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when you thus assemble therefore, this is not eating the Lord's supper.

if the foot should say, "because I am not the hand, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body?

and if the ear should say, "because I am not the eye, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body?

therefore if I don't know the meaning of the language, with respect to him that speaks, I shall be a barbarian; and he that speaks shall be a barbarian to me.

when therefore the whole church is assembled, and all speak different languages, if such as are either unlearned, or are unbelievers should come in, will they not say you are all mad?

therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye inflexibly steady, and continually surpass others in the work of the Lord, knowing that he will not leave your christian labour unrewarded.

let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him safe, that he may come to me: for I and the brethren expect him.

for they have quieted my mind as well as yours: therefore to such have a regard.

was this design therefore the effect of levity? or do I design first one thing, and then another, as it best suits my worldly interest?

Therefore, having by the divine favour such a ministry, I exert myself:

Having by the same spirit the same faith as David had when he said, "I believed, and therefore have I spoken:" I also believe, and therefore I speak;

therefore being always certainly assur'd that whilst I sojourn in this body, I am absent from the Lord,

therefore, if any man be a christian, he is in a new creation: the old state of things is chang'd to one entirely new.

my having therefore such an entire confidence in you, does agreeably affect me.

I therefore desired Titus, as he had begun, to finish this contribution among you.

I thought it therefore necessary to counsel the brethren to go before, and settle the management of the contribution by this previous notice, that it might have such dispatch, as shows a bountiful, and not a niggardly temper.

therefore it is not strange if his agents are so disguised as to appear like ministers of the gospel; but their end shall be answerable to their actions.

but he said to me, "my favour is sufficient for thee: for my strength is shown to be perfect by thy weakness." with pleasure therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may be seen to dwell in me.

I am therefore glad when I am disarm'd by the strength of your integrity: and this is what I pray for, even your perfection.

these things therefore I write to you being absent, that when I come I may not use severity, according to the power which the Lord hath given me for edification, and not for destruction.