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Isaiah 66:5
You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the Lord:“ Your brothers who hate and exclude you because of Me have said,‘ Let the Lord be glorified so that we can see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
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Proverbs 10:10
A sly wink of the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will be destroyed.
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John 9:34-35
“ You were born entirely in sin,” they replied,“ and are you trying to teach us?” Then they threw him out.When Jesus heard that they had thrown the man out, He found him and asked,“ Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
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2 Corinthians 13 2
I gave a warning when I was present the second time, and now I give a warning while I am absent to those who sinned before and to all the rest: If I come again, I will not be lenient,
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1 Corinthians 5 1-1 Corinthians 5 5
It is widely reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and the kind of sexual immorality that is not even tolerated among the Gentiles— a man is living with his father’s wife.And you are inflated with pride, instead of filled with grief so that he who has committed this act might be removed from your congregation.For though I am absent in body but present in spirit, I have already decided about the one who has done this thing as though I were present.When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus with my spirit and with the power of our Lord Jesus,turn that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.
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Luke 6:22
You are blessed when people hate you, when they exclude you, insult you, and slander your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
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2 Corinthians 10 1-2 Corinthians 10 11
Now I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the gentleness and graciousness of Christ— I who am humble among you in person but bold toward you when absent.I beg you that when I am present I will not need to be bold with the confidence by which I plan to challenge certain people who think we are behaving in an unspiritual way.For though we live in the body, we do not wage war in an unspiritual way,since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish argumentsand every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.And we are ready to punish any disobedience, once your obedience has been confirmed.Look at what is obvious. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to Christ, so do we.For if I boast some more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I am not ashamed.I don’t want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters.For it is said,“ His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak, and his public speaking is despicable.”Such a person should consider this: What we are in the words of our letters when absent, we will be in actions when present.
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3 John 1 5
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