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As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
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For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.”[a]I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.
Paul’s Hardships
3 We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.
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Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses;
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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;