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2 Corinthians · read by Chuck Smith
145 verses, in order. Only the verses Chuck read aloud are shown.
2 Corinthians 1
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Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes" and "No."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,Read from NASB1995 · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
2 Corinthians 2
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So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 1-2
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For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.Read from KJV · The Kjv Version Bible - Part 2
2 Corinthians 3
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Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
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You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
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It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
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And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.Read from KJV · Chosen Vessel - Abiding in Christ
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will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
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For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
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Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
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For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
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Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
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But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
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And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
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Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
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And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
2 Corinthians 4
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Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.Read from KJV · Chosen Vessel - Abiding in Christ
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Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.Read from KJV · The Ministry
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And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.Read from KJV · The Ministry
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The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.Read from KJV · The Ministry
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For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.Read from KJV · The Ministry
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For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · The Ministry
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Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.Read from KJV · The Ministry
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We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;Read from KJV · The Ministry
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We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.Read from KJV · The Ministry
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For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.Read from KJV · The Ministry
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And in keeping with what is written: "I believed, therefore I have spoken," we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
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knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
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All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.Read from KJV · The Ministry
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Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.Read from KJV · The Ministry
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For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.Read from KJV · The Ministry
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So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.Read from NASB1995 · The Ministry
2 Corinthians 5
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because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 5
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Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 5
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We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 5
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So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 5
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that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men's trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 5
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Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 5
2 Corinthians 6
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For He says: "In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 6
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in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 6
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in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 6
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through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 6
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as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 6
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sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 6
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We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 6
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As a fair exchange, I ask you as my children: Open wide your hearts also.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 6
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Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 6
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"Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 6
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And: "I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 6
2 Corinthians 7
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Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
2 Corinthians 8
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In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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We hope to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this generous gift.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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And we are sending along with them our brother whose earnestness has been proven many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
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In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 7-8
2 Corinthians 9
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Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
2 Corinthians 10
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Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man's territory.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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Rather, "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
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For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 9-10
2 Corinthians 11
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I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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I consider myself in no way inferior to those "super-apostles."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 3-4
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Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
2 Corinthians 12
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And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
2 Corinthians 13
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This is the third time I am coming to you. "Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God's power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God's power we will live with Him to serve you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not that we will appear to have stood the test, but that you will do what is right, even if we appear to have failed.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.Read from NASB1995 · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Corinthians 11-13