The Conduct of God's Ministers

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in nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may be not blamed,

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but in everything recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

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in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

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in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

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in the word of truth, in the power of God, through the armour of the righteousness, on the right and on the left,

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through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report, as leading astray, and true;

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as unknown, and recognized; as dying, and lo, we live; as chastened, and not put to death;

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as sorrowful, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.