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    "n": 16,
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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "1CO-16:1",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.1",
        "text": "Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I gave order to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "1CO-16:2",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.2",
        "text": "Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "1CO-16:3",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.3",
        "text": "And when I arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve, them will I send with letters to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem:"
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "1CO-16:4",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.4",
        "text": "and if it be meet for me to go also, they shall go with me."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "1CO-16:5",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.5",
        "text": "But I will come unto you, when I shall have passed through Macedonia; for I pass through Macedonia;"
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "1CO-16:6",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.6",
        "text": "but with you it may be that I shall abide, or even winter, that ye may set me forward on my journey whithersoever I go."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "1CO-16:7",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.7",
        "text": "For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "1CO-16:8",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.8",
        "text": "But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost;"
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "1CO-16:9",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.9",
        "text": "for a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "1CO-16:10",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.10",
        "text": "Now if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear; for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do:"
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "1CO-16:11",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.11",
        "text": "let no man therefore despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come unto me: for I expect him with the brethren."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "1CO-16:12",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.12",
        "text": "But as touching Apollos the brother, I besought him much to come unto you with the brethren: and it was not all [his] will to come now; but he will come when he shall have opportunity."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "1CO-16:13",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.13",
        "text": "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "1CO-16:14",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.14",
        "text": "Let all that ye do be done in love."
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        "n": 15,
        "refId": "1CO-16:15",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.15",
        "text": "Now I beseech you, brethren (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to minister unto the saints),"
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "1CO-16:16",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.16",
        "text": "that ye also be in subjection unto such, and to every one that helpeth in the work and laboreth."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "1CO-16:17",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.17",
        "text": "And I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they supplied."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "1CO-16:18",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.18",
        "text": "For they refreshed my spirit and yours: acknowledge ye therefore them that are such."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "1CO-16:19",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.19",
        "text": "The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Prisca salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "1CO-16:20",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.20",
        "text": "All the brethren salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "1CO-16:21",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.21",
        "text": "The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "1CO-16:22",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.22",
        "text": "If any man loveth not the Lord, let him be anathema. Maranatha."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "1CO-16:23",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.23",
        "text": "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "1CO-16:24",
        "verseRef": "1CO.16.24",
        "text": "My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen."
      }
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