20 Now then, we are (A)ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.

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20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,(A) as though God were making his appeal through us.(B) We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.(C)

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To Live Is Christ

19 For I know that (A)this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

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19 for I know that through your prayers(A) and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ(B) what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.[a](C)

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  1. Philippians 1:19 Or vindication; or salvation

16 [a]Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. (A)The effective, [b]fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

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  1. James 5:16 NU Therefore confess your sins
  2. James 5:16 supplication

16 Therefore confess your sins(A) to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.(B) The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.(C)

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Now therefore, take for yourselves (A)seven bulls and seven rams, (B)go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall (C)pray for you. For I will accept [a]him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

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  1. Job 42:8 Lit. his face

So now take seven bulls and seven rams(A) and go to my servant Job(B) and sacrifice a burnt offering(C) for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer(D) and not deal with you according to your folly.(E) You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”(F)

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Now therefore, restore the man’s wife; (A)for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, (B)know that you shall surely die, you (C)and all who are yours.”

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Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet,(A) and he will pray for you(B) and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.”(C)

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11 (A)Then Moses pleaded with [a]the Lord his God, and said: “Lord, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 (B)Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, ‘He brought them out to harm them, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and (C)relent from this harm to Your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You (D)swore by Your own self, and said to them, (E)‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ” 14 So the Lord (F)relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.

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  1. Exodus 32:11 Lit. the face of the Lord

11 But Moses sought the favor(A) of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?(B) 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’?(C) Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster(D) on your people. 13 Remember(E) your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self:(F) ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars(G) in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land(H) I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” 14 Then the Lord relented(I) and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

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