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But we pray to God that ye may do nothing evil; not that *we* may appear approved, but that *ye* may do what is right, and *we* be as reprobates.
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For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
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For we rejoice when *we* may be weak and *ye* may be powerful. But this also we pray for, your perfecting.
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On this account I write these things being absent, that being present I may not use severity according to the authority which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for overthrowing.
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For the rest, brethren, rejoice; be perfected; be encouraged; be of one mind; be at peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
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Salute one another with a holy kiss.
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All the saints salute you.
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, [be] with you all.