since you seek a proof of Christ (A)speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty (B)in you.

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since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me.(A) He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.

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20 (A)for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

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20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father(A) speaking through you.

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12 (A)Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in signs and (B)wonders and mighty (C)deeds.

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12 I persevered in demonstrating among you the marks of a true apostle, including signs, wonders and miracles.(A)

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For even if I should boast somewhat more (A)about our authority, which the Lord gave [a]us for [b]edification and not for your destruction, (B)I shall not be ashamed— lest I seem to terrify you by letters. 10 “For his letters,” they say, “are weighty and powerful, but (C)his bodily presence is weak, and his (D)speech contemptible.”

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  1. 2 Corinthians 10:8 NU omits us
  2. 2 Corinthians 10:8 building up

So even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us(A) for building you up rather than tearing you down,(B) I will not be ashamed of it. I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters. 10 For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive(C) and his speaking amounts to nothing.”(D)

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15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom (A)which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or [a]resist.

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  1. Luke 21:15 withstand

15 For I will give you(A) words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

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A Pattern of Self-Denial

Am (A)I not an apostle? Am I not free? (B)Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? (C)Are you not my work in the Lord? If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are (D)the [a]seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

My defense to those who examine me is this:

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:2 certification

Paul’s Rights as an Apostle

Am I not free?(A) Am I not an apostle?(B) Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?(C) Are you not the result of my work in the Lord?(D) Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal(E) of my apostleship in the Lord.

This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me.

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(A)For the weapons (B)of our warfare are not [a]carnal but (C)mighty in God (D)for pulling down strongholds,

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  1. 2 Corinthians 10:4 of the flesh

The weapons we fight with(A) are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power(B) to demolish strongholds.(C)

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Christ’s Epistle(A)

Do (B)we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, (C)epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you? (D)You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, (E)ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not (F)on tablets of stone but (G)on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.

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Are we beginning to commend ourselves(A) again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation(B) to you or from you? You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.(C) You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God,(D) not on tablets of stone(E) but on tablets of human hearts.(F)

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10 Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For [a]if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

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  1. 2 Corinthians 2:10 NU indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes

10 Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake,

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This punishment which was inflicted (A)by the majority is sufficient for such a man,

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The punishment(A) inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient.

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In the (A)name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, (B)with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, (C)deliver such a one to (D)Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord [a]Jesus.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:5 NU omits Jesus

So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, hand this man over(A) to Satan(B) for the destruction of the flesh,[a][b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.(C)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
  2. 1 Corinthians 5:5 Or of his body

18 “Assuredly, I say to you, (A)whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

19 (B)“Again[a] I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, (C)it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered (D)together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”

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  1. Matthew 18:19 NU, M Again, assuredly, I say

18 “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be[a] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[b] loosed in heaven.(A)

19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them(B) by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”(C)

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  1. Matthew 18:18 Or will have been
  2. Matthew 18:18 Or will have been