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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Working together with him, we also appeal to you, "Don't receive the grace of God in vain." |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2For he says: At an acceptable time I listened to you, and in the day of salvation I helped you. See, now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3We are not giving anyone an occasion for offense, so that the ministry will not be blamed. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Instead, as God's ministers, we commend ourselves in everything: by great endurance, by afflictions, by hardships, by difficulties, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5by beatings, by imprisonments, by riots, by labors, by sleepless nights, by times of hunger, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7by the word of truth, by the power of God; through weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left, |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8through glory and dishonor, through slander and good report; regarded as deceivers, yet true; |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9as unknown, yet recognized; as dying, yet see--we live; as being disciplined, yet not killed; |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10as grieving, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing everything. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11We have spoken openly to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13I speak as to my children; as a proper response, open your heart to us. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Don't become partners with those who do not believe. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, as God said: I will dwell and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Therefore, come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord; do not touch any unclean thing, and I will welcome you. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18And I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty. |
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