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25 and the secrets of his heart are laid open [fn] : and so he will fall upon his face, and will worship God, and say: Verily, God is in you.

But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace, that was in me, was not in vain; but I labored more than they all:-not I, but his grace that was with me.

every one in his order; the Messiah was the first-fruits; afterwards, they that are the Messiah's, at his coming.

For he is to reign, until he shall put all his enemies under his feet.

For he hath subjected all under his feet. But when he said, that every thing is subjected to him, it is manifest that he is excepted, who subjected all to him.

As for Apollos, my brethren, I entreated him much to go with the brethren to you; but his inclination was not to go to you now; but when he shall have opportunity, he will go to you.

by the aid of your prayers in our behalf; so that his gift to us may be a favor done for the sake of many, and many may praise him on our account.

and hath sealed us, and hath given the earnest of his Spirit in our hearts.

lest Satan should overreach us; for we know his devices.

Now if the ministration of death was engraved upon stones in writing, and was so glorious that the children of Israel could not look on the face of Moses, on account of the glory upon his face which vanished away;

and are not like Moses, who threw a vail over his face, that the children of Israel might not behold the termination of that which was abolished.

And he that prepareth us for this thing, is God: who hath given us the earnest of his Spirit.

For God was in the Messiah, who hath reconciled the world with his majesty, and did not reckon to them their sins; and who hath placed in us the word of reconciliation.

And not merely by his arrival, but also by the refreshing with which he was refreshed by you. For he told us of your love towards us, and of your grief, and of your zeal in our behalf: and when I heard it, my joy was great.

Wherefore we were comforted; and with our consolation, we were the more joyful for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all:

and also his bowels are the more enlarged towards you, while he remembereth the submission of you all, and how ye received him with fear and trembling.

For ye know the goodness of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who when he was rich, for your sakes became poor, that by his poverty ye might be made rich.

Every man, according to his own views, not with sadness, not by constraint: for the Lord loveth a joyous giver.

As it is written, He hath dispersed and given to the poor; and his righteousness is established for ever.

Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.