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(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation.)
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Giving no offense in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
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But in all [things] approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
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In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
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By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned,
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By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and [yet] true;
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As unknown, and [yet] well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
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As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.
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O [ye] Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our heart is enlarged.
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Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.