remembering before (A)our God and Father (B)your work of faith and labor of (C)love and (D)steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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We remember before our God and Father(A) your work produced by faith,(B) your labor prompted by love,(C) and your endurance inspired by hope(D) in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

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13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.(A) But the greatest of these is love.(B)

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19 (A)“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.

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19 I know your deeds,(A) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

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For in Christ Jesus (A)neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but (B)only faith working through love.

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For in Christ Jesus(A) neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.(B) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.(C)

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11 To this end we (A)always pray for you, that our God may (B)make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every (C)work of faith by his power,

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11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you,(A) that our God may make you worthy(B) of his calling,(C) and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness(D) and your every deed prompted by faith.(E)

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24 For (A)in this hope we were saved. Now (B)hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we (C)wait for it with patience.

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24 For in this hope we were saved.(A) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.(B) Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.(C)

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And (A)let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, (B)if we do not give up.

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Let us not become weary in doing good,(A) for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.(B)

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For (A)this is the love of God, that we (B)keep his commandments. And (C)his commandments are not burdensome.

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In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.(A) And his commands are not burdensome,(B)

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13 May the God of hope fill you with all (A)joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

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13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace(A) as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.(B)

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And everyone who (A)thus hopes in him (B)purifies himself as he is pure.

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All who have this hope in him purify themselves,(A) just as he is pure.(B)

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36 For (A)you have need of endurance, so that (B)when you have done the will of God you may (C)receive what is promised.

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36 You need to persevere(A) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(B)

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Timothy's Encouraging Report

But (A)now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of (B)your faith and love and reported (C)that you always remember us kindly and (D)long to see us, as we long to see you—

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Timothy’s Encouraging Report

But Timothy(A) has just now come to us from you(B) and has brought good news about your faith and love.(C) He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you.(D)

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But as (A)you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you[a](B)see that you excel in this act of grace also.

(C)I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that (D)though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 8:7 Some manuscripts in your love for us

But since you excel in everything(A)—in faith, in speech, in knowledge,(B) in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you[a]—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

I am not commanding you,(C) but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. For you know the grace(D) of our Lord Jesus Christ,(E) that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor,(F) so that you through his poverty might become rich.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 8:7 Some manuscripts and in your love for us