16 to be (A)a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the (B)gospel of God, so that my (C)offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles.(A) He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God,(B) so that the Gentiles might become an offering(C) acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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revealing yourselves, that you are a letter of Christ, [a](A)delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of (B)the living God, not on (C)tablets of stone but on (D)tablets of [b](E)human hearts.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Lit served
  2. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Lit hearts of flesh

You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God,(A) not on tablets of stone(B) but on tablets of human hearts.(C)

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who also made us adequate as (A)servants of a (B)new covenant, not of (C)the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but (D)the Spirit gives life.

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He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant(A)—not of the letter(B) but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(C)

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Paul’s Apostolic Ministry

Therefore, since we have this (A)ministry, as we (B)received mercy, we (C)do not lose heart,

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Present Weakness and Resurrection Life

Therefore, since through God’s mercy(A) we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.(B)

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18 Now (A)all these things are from God, (B)who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the (C)ministry of reconciliation,

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18 All this is from God,(A) who reconciled us to himself through Christ(B) and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

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but in everything (A)commending ourselves as [a](B)servants of God, (C)in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in difficulties,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:4 Or ministers

Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses;

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(A)of which I was made a (B)minister, according to the gift of (C)God’s grace which was given to me (D)according to the working of His power.

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I became a servant of this gospel(A) by the gift of God’s grace given me(B) through the working of his power.(C)

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25 (A)I [a]was made a minister of this church according to the (B)commission from God granted to me for your benefit, so that I might [b]fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:25 Lit became
  2. Colossians 1:25 Lit make full the word of God

25 I have become its servant(A) by the commission God gave me(B) to present to you the word of God(C) in its fullness—

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Paul’s Testimony

12 I thank (A)Christ Jesus our Lord, who has (B)strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, (C)putting me into service,

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The Lord’s Grace to Paul

12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength,(A) that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.(B)

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