2 Corinthians 10:8
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8 Now, even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of it.(A)
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2 Corinthians 13:10
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10 So I write these things while I am away from you, so that when I come I may not have to be severe in using the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.(A)
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2 Timothy 1:12
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12 and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.[a](A)
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- 1.12 Or the deposit he has entrusted to me
Galatians 1:1
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1 Paul an apostle—sent neither by human commission nor from human authorities but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—
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2 Corinthians 13:8
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8 For we cannot do anything against the truth but only for the truth.
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2 Corinthians 13:2-3
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2 I warned those who sinned previously and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not be lenient— 3 since you desire proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful in you.(A)
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2 Corinthians 12:6
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6 But if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I will be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it, so that no one may think better of me than what is seen in me or heard from me,(A)
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2 Corinthians 1:24
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24 I do not mean to imply that we lord it over your faith; rather, we are workers with you for your joy because you stand firm in faith.(A)
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2 Corinthians 7:14
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14 For if I have been somewhat boastful about you to him, I was not put to shame, but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved true as well.(A)
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