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2 Corinthians 12:11-18. Confronting the Con. Confronting the Con. Be Authentic. Confronting the Con.
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Confronting the Con Be Authentic
Confronting the Con 2Co 12:11 I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, for in no respect was I inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody. 2Co 12:12 The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with all perseverance, by signs and wonders and miracles.
Confronting the Con Be Authentic Know your Condition
Confronting the Con 1Co 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 1Co 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
Confronting the Con 2Co 12:9 And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 2Co 12:10 Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
Confronting the Con Be Authentic Know your Condition Know your Calling
Confronting the Con Act 5:14 And all the more believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added to their number, Act 5:15 to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on any one of them.
Confronting the Con 1Co 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
Confronting the Con 1Co 1:22 For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; 1Co 1:23abut we preach Christ crucified
Confronting the Con 1Jn 3:10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.
Confronting the Con 1Jn 3:10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother. Jas 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.
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Confronting the Con 2Co 12:13 For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not become a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong! 2Co 12:14 Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is yours, but you; for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
Confronting the Con Be Authentic Know your Condition Know your Calling Be an Advocate Don’t Be a Burden
Confronting the Con 2Co 11:20 For you tolerate it if anyone enslaves you, anyone devours you, anyone takes advantage of you, anyone exalts himself, anyone hits you in the face.
Confronting the Con Be Authentic Know your Condition Know your Calling Be an Advocate Don’t Be a Burden Do Seek their Best
Confronting the Con 1Co 16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so do you also. 1Co 16:2 On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come.
Confronting the Con Be Authentic Know your Condition Know your Calling Be an Advocate Don’t Be a Burden Do Seek their Best Show Agape
Confronting the Con 2Co 12:15 I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less? 2Co 12:16 But be that as it may, I did not burden you myself; nevertheless, crafty fellow that I am, I took you in by deceit.
Confronting the Con Be Authentic Know your Condition Know your Calling Be an Advocate Don’t Be a Burden Do Seek their Best Show Agape In How you Spend
Confronting the Con Be Authentic Know your Condition Know your Calling Be an Advocate Don’t Be a Burden Do Seek their Best Show Agape In How you Spend Through Those you Send
Confronting the Con 2Co 12:17 Certainly I have not taken advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you, have I? 2Co 12:18 I urged Titus to go, and I sent the brother with him. Titus did not take any advantage of you, did he? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit and walk in the same steps?