2 Corinthians 6:11

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We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you.

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  • Ps 119:32 : 32 I run along the path of your commands, for you enable me to do so.
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
  • Gal 3:1 : 1 Justification by Law or by Faith? You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified!
  • Eph 6:8 : 8 because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this will be rewarded by the Lord.
  • Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 4:15 : 15 And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in this matter of giving and receiving except you alone.
  • Rev 22:12 : 12 (Look! I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to pay each one according to what he has done!
  • Hab 2:5 : 5 Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.
  • 2 Cor 2:4 : 4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.
  • 2 Cor 7:3-4 : 3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you. 4 A Letter That Caused Sadness I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.
  • 1 Sam 2:1 : 1 Hannah Exalts the Lord in Prayer Hannah prayed,“My heart has rejoiced in the LORD; my horn has been raised high because of the LORD. I have loudly denounced my enemies. Indeed I rejoice in your deliverance.
  • Job 32:20 : 20 I will speak, so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.
  • Job 33:2-3 : 2 See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue in my mouth has spoken. 3 My words come from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will utter knowledge sincerely.
  • Ps 51:15 : 15 O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.

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    11as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that many people may give thanks to God on our behalf for the gracious gift given to us through the help of many.

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    6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

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    7But as you excel in everything– in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you– make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

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    4For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated(not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.