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Brothers, this is what I mean: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and what decays cannot inherit what does not decay.Matthew 16:17; John 3:3,5;">[xr]

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!Romans 7:25; 1 John 5:4-5;">[xr]

FromFrom">[fn] Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the holy peoplethe saints">[fn] throughout Achaia.1 Corinthians 1:1; Ephesians 1:1; Philippians 1:1; Colossians 1:1-2; 1 Timothy 1:1;">[xr]

May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be yours!Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:3; Galatians 1:3; Philippians 1:2; Colossians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:2;">[xr]

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort,Ephesians 1:3; 1 Peter 1:3;">[xr]

who comforts us in all our suffering, so that we may be able to comfort others in all their suffering, since we ourselves are being comforted by God.

In fact, we felt within ourselves that we had received the sentence of death, so that we would not rely on ourselves but on the God who raises the dead.Jeremiah 17:5,7;">[xr]

As certainly as God is faithful, our word to you is not "Yes" and "No."

Now the one who makes us - and you as well - secure in union with Christ and has anointed us is God,1 John 2:20,27;">[xr]

I call upon God as a witness on my behalf that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.Romans 1:9; 1 Corinthians 4:21; 2 Corinthians 2:3; 11:31; 12:20; Galatians 1:20; Philippians 1:8;">[xr]

But thanks be to God! He always leads us triumphantly in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of knowing him.Song of Solomon 1:3;">[xr]

To God we are the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are being lost.1 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 4:3;">[xr]

At least we are not commercializing God's word like so many others. Instead, in Christ we speak with sincerity, like people who are sent from God and are accountable to God.as from God and before God">[fn]2 Corinthians 1:12; 4:2; 11:13; 2 Peter 2:3;">[xr]

You are demonstrating that you are Christ's letter, produced by our service, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.Exodus 24:12; 34:1; Psalm 40:8; Jeremiah 31:33; Ezekiel 11:19; 36:26; 1 Corinthians 3:5; Hebrews 8:10;">[xr]

Such is the confidence that we have in God through Christ.

By ourselves we are not qualified to claim that anything comes from us. Rather, our credentials come from God,John 15:5; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 2 Corinthians 2:16; Philippians 2:13;">[xr]

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.2 Corinthians 2:17; 5:11; 7:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:3,5;">[xr]

In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe to keep them from seeing the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.Isaiah 6:10; John 1:18; 16:11; 2 Corinthians 3:6,8-9,11, 14,18; Ephesians 6:12; Philippians 2:6; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3;">[xr]

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"Genesis 1:3">[fn] has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus Christ.Jesus; still other mss. read Christ Jesus">[fn]Genesis 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:4; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 1:19;">[xr]

But we have this treasure in clay jars to show that its extraordinary power comes from God and not from us.1 Corinthians 2:5; 2 Corinthians 5:1; 12:9;">[xr]