2 Corinthians 5:13
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13 For if we (A)are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
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2 Corinthians 11:16-17
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Paul's Sufferings as an Apostle
16 I repeat, (A)let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. 17 What I am saying (B)with this boastful confidence, (C)I say not as the Lord would[a] but as a fool.
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- 2 Corinthians 11:17 Greek not according to the Lord
2 Corinthians 11:1
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Paul and the False Apostles
11 I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me!
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2 Corinthians 12:11
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Concern for the Corinthian Church
11 (A)I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was (B)not at all inferior to these super-apostles, (C)even though I am nothing.
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2 Corinthians 12:6
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6 though if I should wish to boast, (A)I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth; but I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me.
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Acts 26:24-25
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24 And as he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, (A)you are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your mind.” 25 But Paul said, “I am not out of my mind, (B)most excellent Festus, but I am speaking (C)true and (D)rational words.
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1 Corinthians 4:10-13
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10 (A)We are fools for Christ's sake, but (B)you are wise in Christ. (C)We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour (D)we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and (E)buffeted and (F)homeless, 12 and we (G)labor, working with our own hands. (H)When reviled, we bless; (I)when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. (J)We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, (K)the refuse of all things.
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Romans 12:3
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Gifts of Grace
3 For (A)by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you (B)not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, (C)each according to (D)the measure of faith that God has assigned.
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2 Samuel 6:21-22
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21 And David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, (A)who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me as prince[a] over Israel, the people of the Lord—and I will celebrate before the Lord. 22 I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your[b] eyes. But by the female servants of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor.”
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- 2 Samuel 6:21 Or leader
- 2 Samuel 6:22 Septuagint; Hebrew my
2 Timothy 2:10
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10 Therefore (A)I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain (B)the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with (C)eternal glory.
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1 Thessalonians 2:3-11
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3 For (A)our appeal does not spring from (B)error or (C)impurity or (D)any attempt to deceive, 4 but just as we have been approved by God (E)to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not (F)to please man, but to please God (G)who tests our hearts. 5 (H)For we never came with words of flattery,[a] as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—(I)God is witness. 6 (J)Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, (K)though we could have made (L)demands as (M)apostles of Christ. 7 But we were (N)gentle[b] among you, (O)like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God (P)but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.
9 For you remember, brothers, (Q)our labor and toil: we (R)worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 10 You are witnesses, and (S)God also, (T)how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers. 11 For you know how, (U)like a father with his children,
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Or with a flattering speech
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Some manuscripts infants
1 Thessalonians 1:5
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5 because (A)our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and (B)in the Holy Spirit and with full (C)conviction. You know (D)what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
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Colossians 1:24
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Paul's Ministry to the Church
24 Now (A)I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh (B)I am filling up (C)what is lacking in Christ's afflictions (D)for the sake of his body, that is, the church,
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2 Corinthians 7:12
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12 So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one (A)who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
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