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47-1CO/12.usfm

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 \v 4 Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
-\v 5 And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.
-\v 6 And there are different kinds of work, but it is the same God who makes them possible in everyone.
+\v 5 There are different ministries, but the same Lord;
+\v 6 and there are different kinds of work, but it is the same God who makes them possible in everyone.
 
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 \v 7 Now to each one is given the outward display of the Spirit for the benefit of all.
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 \v 18 But God arranged each part of the body as he designed it.
-\v 19 And if they were all the same member, where would the body be?
+\v 19 If they were all the same member, where would the body be?
 \v 20 So now they are many members, but only one body.
 
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 \v 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you." Nor does the head say to the feet, "I have no need of you."
-\v 22 But the members of the body that appear to be weaker are essential.
-\v 23 And the parts of the body that we think are less honorable, we give them greater honor, and our unpresentable members have more dignity.
+\v 22 But the members of the body that appear to be weaker are essential,
+\v 23 and the parts of the body that we think are less honorable, we give them greater honor, and our unpresentable members have more dignity.
 \v 24 Now our presentable members have no need to be treated with dignity, for they already have dignity. But God has joined all the members together, and he gave more honor to those that lacked it.
 
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 \v 25 He did this so there may be no division within the body, but that the members should care for one another with the same affection.
-\v 26 And when one member suffers, all the members suffer together. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice together.
+\v 26 So when one member suffers, all the members suffer together; or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice together.
 \v 27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
 
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 \v 30 Do all of them have gifts of healing? Do all of them speak with tongues? Do all of them interpret tongues?
-\v 31 Zealously seek the greater gifts. And I will show you a more excellent way.
+\v 31 Zealously seek the greater gifts. But I will show you a more excellent way.

48-2CO/01.usfm

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 \v 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ abound for our sake, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.
-\v 6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. And if we are comforted, it is for your comfort. Your comfort is working effectively when you patiently share in the same sufferings that we also suffer.
-\v 7 And our confidence about you is certain. We know that as you also share the sufferings, you also share the comfort.
+\v 6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort. Your comfort is working effectively when you patiently share in the same sufferings that we also suffer.
+\v 7 Our confidence about you is certain, for we know that as you also share the sufferings, you also share the comfort.
 
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 \v 8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about the troubles we had in Asia. We were completely crushed beyond what we could bear, so much that we did not even hope to live any longer.

48-2CO/03.usfm

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 \v 1 Are we beginning to praise ourselves again? We do not need letters of recommendation to you or from you, like some people, do we?
 \v 2 You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, known and read by all people.
-\v 3 And you show that you are a letter from Christ, delivered by us. It was written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God. It was not written on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts.
+\v 3 You show that you are a letter from Christ, delivered by us. It was written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God. It was not written on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts.
 
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-\v 4 And this is the confidence that we have in God through Christ.
+\v 4 And this is the confidence that we have through Christ before God.
 \v 5 We are not competent in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us. Instead, our competence is from God.
 \v 6 It is God who made us able to be servants of a new covenant. This is a covenant not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
 

48-2CO/05.usfm

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 \v 12 We are not trying to persuade you again to view us as sincere. Instead, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us, so you may have an answer for those who boast about appearances but not about what is in the heart.
 
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-\v 13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God. And if we are in our right minds, it is for your sake.
+\v 13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; and if we are in our right minds, it is for your sake.
 \v 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we are certain of this: that one person died for all, and that therefore all have died.
-\v 15 And Christ died for all, so that those who live should live no longer for themselves. Instead, they should live for him who died and was raised.
+\v 15 He died for all, so that those who live should live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
 
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 \v 16 For this reason, from now on we do not judge anyone according to human standards, even though we once regarded Christ in this way. But now we do not judge anyone in this way any longer.

48-2CO/06.usfm

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-\v 1 And so, working together, we beg you not to receive the grace of God to no effect.
+\v 1 Working together with him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
 \v 2 For he says,
 \q "In a favorable time I paid attention to you,
 \q and in the day of salvation I helped you."
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 \v 13 Now in fair exchange—I speak as to children—open your hearts wide.
 
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-\v 14 Do not be tied together with unbelievers. For what association does righteousness have with lawlessness? And what fellowship does light have with darkness?
+\v 14 Do not be tied together with unbelievers. For what association does righteousness have with lawlessness? For what fellowship does light have with darkness?
 \v 15 What agreement can Christ have with Beliar? Or what share does a believer have together with an unbeliever?
 \v 16 And what agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said:
 \q "I will dwell among them and walk among them.

48-2CO/12.usfm

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 \v 8 Three times I begged the Lord about this, for him to take it away from me.
-\v 9 And he said to me, "My grace is enough for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." So I would much rather boast about my weakness, so that the power of Christ might reside on me.
+\v 9 But he said to me, "My grace is enough for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." So I would much rather boast about my weakness, so that the power of Christ might reside on me.
 \v 10 Therefore I am content for Christ's sake in weaknesses, in insults, in troubles, in persecutions and distressing situations. For whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
 
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48-2CO/13.usfm

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 \v 4 For he was crucified in weakness, but he is alive by God's power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him by the power of God among you.
 
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-\v 5 Examine yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you? He is, unless you are not approved.
-\v 6 And I am confident that you will find that we are not unapproved.
+\v 5 Examine yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize this about yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless you are have failed the test.
+\v 6 And I trust that you will recognize that we have not failed the test.
 
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 \v 7 Now we pray to God that you may not do any wrong. I do not pray that we may appear to have passed the test. Instead, I pray that you may do what is right, although we may seem to have failed the test.