(July, 9-2016 on Saturday)
2 Corinthians 1: 24 Not that we LORD it over your
faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm. (6)
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16 I
wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from
Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea. (7)
17 Was I fickle when I
intended to do this? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the
same breath I say both “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?
18 But as surely as
GOD is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
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7 And
our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our
sufferings, so also you share in our comfort. (7)
8 We do not want you
to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in
the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to
endure, so that we despaired of life itself.
9 Indeed, we felt we
had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on
ourselves but on GOD, who raises the
dead.
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22 set
His seal of ownership on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit,
guaranteeing what is to come.
(4)
23 I call GOD as my
witness—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you that I did
not return to Corinth.
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13 For
we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that, (4)
14 as you have
understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of
us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
15 Because I was
confident of this, I wanted to visit you first so that you might benefit twice.
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4 who
comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble
with the comfort we ourselves receive from GOD. (4)
5 For just as we
share abundantly in the sufferings of
Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.
6 If we are distressed,
it is for your Comfort and Salvation; if we are comforted, it is for
your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we
suffer.
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19 For
the Son of GOD, Jesus
Christ, who was preached
among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,”
but in Him it has always been
“Yes.” (1)
20 For no matter how
many promises GOD has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him the
“Amen” is spoken by us to the Glory of GOD.
21 Now it is GOD who
makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us,
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10 He
has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us again. On Him
we have set our hope that He will continue to deliver us, (1)
11 as you help us by
your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor
granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
Paul’s Change of
Plans
12 Now this is our
boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world,
and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly
sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on GOD’s Grace.
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1 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: (1)
2 Grace and Peace to you from GOD our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Praise to the GOD
of All Comfort
3 Praise be to the GOD and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Compassion and the GOD of all Comfort,
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