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- As God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain.
- For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.
- We put no stumbling block in anyone's path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.
- Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses;
- in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;
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- in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;
- in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
- through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors;
- known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed;
- sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
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- We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you.
- We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us.
- As a fair exchange--I speak as to my children--open wide your hearts also.
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