1Therefore, having this ministry through the mercy we received, we are not faint-hearted;

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2 Thessalonians 3:13, 2 Thessalonians 3:13, Galatians 6:9, Galatians 6:9, Ephesians 3:13

2but have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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2 Corinthians 2:17, 2 Corinthians 2:17, 1 Thessalonians 2:3, 1 Thessalonians 2:5, 1 Thessalonians 2:3

3But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to them that perish,

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2 Corinthians 3:14, 1 Corinthians 1:18, 2 Corinthians 3:14, 1 Corinthians 1:18, 2 Thessalonians 2:9

4in whom the God of this world blinded the understandings of the unbelieving, so that they cannot behold the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

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John 12:40, John 12:40, 2 Corinthians 3:14, 2 Corinthians 3:14, Acts 26:18

5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.

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2 Corinthians 1:24, 2 Corinthians 1:24, 1 Thessalonians 2:5, 1 Thessalonians 2:6, 1 Thessalonians 2:5

6For it is God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, that shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

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Isaiah 60:2, Isaiah 60:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:3, 1 Peter 2:9

7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not of us;

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2 Corinthians 5:1, 2 Corinthians 3:5, 2 Corinthians 3:6, 2 Corinthians 5:1, 2 Corinthians 3:5

8being troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair;

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James 1:2, James 1:4, James 1:2, James 1:4, Romans 8:35

9persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

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Isaiah 43:2, Isaiah 43:2, Micah 7:8, Micah 7:8, Psalms 37:24

10always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.

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Romans 6:5, Romans 6:5, 2 Timothy 2:11, 2 Timothy 2:11, 1 Peter 4:13

11For we who live are continually delivered up to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

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1 Corinthians 15:49, 1 Corinthians 15:49, Romans 8:36, Psalms 44:22, Romans 8:36

12So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

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2 Corinthians 13:9, 2 Corinthians 13:9, Acts 20:24, 1 Corinthians 4:10, 1 John 3:16

13But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke," we also believe, and therefore speak;

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Psalms 116:10, Psalms 116:10, Hebrews 11:1, Hebrews 11:40, Hebrews 11:1

14knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus will raise up us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

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1 Thessalonians 4:14, Romans 8:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:14, Romans 8:11, Jude 1:24

15For all things are for your sakes, that the grace abounding by means of the greater number may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

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Romans 8:28, Romans 8:28, Ephesians 3:20, Ephesians 3:21, 2 Corinthians 9:11

16For which cause we are not faint-hearted; but though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

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Isaiah 40:31, Isaiah 40:31, Colossians 3:10, Colossians 3:10, Isaiah 40:29

17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us, in a higher and still higher degree, an everlasting weight of glory;

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Romans 8:18, Romans 8:18, 1 Peter 5:10, 1 Peter 5:10, Romans 5:3

18while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are but for a time; but the things which are not seen are ever lasting.

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2 Corinthians 5:7, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Romans 8:24, Romans 8:25, Romans 8:24