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2 Corinthians 8:7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Corinthians 8:7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 [a]Now as you excel in every respect, in faith, discourse, knowledge, all earnestness, and in the love we have for you,(A) may you excel in this gracious act also.
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- 8:7 The charitable service Paul is promoting is seen briefly and in passing within the perspective of Paul’s theology of the charisms. Earnestness (spoudē): this or related terms occur also in 2 Cor 8:22 (“earnest”) and 2 Cor 8:8, 16, 17 (“concern”).
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