1 Corinthians 3:5 New King James Version

⁶who also made us sufficient as ^(A)ministers of ^(B)the new covenant, not ^(C)of the letter but of the ^[a]Spirit; for ^(D)the letter kills, ^(E)but the Spirit gives life.

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2 Corinthians 3:6 Or spirit

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2 Corinthians 11:23 New King James Version

²³Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: ^(A)in labors more abundant, ^(B)in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, ^(C)in deaths often.

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2 Corinthians 11:23 : 1 Cor. 15:10
2 Corinthians 11:23 : Acts 9:16
2 Corinthians 11:23 : 1 Cor. 15:30

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2 Corinthians 4:7 New King James Version

Cast Down but Unconquered

⁷But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, ^(A)that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

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2 Corinthians 4:7 : Judg. 7:2; 1 Cor. 2:5

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2 Corinthians 4:5 New King James Version

⁵^(A)For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ^(B)ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake.

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2 Corinthians 4:5 : 1 Cor. 1:13
2 Corinthians 4:5 : 1 Cor. 9:19

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2 Corinthians 3:3 New King James Version

³clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ^(A)ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not ^(B)on tablets of stone but ^(C)on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.

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1 Corinthians 3:10 New King James Version

¹⁰^(A)According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid ^(B)the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it.

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1 Corinthians 3:10 : Rom. 1:5
1 Corinthians 3:10 : 1 Cor. 4:15

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1 Corinthians 12:28 New King James Version

²⁸And ^(A)God has appointed these in the church: first ^(B)apostles, second ^(C)prophets, third teachers, after that ^(D)miracles, then ^(E)gifts of healings, ^(F)helps, ^(G)administrations, varieties of tongues.

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1 Corinthians 12:4-11 New King James Version

⁴^(A)There are ^[a]diversities of gifts, but ^(B)the same Spirit. ⁵^(C)There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. ⁶And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God ^(D)who works ^[b]all in all. ⁷But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: ⁸for to one is given ^(E)the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another ^(F)the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, ⁹^(G)to another faith by the same Spirit, to another ^(H)gifts of healings by ^[c]the same Spirit, ¹⁰^(I)to another the working of miracles, to another ^(J)prophecy, to another ^(K)discerning of spirits, to another ^(L)different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹But one and the same Spirit works all these things, ^(M)distributing to each one individually ^(N)as He wills.

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1 Corinthians 12:4 allotments or various kinds
1 Corinthians 12:6 all things in
1 Corinthians 12:9 NU one

1 Corinthians 9:17 New King James Version

¹⁷For if I do this willingly, ^(A)I have a reward; but if against my will, ^(B)I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

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1 Corinthians 4:1-2 New King James Version

Stewards of the Mysteries of God

4 Let a man so consider us, as ^(A)servants of Christ ^(B)and stewards of the mysteries of God. ²Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.

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1 Corinthians 3:7 New King James Version

⁷So then ^(A)neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

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1 Corinthians 3:7 : 2 Cor. 12:11; [Gal. 6:3]

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Romans 12:3-6 New King James Version

Serve God with Spiritual Gifts

³For I say, ^(A)through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, ^(B)not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt ^(C)to each one a measure of faith. ⁴For ^(D)as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, ⁵so ^(E)we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. ⁶Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is ^(F)given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us ^(G)prophesy in proportion to our faith;

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Romans 10:14-15 New King James Version

Israel Rejects the Gospel

¹⁴How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear ^(A)without a preacher? ¹⁵And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:

^(B)“How beautiful are the feet of those who ^[a]preach the gospel of peace,
Who bring glad tidings of good things!”

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Romans 10:15 NU omits preach the gospel of peace, Who

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John 3:27 New King James Version

²⁷John answered and said, ^(A)“A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.

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John 3:27 : [Rom. 12:5–8]; 1 Cor. 3:5, 6; 4:7; Heb. 5:4; [James 1:17; 1 Pet. 4:10, 11]

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Luke 1:2 New King James Version

²just as those who ^(A)from the beginning were ^(B)eyewitnesses and ministers of the word ^(C)delivered them to us,

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Matthew 25:15 New King James Version

¹⁵And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, ^(A)to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.

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