2 Corinthians 1:3
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Thanksgiving. 3 (A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and God of all encouragement,[a]
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- 1:3 God of all encouragement: Paul expands a standard Jewish blessing so as to state the theme of the paragraph. The theme of “encouragement” or “consolation” (paraklēsis) occurs ten times in this opening, against a background formed by multiple references to “affliction” and “suffering.”
Romans 6:13
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13 And do not present the parts of your bodies to sin as weapons for wickedness, but present yourselves to God as raised from the dead to life and the parts of your bodies to God as weapons for righteousness.(A)
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1 Peter 2:5
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5 and, like living stones, let yourselves be built[a] into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(A)
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