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Philippians 4:13
I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens me.
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2 Corinthians 3 5
It is not that we are competent in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God.
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Philippians 2:13
For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose.
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Ephesians 3:7-8
I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the working of His power.This grace was given to me— the least of all the saints— to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,
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Galatians 2:8
since the One at work in Peter for an apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in me for the Gentiles.
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2 Corinthians 10 12-2 Corinthians 10 16
For we don’t dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves, they lack understanding.We, however, will not boast beyond measure but according to the measure of the area of ministry that God has assigned to us, which reaches even to you.For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we had not reached you, since we have come to you with the gospel of Christ.We are not bragging beyond measure about other people’s labors. But we have the hope that as your faith increases, our area of ministry will be greatly enlarged,so that we may proclaim the good news to the regions beyond you, not boasting about what has already been done in someone else’s area of ministry.
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2 Corinthians 12 11
I have become a fool; you forced it on me. I should have been endorsed by you, since I am not in any way inferior to the“ super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
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Ephesians 2:7-8
so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—
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Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.
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Romans 15:17-20
Therefore I have reason to boast in Christ Jesus regarding what pertains to God.For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed,by the power of miraculous signs and wonders, and by the power of God’s Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the good news about the Messiah from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum.My aim is to evangelize where Christ has not been named, so that I will not build on someone else’s foundation,
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2 Corinthians 6 1
Working together with Him, we also appeal to you,“ Don’t receive God’s grace in vain.”
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Romans 11:5-6
In the same way, then, there is also at the present time a remnant chosen by grace.Now if by grace, then it is not by works; otherwise grace ceases to be grace.
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1 Corinthians 15 2
You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you— unless you believed for no purpose.
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1 Corinthians 4 7
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it?
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1 Corinthians 3 6
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
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Matthew 10:20
because you are not speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking through you.
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Romans 11:1
I ask, then, has God rejected His people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
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Colossians 1:28-29
We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.I labor for this, striving with His strength that works powerfully in me.
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2 Corinthians 11 23-2 Corinthians 11 30
Are they servants of Christ? I’m talking like a madman— I’m a better one: with far more labors, many more imprisonments, far worse beatings, near death many times.Five times I received 39 lashes from Jews.Three times I was beaten with rods by the Romans. Once I was stoned by my enemies. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a night and a day in the open sea.On frequent journeys, I faced dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the open country, dangers on the sea, and dangers among false brothers;labor and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and lacking clothing.Not to mention other things, there is the daily pressure on me: my care for all the churches.Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?If boasting is necessary, I will boast about my weaknesses.
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1 Timothy 1 15-1 Timothy 1 16
This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance:“ Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”— and I am the worst of them.But I received mercy for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate His extraordinary patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.