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Final Greetings and Benediction

11 Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell.[a] Be restored; listen to my appeal;[b] agree with one another; live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.(A)

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  1. 13.11 Or rejoice
  2. 13.11 Or encourage one another

Final Greetings

11 Finally, brothers and sisters,(A) rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace.(B) And the God of love(C) and peace(D) will be with you.

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Warnings against Rejecting God’s Grace

14 Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

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Warning and Encouragement

14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone(A) and to be holy;(B) without holiness no one will see the Lord.(C)

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16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be arrogant, but associate with the lowly;[a] do not claim to be wiser than you are.(A)

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  1. 12.16 Or give yourselves to humble tasks

16 Live in harmony with one another.(A) Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.[a] Do not be conceited.(B)

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  1. Romans 12:16 Or willing to do menial work

Divisions in the Church

10 Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you but that you be knit together in the same mind and the same purpose.(A)

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A Church Divided Over Leaders

10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a](A) in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you,(B) but that you be perfectly united(C) in mind and thought.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 11 and 26; and in 2:1; 3:1; 4:6; 6:8; 7:24, 29; 10:1; 11:33; 12:1; 14:6, 20, 26, 39; 15:1, 6, 50, 58; 16:15, 20.

33 The God of peace be with all of you.[a] Amen.(A)

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  1. 15.33 One ancient authority adds 16.25–27 here

33 The God of peace(A) be with you all. Amen.

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18 If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.(A)

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18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.(A)

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50 Salt is good, but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it?[a] Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”(A)

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  1. 9.50 Or how can you restore its saltiness?

50 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again?(A) Have salt among yourselves,(B) and be at peace with each other.”(C)

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11 let them turn away from evil and do good;
    let them seek peace and pursue it.

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11 They must turn from evil and do good;
    they must seek peace and pursue it.

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Imitating Christ’s Humility

If, then, there is any comfort in Christ, any consolation from love, any partnership in the Spirit, any tender affection and sympathy,(A) make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.(B) Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.(C)

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Imitating Christ’s Humility

Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit,(A) if any tenderness and compassion,(B) then make my joy complete(C) by being like-minded,(D) having the same love, being one(E) in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.(F) Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,(G)

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'2 Corinthians 13:14' not found for the version: New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition.

14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,(A) and the love of God,(B) and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit(C) be with you all.

For we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong. This is what we pray for, that you may be restored.(A)

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We are glad whenever we are weak(A) but you are strong;(B) and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.(C)

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Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.(A) 10 In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.(B) 11 Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.(C) 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.(D)

13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. 15 God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God.(E) 16 So we have known and believe the love that God has for us.

God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.

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Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.(A) This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(B) into the world that we might live through him.(C) 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(D) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(E) 11 Dear friends,(F) since God so loved us,(G) we also ought to love one another.(H) 12 No one has ever seen God;(I) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.(J)

13 This is how we know(K) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.(L) 14 And we have seen and testify(M) that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.(N) 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,(O) God lives in them and they in God.(P) 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love.(Q) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.(R)

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10 And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ,[a] will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.10 Other ancient authorities read Christ Jesus

10 And the God of all grace, who called you(A) to his eternal glory(B) in Christ, after you have suffered a little while,(C) will himself restore you and make you strong,(D) firm and steadfast.

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