2 Corinthians 7:2

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Paul's Joy

²^(A)Make room in your hearts^[a] for us. ^(B)We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.

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2 Corinthians 7:2 Greek lacks in your hearts

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2 Corinthians 6:12-13

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¹²You are not restricted by us, but ^(A)you are restricted in your own affections. ¹³^(B)In return (I speak ^(C)as to children) widen your hearts also.

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Acts 20:33

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³³^(A)I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.

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2 John 10

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¹⁰If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, ^(A)do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting,

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2 Corinthians 11:9

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⁹And when I was with you and was ^(A)in need, ^(B)I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia ^(C)supplied my need. So I refrained and will refrain ^(D)from burdening you in any way.

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Romans 16:18

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¹⁸For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but ^(A)their own appetites,^[a] and ^(B)by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

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Romans 16:18 Greek their own belly

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Matthew 10:40

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Rewards

⁴⁰^(A)“Whoever receives you receives me, and ^(B)whoever receives me receives him who sent me.

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Matthew 10:14

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¹⁴And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, ^(A)shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.

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1 Samuel 12:3-4

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³Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before ^(A)his anointed. ^(B)Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me^[a] and I will restore it to you.” ⁴They said, “You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man's hand.”

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1 Samuel 12:3 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks Testify against me

Numbers 16:15

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¹⁵And Moses was very angry and said to the Lord, ^(A)“Do not respect their offering. ^(B)I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed one of them.”

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3 John 8-10

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⁸Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

⁹I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. ¹⁰So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

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Philemon 17

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¹⁷So if you consider me ^(A)your partner, receive him as you would receive me.

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Philemon 12

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¹²I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.

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2 Thessalonians 3:7-9

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⁷For you yourselves know ^(A)how you ought to imitate us, because ^(B)we were not idle when we were with you, ⁸nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but ^(C)with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. ⁹It was ^(D)not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves ^(E)an example to imitate.

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1 Thessalonians 2:10

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¹⁰You are witnesses, and ^(A)God also, ^(B)how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.

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1 Thessalonians 2:3-6

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³For ^(A)our appeal does not spring from ^(B)error or ^(C)impurity or ^(D)any attempt to deceive, ⁴but 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.

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1 Thessalonians 2:5 Or with a flattering speech

Colossians 4:10

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¹⁰^(A)Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark ^(B)the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—^(C)if he comes to you, welcome him),

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Philippians 2:29

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²⁹So ^(A)receive him in the Lord with all joy, and ^(B)honor such men,

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2 Corinthians 12:14-18

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¹⁴Here ^(A)for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for ^(B)I seek not what is yours but you. For ^(C)children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but ^(D)parents for their children. ¹⁵^(E)I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If ^(F)I love you more, am I to be loved less? ¹⁶But granting that ^(G)I myself did not burden you, I was crafty, you say, and got the better of you by deceit. ¹⁷Did I take advantage of you ^(H)through any of those whom I sent to you? ¹⁸^(I)I urged Titus to go, and sent ^(J)the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?

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2 Corinthians 11:16

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Paul's Sufferings as an Apostle

¹⁶I 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.

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2 Corinthians 6:3-7

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³We ^(A)put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, ⁴but ^(B)as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: ^(C)by great endurance, ^(D)in afflictions, ^(E)hardships, calamities, ⁵^(F)beatings, imprisonments, ^(G)riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; ⁶^(H)by purity, ^(I)knowledge, patience, kindness, ^(J)the Holy Spirit, ^(K)genuine love; ⁷by ^(L)truthful speech, and ^(M)the power of God; with ^(N)the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

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2 Corinthians 4:2

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²But we have renounced ^(A)disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice^[a] cunning or ^(B)to tamper with God's word, but ^(C)by the open statement of the truth ^(D)we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

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2 Corinthians 4:2 Greek to walk in

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2 Corinthians 1:12

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Paul's Change of Plans

¹²For our boast is this, ^(A)the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity^[a] and ^(B)godly sincerity, ^(C)not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.

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