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Isaiah 66:5
Hear the word of the LORD, you who respect what he has to say! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say,“ May the LORD be glorified, then we will witness your joy.” But they will be put to shame.
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Proverbs 10:10
The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.
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John 9:34-35
They replied,“ You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?” So they threw him out.Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him,“ Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
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2 Corinthians 13 2
I said before when I was present the second time and now, though absent, I say again to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,
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1 Corinthians 5 1-1 Corinthians 5 5
It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father’s wife.And you are proud! Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?For even though I am absent physically, I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present.When you gather together in the name of our Lord Jesus, and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of our Lord Jesus,turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
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Luke 6:22
“ Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!
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2 Corinthians 10 1-2 Corinthians 10 11
Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ( I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!)–now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that( I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards,for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down argumentsand every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.We are also ready to punish every act of disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we.For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,because some say,“ His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.
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3 John 1 5
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