(A)You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our[a] hearts, to be known and read by all.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 3:2 Some manuscripts your

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.(A)

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Paul Surrenders His Rights

(A)Am I not free? (B)Am I not an apostle? (C)Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? (D)Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are (E)the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

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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.

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For not only has the word of the Lord (A)sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth (B)everywhere, so that we need not say anything.

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The Lord’s message(A) rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God has become known everywhere.(B) Therefore we do not need to say anything about it,

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It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you (A)in my heart, for you are all (B)partakers with me of grace,[a] both (C)in my imprisonment and in (D)the defense and confirmation of the gospel.

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  1. Philippians 1:7 Or you all have fellowship with me in grace

It is right(A) for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart(B) and, whether I am in chains(C) or defending(D) and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.

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Longing to Go to Rome

First, (A)I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, (B)because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.

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Paul’s Longing to Visit Rome

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you,(A) because your faith is being reported all over the world.(B)

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15 (A)I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If (B)I love you more, am I to be loved less?

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15 So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well.(A) If I love you more,(B) will you love me less?

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11 And why? (A)Because I do not love you? (B)God knows I do!

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11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows(A) I do!(B)

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I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that (A)you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.

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I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts(A) that we would live or die with you.

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10 (A)According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled[a] master builder I laid a (B)foundation, and (C)someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:10 Or wise

10 By the grace God has given me,(A) I laid a foundation(B) as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care.

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