Liturgy Gospel
Paulines Epistle
Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed to the Gospel of God.
A reading from the Epistle of our teacher Paul to the Corinthians .
May his blessings be upon us.
Amen.
2 Corinthians 2 : 12 - 3 : 6
Chapter 2
| 12 | Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,
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| 13 | I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I departed for Macedonia.
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| 14 | Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
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| 15 | For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
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| 16 | To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things?
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| 17 | For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.
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Chapter 3
| 1 | Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you?
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| 2 | You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
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| 3 | clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.
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| 4 | And we have such trust through Christ toward God.
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| 5 | Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,
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| 6 | who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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The grace of God the Father be with you all.
Amen.
