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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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13 Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right.

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13 And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.(A)

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So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.(A)

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Let us not become weary in doing good,(A) for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.(B)

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13 I pray, therefore, that you[a] may not lose heart over my sufferings for you; they are your glory.

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Footnotes

  1. 3.13 Or I

13 I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

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Of this gospel I have become a servant according to the gift of God’s grace that was given me by the working of his power. Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ(A)

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I became a servant of this gospel(A) by the gift of God’s grace given me(B) through the working of his power.(C) Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people,(D) this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles(E) the boundless riches of Christ,(F)

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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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Living by Faith

16 So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.(A)

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16 Therefore we do not lose heart.(A) Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly(B) we are being renewed(C) day by day.

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who has made us qualified to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(A)

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He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant(A)—not of the letter(B) but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(C)

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I also know that you are enduring and bearing up for the sake of my name and that you have not grown weary.(A)

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You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name,(A) and have not grown weary.

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13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,(A)

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13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor(A) and a violent man, I was shown mercy(B) because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.(C)

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18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;(A)

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18 All this is from God,(A) who reconciled us to himself through Christ(B) and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

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The Unmarried and the Widows

25 Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.(A)

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Concerning the Unmarried

25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord,(A) but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy(B) is trustworthy.

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10 Once you were not a people,
    but now you are God’s people;
once you had not received mercy,
    but now you have received mercy.(A)

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10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(A) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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