Acts 9:16
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16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”(A)
2 Corinthians 4:8-11
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8 We are hard pressed on every side,(A) but not crushed; perplexed,(B) but not in despair; 9 persecuted,(C) but not abandoned;(D) struck down, but not destroyed.(E) 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus,(F) so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.(G) 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake,(H) so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.
2 Corinthians 6:4-18
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4 Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; 5 in beatings, imprisonments(A) and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;(B) 6 in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit(C) and in sincere love;(D) 7 in truthful speech(E) and in the power of God;(F) with weapons of righteousness(G) in the right hand and in the left; 8 through glory and dishonor,(H) bad report(I) and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors;(J) 9 known, yet regarded as unknown; dying,(K) and yet we live on;(L) beaten, and yet not killed; 10 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing;(M) poor, yet making many rich;(N) having nothing,(O) and yet possessing everything.(P)
11 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you.(Q) 12 We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. 13 As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children(R)—open wide your hearts(S) also.
Warning Against Idolatry
14 Do not be yoked together(T) with unbelievers.(U) For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?(V) 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[a]?(W) Or what does a believer(X) have in common with an unbeliever?(Y) 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?(Z) For we are the temple(AA) of the living God.(AB) As God has said:
“I will live with them
and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they will be my people.”[b](AC)
17 Therefore,
“Come out from them(AD)
and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
and I will receive you.”[c](AE)
18 And,
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar, a variant of Belial
- 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lev. 26:12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27
- 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41
- 2 Corinthians 6:18 2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
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23 Are they servants of Christ?(A) (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder,(B) been in prison more frequently,(C) been flogged more severely,(D) and been exposed to death again and again.(E) 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes(F) minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods,(G) once I was pelted with stones,(H) three times I was shipwrecked,(I) I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26 I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews,(J) in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city,(K) in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers.(L) 27 I have labored and toiled(M) and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food;(N) I have been cold and naked.
2 Corinthians 12:10
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10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight(A) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(B) in persecutions,(C) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(D)
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