For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the holy Ghost, and in much certainty; as ye know what sort of persons we were among you for your sakes.

which is according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I was intrusted.

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among whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, doth not shine unto them:

For we are the sweet odor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, yea and in them that perish:

for unto this day the same veil remaineth unremoved in the reading of the old testament, which veil is taken away in Christ.

And upon this occasion Jesus opened his mouth and said, "I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and knowing, and hast revealed them to babes:

For the doctrine of the cross is to them, that perish, foolishness: but to us, who are saved, it is the power of God.

who comes, through the efficacy of Satan, with all kind of lying power, and signs,

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for this reason I speak to them in parables; because though they see, they will not see; and though they hear, they will not hear, nor understand.

But they did not know that He spake unto them of the Father.

Beloved, thou actest faithfully in whatsoever service thou dost to the brethren, and to strangers too;