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Romans 9:1
I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,
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2 Corinthians 10 8
For if I boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame,
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1 Corinthians 14 26
What is the outcome then, brothers and sisters? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. All things are to be done for edification.
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2 Corinthians 5 12-2 Corinthians 5 13
We are not commending ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart.For if we have lost our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
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2 Corinthians 3 1
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
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1 Corinthians 9 12-1 Corinthians 9 23
If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar?So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel.But I have used none of these things. And I have not written these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than that. No one shall make my boast an empty one!For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for I am under compulsion; for woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a commission nonetheless.What, then, is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.For though I am free from all people, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may gain more.To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the Law, I became as one under the Law, though not being under the Law myself, so that I might gain those who are under the Law;to those who are without the Law, I became as one without the Law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might gain those who are without the Law.To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become all things to all people, so that I may by all means save some.I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.
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1 Corinthians 10 14
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
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2 Corinthians 12 15
I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
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2 Corinthians 11 10
As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.
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2 Corinthians 7 1
Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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2 Corinthians 11 31
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
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Romans 12:19
Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written:“ Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 10 33
just as I also please everyone in all things, not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of the many, so that they may be saved.
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Philippians 4:1
Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
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2 Corinthians 13 10
For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present I need not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.