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And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of YAHUVEH in vain

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(for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):

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giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;

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but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of YAHUVEH, 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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in pureness, in knowledge, in long suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

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in the word of truth, in the power of YAHUVEH; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

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by glory 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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Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

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Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.

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Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.

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Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

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And what concord hath Messiah with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?

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And what agreement hath a temple of YAHUVEH with idols? for we are a temple of the living YAHUVEH; even as YAHUVEH said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their YAHUVEH, and they shall be my people.

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Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith YAHUVEH, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,

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And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith YAHUVEH Almighty.