Philippians 4:12
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12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and (A)hunger, abundance and (B)need.
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Matthew 11:29
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29 Take my yoke upon you, and (A)learn from me, for I am (B)gentle and lowly in heart, and (C)you will find rest for your souls.
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2 Corinthians 12:7-10
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7 So (A)to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,[a] (B)a thorn was given me in the flesh, (C)a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 (D)Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, (E)“My grace is sufficient for you, for (F)my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that (G)the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 (H)For the sake of Christ, then, (I)I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For (J)when I am weak, then I am strong.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:7 Or hears from me, even because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited
2 Corinthians 11:27
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27 (A)in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, (B)in hunger and thirst, often without food,[a] in cold and exposure.
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- 2 Corinthians 11:27 Or often in fasting
2 Corinthians 11:9
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9 And 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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2 Corinthians 6:4-10
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4 but (A)as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: (B)by great endurance, (C)in afflictions, (D)hardships, calamities, 5 (E)beatings, imprisonments, (F)riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; 6 (G)by purity, (H)knowledge, patience, kindness, (I)the Holy Spirit, (J)genuine love; 7 by (K)truthful speech, and (L)the power of God; with (M)the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; 8 through honor and dishonor, (N)through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9 as unknown, and (O)yet well known; (P)as dying, and behold, we live; (Q)as punished, and yet not killed; 10 (R)as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; (S)as poor, yet making many rich; (T)as having nothing, (U)yet possessing everything.
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Deuteronomy 32:10
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10 “He found him (A)in a desert land,
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he (B)encircled him, he cared for him,
he (C)kept him as the apple of his eye.
2 Corinthians 10:1
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Paul Defends His Ministry
10 (A)I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the (B)meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!—
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1 Corinthians 4:9-13
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9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, (A)like men sentenced to death, because we (B)have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 (C)We are fools for Christ's sake, but (D)you are wise in Christ. (E)We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour (F)we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and (G)buffeted and (H)homeless, 12 and we (I)labor, working with our own hands. (J)When reviled, we bless; (K)when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. (L)We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, (M)the refuse of all things.
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Isaiah 8:11
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Fear God, Wait for the Lord
11 For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and (A)warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:
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Ephesians 4:20-21
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20 But that is not the way you (A)learned Christ!— 21 assuming that (B)you have heard about him and (C)were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus,
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2 Corinthians 11:7
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7 Or (A)did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because (B)I preached God's gospel to you free of charge?
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2 Corinthians 10:10
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10 For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but (A)his bodily presence is weak, and (B)his speech of no account.”
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Jeremiah 31:19
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19 For after (A)I had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, (B)I struck my thigh;
(C)I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
Nehemiah 9:20
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20 (A)You gave your good Spirit to instruct them (B)and did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst.
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Matthew 13:52
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52 And he said to them, “Therefore every (A)scribe (B)who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who (C)brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”
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