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Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
the First Week of Advent

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2 Corinthians2Co 5 2 Corinthians2Co 2 Corinthians2Co 7

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¹ And ^(C1)working together with Him, ^(C2)we also plead with you not to receive ^(C3)the grace of God in vain—² for He says,

"^(C1)AT THE ACCEPTABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU,
AND ON THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU."
Behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME," behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION"—

³ giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,⁴ but in everything commending ourselves as ministers of God, in much perseverance, in afflictions, in distresses, in hardships,⁵ in beatings, in imprisonments, in disturbances, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,⁶ in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unhypocritical love,⁷ in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,⁸ by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true;⁹ as unknown and yet well-known, as dying and yet behold, we live; as punished and yet not put to death,¹⁰ as sorrowful but always rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

¹¹ ^(C1)Our mouth ^(F1)has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our ^(C2)heart is opened wide.¹² You are not restrained ^(F1)by us, but ^(C1)you are restrained in your own ^(F2)affections.¹³ Now in a like ^(C1)exchange—I speak as to ^(C2)children—open wide to us also.

¹⁴ ^(C1)Do not be unequally yoked with ^(C2)unbelievers; for what ^(C3)partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?¹⁵ Or what ^(C1)harmony has Christ with ^(F1)Belial, or ^(F2)what has a ^(C2)believer in common with an ^(C3)unbeliever?¹⁶ Or ^(C1)what agreement has a ^(F1)sanctuary of God with idols? For we are ^(C2)a sanctuary of ^(C3)the living God; just as God said,

"^(C4)I WILL ^(C5)DWELL IN THEM AND ^(C6)WALK AMONG THEM;
AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.

¹⁷ "^(C1)Therefore, ^(C2)COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says the ^(F1)Lord.
"AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN,
And I will welcome you.

¹⁸ "^(C1)AND I WILL BE A FATHER TO YOU,
And you shall be ^(C2)sons and daughters to Me,"
SAYS THE ^(F1)LORD ALMIGHTY.

2 Corinthians2Co 5 2 Corinthians2Co 2 Corinthians2Co 7

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