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Gratitude for Mercy

12 I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful and appointed me to his service,(A)

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The Lord’s Grace to Paul

12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength,(A) that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.(B)

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12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

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13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.(A)

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13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.(A)

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13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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17 But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.(A)

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17 But the Lord stood at my side(A) and gave me strength,(B) so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it.(C) And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.(D)

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17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

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but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power[a] is made perfect in weakness.” So I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.(A) 10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 12.9 Other ancient authorities read my power

But he said to me, “My grace(A) is sufficient for you, for my power(B) is made perfect in weakness.(C)(D) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight(E) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(F) in persecutions,(G) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(H)

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And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

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11 and every tongue should confess
    that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.(A)

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11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,(A)
    to the glory of God the Father.

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11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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Treasure in Clay Jars

Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.(A)

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Present Weakness and Resurrection Life

Therefore, since through God’s mercy(A) we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.(B)

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Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

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22 Saul became increasingly more powerful and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus[a] was the Messiah.[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 9.22 Gk that this
  2. 9.22 Or the Christ

22 Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah.(A)

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22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.

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15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel;(A)

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15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument(A) to proclaim my name to the Gentiles(B) and their kings(C) and to the people of Israel.

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15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

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25 I became its minister according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,(A)

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25 I have become its servant(A) by the commission God gave me(B) to present to you the word of God(C) in its fullness—

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25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

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