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And if the ear say, Because I am not an eye I am not of the body, is it on account of this not indeed of the body?

For *I* am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called apostle, because I have persecuted the assembly of God.

But I rejoice in the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus; because *they* have supplied what was lacking on your part.

Because, even as the sufferings of the Christ abound towards us, so through the Christ does our encouragement also abound.

Because [it is] the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in [the] face of [Jesus] Christ.

For this reason we have been encouraged. And we the rather rejoiced in our encouragement more abundantly by reason of the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

Because if I boasted to him anything about you, I have not been put to shame; but as we have spoken to you all things in truth, so also our boasting to Titus has been [the] truth;

Because the ministration of this service is not only filling up the measure of what is lacking to the saints, but also abounding by many thanksgivings to God;

because his letters, he says, [are] weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.

Have I committed sin, abasing myself in order that *ye* might be exalted, because I gratuitously announced to you the glad tidings of God?

Why? because I do not love you? God knows.

But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to [the] face, because he was to be condemned:

but knowing that a man is not justified on the principle of works of law [nor] but by the faith of Jesus Christ, *we* also have believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified on the principle of [the] faith of Christ; and not of works of law; because on the principle of works of law no flesh shall be justified.

but that by law no one is justified with God [is] evident, because The just shall live on the principle of faith;

But because ye are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; because the children of the desolate are more numerous than [those] of her that has a husband.

As many as desire to have a fair appearance in [the] flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted because of the cross of Christ.

but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,

Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.