Hebrew Names Version HNV
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12 We toil, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
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We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
13 Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
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when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world—right up to this moment.
14 I don't write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
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I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children.
15 For though you have ten thousand tutors in Messiah, yet not many fathers. For in Messiah Yeshua, I became your father through the Good News.
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Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
16 I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
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Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
17 Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Messiah, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
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For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
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Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
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But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have.
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
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For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
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What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?
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