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At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
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And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.
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And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
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And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
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And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.
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And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
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Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
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And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
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But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
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Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
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Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.
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Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
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And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
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Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
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For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
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And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
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And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
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And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
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And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
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And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
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And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
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For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
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And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
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And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
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And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
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And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.
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And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
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Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
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And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
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Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
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Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
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Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
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Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
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And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
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Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
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And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
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And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
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And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
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And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
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But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
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And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.
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And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
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And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
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Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
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There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
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So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
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And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
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Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
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The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
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And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
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And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
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And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
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And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
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Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
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And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
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Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.
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Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
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In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
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And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
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Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
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Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
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Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
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For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
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Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
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Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
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For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
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And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
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That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
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Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
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But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
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So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
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And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
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Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
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The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
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But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
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What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
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For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
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According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
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But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
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For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
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Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
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And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
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That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
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Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
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And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
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For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
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Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
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If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
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Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
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Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
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Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
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Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
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Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
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But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
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And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
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Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
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That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
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And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
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Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
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That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
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Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
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Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
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For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
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But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
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For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
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For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
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But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
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Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
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But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
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Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
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For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
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For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
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I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
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Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
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Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
