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If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
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For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes.
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For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.
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And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us,
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And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
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For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
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The Ministry of Reconciliation
Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.
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For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
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As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.
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For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
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As it is written, “Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack.”
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The Collection for Christians in Jerusalem
Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints,
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As it is written, “He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.”
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For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
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So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
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Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and all for your upbuilding, beloved.