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2 Corinthians · read by Phil Beach Jr.
103 verses, in order. Only the verses Phil 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 ESV · Carnal Corinthians
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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 · Revival & Repentance Pt2 - Leaving Our Comfort Zone
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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 · Revival & Repentance Pt2 - Leaving Our Comfort Zone
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For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.Read from KJV · Growth in God's Way
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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 · Growth in God's Way
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We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.Read from KJV · The Deep Dealings of God Pt 21 - Let Us Go on Unto Perfection
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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 · Revival & Repentance Pt2 - Leaving Our Comfort Zone
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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 · Revival & Repentance Pt2 - Leaving Our Comfort Zone
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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 · A Healed Conscience
2 Corinthians 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 · The Tactics of the Enemy
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The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.Read from KJV · The Tactics of the Enemy
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in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.Read from KJV · The Tactics of the Enemy
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 NASB1995 · Empowered by the Holy Spirit Part 4
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You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.Read from NASB1995 · Empowered by the Holy Spirit Part 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 NASB1995 · Ten Spiritual Disciplines
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Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.Read from NASB1995 · Empowered by the Holy Spirit Part 4
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Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.Read from NASB1995 · Empowered by the Holy Spirit Part 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 NASB1995 · Empowered by the Holy Spirit Part 4
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Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.Read from NASB1995 · Cooperating With the Holy Spirit - Part Ii
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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 NASB1995 · Look to Jesus and Be Changed (Part 3)
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And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.Read from NASB1995 · Look to Jesus and Be Changed (Part 3)
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But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.Read from NASB1995 · Look to Jesus and Be Changed (Part 3)
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Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.Read from NASB1995 · Look to Jesus and Be Changed (Part 3)
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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 NASB1995 · Look to Jesus and Be Changed (Part 3)
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 · A Time of Testing
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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 NASB1995 · The New Man 2cor41to18
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And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.Read from ESV · The New Man 2cor41to18
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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 NASB1995 · The New Man 2cor41to18
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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 NASB1995 · The New Man 2cor41to18
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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 NASB1995 · The New Man 2cor41to18
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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 · Growth in God's Way
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We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;Read from KJV · Growth in God's Way
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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 · Growth in God's Way
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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 NASB1995 · The New Man 2cor41to18
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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 NASB1995 · The New Man 2cor41to18
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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 · Growth in God's Way
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For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.Read from NASB1995 · The New Man 2cor41to18
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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 · Building the House of God - Strangers and Pilgrims Yearning for Immortality
2 Corinthians 5
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Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.Read from KJV · Building the House of God - Strangers and Pilgrims Yearning for Immortality
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For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,Read from KJV · He Is Risen!
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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 KJV · He Is Risen!
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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 · He Is Risen!
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So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.Read from KJV · He Is Risen!
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For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.Read from KJV · He Is Risen!
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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 · He Is Risen!
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We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.Read from KJV · Inner Man Outer Man - Part 1
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If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.Read from KJV · He Is Risen!
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For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.Read from NASB1995 · A New Birth
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And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.Read from KJV · The Flesh Life
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So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.Read from KJV · Building the House of God - How Is Your Walk
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Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!Read from KJV · Building the House of God - How Is Your Walk
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All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:Read from KJV · Desire - Ii Cor 5_17
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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 · Desire - Ii Cor 5_17
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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 · Desire - Ii Cor 5_17
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God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.Read from KJV · Desire - Ii Cor 5_17
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 · The Holy War Eph 5_23
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What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people."Read from NKJV · James 1 - Trials
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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 · The Holy War Eph 5_23
2 Corinthians 7
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Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.Read from KJV · The Holy War Eph 5_23
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And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.Read from KJV · Godly Sorrow - 1 Cor 5+2 Cor 7
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Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.Read from KJV · Godly Sorrow - 1 Cor 5+2 Cor 7
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 · The Flesh Life
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I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.Read from KJV · The Flesh Life
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For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.Read from KJV · Invoking the Name of Jesus
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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 · Invoking the Name of Jesus
2 Corinthians 11
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I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.Read from NASB1995 · Do Nots Against the Holy Spirit
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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 NASB1995 · Do Nots Against the Holy Spirit
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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 · Buy the Truth and Sell It Not - Exhortations to Husbands and Wives
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For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.Read from KJV · Beware of Lawlessness - Part 2
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And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.Read from KJV · Beware of Lawlessness - Part 2
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It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.Read from KJV · Beware of Lawlessness - Part 2
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Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.Read from KJV · The Captivity of the Righteous Part 3
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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 · The Captivity of the Righteous Part 3
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Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.Read from KJV · The Captivity of the Righteous Part 3
2 Corinthians 12
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Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,Read from KJV · Gods Faithfulness in Trials - Ps 119_65
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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 · Inner Man Outer Man - Part 2 [1 Cor 2_6]
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Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.Read from KJV · Inner Man Outer Man - Part 2 [1 Cor 2_6]
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But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.Read from KJV · Brotherly Love - the Cure to Faintheartedness
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That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.Read from KJV · Brotherly Love - the Cure to Faintheartedness
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The true marks of an apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.Read from KJV · Christ Wants You Not Yours (2 Cor 12+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 · Christ Wants You Not Yours (2 Cor 12+13)
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See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.Read from KJV · Spiritual Readjustment - Everything According to Christ
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And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?Read from KJV · Christ Wants You Not Yours (2 Cor 12+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 · Christ Wants You Not Yours (2 Cor 12+13)
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Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?Read from KJV · The House of God Lies in Ruin - Repentance or Remorse
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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 · Christ Wants You Not Yours (2 Cor 12+13)
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I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.Read from KJV · Spiritual Readjustment - Everything According to Christ
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 · Spiritual Readjustment - Everything According to Christ
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I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,Read from KJV · Spiritual Readjustment - Everything According to Christ
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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 · Spiritual Readjustment - Everything According to Christ
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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 · Christ Wants You Not Yours (2 Cor 12+13)
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Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can't you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?Read from KJV · Christ Wants You Not Yours (2 Cor 12+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 · Christ Wants You Not Yours (2 Cor 12+13)
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For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.Read from NKJV · Christ Wants You Not Yours (2 Cor 12+13)
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In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.Read from KJV · Christ Wants You Not Yours (2 Cor 12+13)
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This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.Read from KJV · Spiritual Readjustment - Everything According to Christ
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Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.Read from KJV · Christ Wants You Not Yours (2 Cor 12+13)