
Acts 15:21
For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.
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2 Corinthians 3:6
Who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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Romans 11:23
And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.
Exodus 34:34
Whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded.
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Isaiah 25:7
And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations.
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Isaiah 61:1 - 2
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.
Galatians 4:6
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!
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Galatians 5:1
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
John 8:32
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
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1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
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2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 1:11
In accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.
John 17:24
Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
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Romans 8:29
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
1 Corinthians 15:49
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
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Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.
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2 Corinthians 3:6
Who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.
1 Timothy 1:13
Though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief.
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Romans 6:21
But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
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2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
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2 Corinthians 6:7
By truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left.
2 Corinthians 7:14
For whatever boasts I made to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boasting before Titus has proved true.
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2 Corinthians 5:11 - 12
Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.
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2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.
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Matthew 13:15
For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.
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2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
2 Thessalonians 2:10
And with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
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John 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
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2 Corinthians 4:3
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing.
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2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
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2 Corinthians 3:18
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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Colossians 1:15
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Philippians 2:6
Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped.
Hebrews 1:3
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
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1 Thessalonians 2:6
Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.
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1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
2 Corinthians 1:24
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.
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Genesis 1:3
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
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2 Peter 1:19
And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
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2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a great house there are not only vessels...
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if the tent that is our earthl...
Job 10:9
Remember that you have made me like clay; and w...
Job 13:12
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defense...
Lamentations 4:2
The precious sons of Zion, worth their weight i...
1 Thessalonians 4:4
That each one of you know how to control his ow...
1 Peter 3:7
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an ...
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1 Corinthians 2:5
That your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
Judges 7:2
The Lord said to Gideon, "The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel boast over me, saying, 'My own hand has saved me.
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2 Corinthians 7:5
For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn - fighting without and fear within.
Psalms 129:2
Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
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Hebrews 13:5
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Deuteronomy 4:31
For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.
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Psalms 37:24
Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.
Proverbs 24:16
For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
Micah 7:8
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.
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2 Corinthians 6:9
As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and b...
1 Corinthians 4:9
For I think that God has exhibited us apostles ...
1 Corinthians 15:31
I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which ...
2 Corinthians 1:5
For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferin...
2 Corinthians 1:9
Indeed, we felt that we had received the senten...
Romans 6:5
For if we have been united with him in a death ...
Romans 8:36
As it is written, "For your sake we are being k...
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2 Timothy 2:11
The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him.
Romans 5:10
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
Romans 6:8
Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
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2 Corinthians 13:9
For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. Your restoration is what we pray for.
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1 Corinthians 12:9
To another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit.
2 Peter 1:1
Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
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Psalms 116:10
I believed, even when I spoke, "I am greatly afflicted".
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Psalms 116:10
I believed, even when I spoke, "I am greatly afflicted".
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1 Thessalonians 4:14
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
Acts 2:24
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
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2 Corinthians 1:9
Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
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Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy.
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2 Corinthians 1:6
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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2 Corinthians 1:11
You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
2 Corinthians 9:11 - 12
You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.
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2 Corinthians 8:19
And not only that, but he has been appointed by the churches to travel with us as we carry out this act of grace that is being ministered by us, for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our good will.
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Acts 20:24
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
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Romans 7:22
For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being.
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Isaiah 40:30 - 31
Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted.
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
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Romans 8:18
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
1 Peter 1:6
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials.
1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Psalms 30:5
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
Isaiah 54:7
For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
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2 Corinthians 5:7
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
Romans 8:24
For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
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