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For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
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The Collection for the Lord’s People
Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do.
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Final Greetings
The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia:
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Paul’s Joy Over the Church’s Repentance
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
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The Collection for the Lord’s People
And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches.
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And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his service to the gospel.
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What is more, he was chosen by the churches to accompany us as we carry the offering, which we administer in order to honor the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help.
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As for Titus, he is my partner and co-worker among you; as for our brothers, they are representatives of the churches and an honor to Christ.
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Therefore show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you, so that the churches can see it.
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I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you.
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Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
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How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
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and all the brothers and sisters with me, To the churches in Galatia:
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For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
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I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
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And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,
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His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
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to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
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For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
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Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
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and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
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After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—
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This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.
