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2 Corinthians 5 1
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 3 5-2 Corinthians 3 6
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant— not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (niv)
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Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith— and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 1 28
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things— and the things that are not— to nullify the things that are, (niv)
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Colossians 2:3
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (niv)
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Lamentations 4:2
How the precious children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter’s hands! (niv)
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Ephesians 1:19-20
and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strengthhe exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, (niv)
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1 Corinthians 2 3-1 Corinthians 2 5
I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling.My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 12 7-2 Corinthians 12 9
or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.But he said to me,“ My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 10 10
For some say,“ His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.” (niv)
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Matthew 13:44
“ The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. (niv)
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2 Timothy 2 20
In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use. (niv)
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Ephesians 3:8
Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ, (niv)
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Colossians 1:27
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 4 1
Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. (niv)
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Colossians 2:12
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. (niv)
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Galatians 4:13-14
As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you,and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself. (niv)
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Judges 7:13-14
Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream.“ I had a dream,” he was saying.“ A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed.”His friend responded,“ This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands.” (niv)
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Judges 7:2
The Lord said to Gideon,“ You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me,‘ My own strength has saved me.’ (niv)
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2 Corinthians 13 4
For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God’s power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him in our dealing with you. (niv)
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Job 4:19
how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth! (niv)
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1 Thessalonians 1 5
because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. (niv)
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Ephesians 2:5
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions— it is by grace you have been saved. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 6 10
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 4 9-1 Corinthians 4 13
For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings.We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored!To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world— right up to this moment. (niv)
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Matthew 13:52
He said to them,“ Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.” (niv)
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Judges 7:16-20
Dividing the three hundred men into three companies, he placed trumpets and empty jars in the hands of all of them, with torches inside.“ Watch me,” he told them.“ Follow my lead. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do.When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, then from all around the camp blow yours and shout,‘ For the Lord and for Gideon.’”Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands.The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted,“ A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!” (niv)
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Job 10:9
Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again? (niv)