he who also sealed us, and gave the Spirit as a pledge in our hearts.

who also gave us ability to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

Now he that hath prepared us for this very thing is God; who also gave to us the Spirit as the pledge.

And all things are from God, who reconciled us to himself by Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;

for according to their power, I bear witness, and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,

and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God;

as it is written: "He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor; his righteousness remaineth for ever."

For even if I should boast still more highly of our authority, which the Lord gave us for building you up, and not pulling you down, I should not be put to shame;

For this cause I write these things while absent, that when present I may not use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord gave me for edification, and not for destruction.