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for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
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throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
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and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.
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Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ`s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ`s, so also we are Christ`s.
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For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be put to shame,
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that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
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For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.