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1. We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

- For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. 1 Cor. 3:9

- But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 1 Cor. 15:10

- Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; Heb. 12:15

2. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

- Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; Isa. 49:8

- To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; Isa. 61:2

- But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. Heb. 3:13

- Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. Matt. 17:27

- Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. Rom. 14:13

- Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 1 Cor. 10:32

4. But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

- And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. Acts 27:22

- Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 1 Cor. 3:5

- Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; 1 Cor. 4:11

5. In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

- And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Acts 16:23

- But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. Acts 17:5

- Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 2 Cor. 11:23

6. By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

- Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Rom. 12:9

- But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Gal. 5:22

- Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Col. 3:12

7. By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

- And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 1 Cor. 2:4

- (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 2 Cor. 10:4

- Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Eph. 6:11

8. By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

- Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Matt. 5:11

- Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Matt. 27:63

- But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 2 Cor. 4:2

9. As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

- As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Rom. 8:36

- Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 2 Cor. 4:9

- For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 2 Cor. 4:11

10. As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

- And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. John 16:22

- For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 2 Cor. 8:9

- Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Phil. 4:4

- I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. Ps. 119:32

- Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. Isa. 60:5

- I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. 2 Cor. 7:3

- Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. 2 Cor. 7:2

- And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. 2 Cor. 12:15

- For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. Phil. 1:8

13. Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.

- And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 1 Cor. 3:1

- I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. 1 Cor. 4:14

- My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, Gal. 4:19

14. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

- Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. Deut. 7:3

- Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? Ps. 139:21

- Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. 1 Cor. 15:33

15. And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

- And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 1 Kings 18:21

- But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. Matt. 12:24

- Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. 1 Cor. 10:21

16. And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

- And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. Lev. 26:12

- But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jer. 31:33

- What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 1 Cor. 6:19

17. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

- Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. Isa. 52:11

- Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Cor. 7:1

- And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. Rev. 18:4

18. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

- I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; Isa. 43:6

- They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. Jer. 31:9

- He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. Rev. 21:7

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