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For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to inlighten us with the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ.

We who live are always delivered unto death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal body.

For all things are for your sakes, that the overflowing grace might through the thanksgiving of many abound to the glory of God.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory:

While we aim not at the things that are seen, but the things that are not seen: for the things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are not seen are eternal.

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon, with our house which is from heaven:

For we who are in this tabernacle groan, being burdened; not that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.

(For we walk by faith, not by sight.)

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive according to what he hath done in the body, whether good or evil.

For if we are transported beyond ourselves, it is to God; if we are sober, it is for your sakes.

For the love of Christ constraineth us, while we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

And that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and rose again.

Therefore we are embassadors for Christ, as though God were intreating by us: we beseech you, in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

For he hath made him, who knew no sin, a sin-offering for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God through him.

(For he saith, I have heard thee in an acceptable time, and in a day of salvation have I succoured thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

Now for a recompence of the same, (I speak as to my children) be ye also inlarged.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? or what communion hath light with darkness?

I speak not, to condemn you; for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts, to live and to die with you.

For when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side: from without were fightings, from within were fears.