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2 Cô-rinh-tô 5 12
We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart. (niv)
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Giăng 7:24
Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.” (niv)
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2 Cô-rinh-tô 11 23
Are they servants of Christ?( I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. (niv)
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1 Cô-rinh-tô 14 37
If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command. (niv)
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1 Cô-rinh-tô 9 1
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? (niv)
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1 Cô-rinh-tô 3 23
and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God. (niv)
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Ga-la-ti 3 29
If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. (niv)
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1Giăng 4:6
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1 Cô-rinh-tô 1 12
What I mean is this: One of you says,“ I follow Paul”; another,“ I follow Apollos”; another,“ I follow Cephas”; still another,“ I follow Christ.” (niv)
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2 Cô-rinh-tô 10 1
By the humility and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you— I, Paul, who am“ timid” when face to face with you, but“ bold” toward you when away! (niv)
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Lu-ca 16 15
He said to them,“ You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight. (niv)
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2 Cô-rinh-tô 13 3
since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. (niv)
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1 Sa-mu-ên 16 7
But the Lord said to Samuel,“ Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” (niv)
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Rô-ma 2 28-Rô-ma 2 29
A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God. (niv)
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Ma-thi-ơ 23 5
“ Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; (niv)
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2 Cô-rinh-tô 11 18
Since many are boasting in the way the world does, I too will boast. (niv)
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Ga-la-ti 1 11-Ga-la-ti 1 13
I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. (niv)
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Ga-la-ti 2 5-Ga-la-ti 2 9
We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.As for those who were held in high esteem— whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism— they added nothing to my message.On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles.James, Cephas and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised. (niv)
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2 Cô-rinh-tô 11 4
For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough. (niv)
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1 Cô-rinh-tô 15 23
But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. (niv)
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2 Cô-rinh-tô 12 11
I have made a fool of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the“ super-apostles,” even though I am nothing. (niv)