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2 Corinthians 8:23

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

As for Titus, he is my partner  and co-worker  for you; as for our brothers, they are the messengers  of the churches, the glory of Christ.

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But I considered it necessary to send you Epaphroditus   #– #my brother, co-worker, and fellow soldier, as well as your messenger and minister to my need   #– #


So if you consider me a partner, welcome  him as you would me.


So we urged Titus that just as he had begun, so he should also complete among you this act of grace.


Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can be co-workers with the truth.


Mark,  Aristarchus,  Demas, and Luke,  my co-workers.


On the contrary, after we had previously suffered  and were treated outrageously in Philippi,  as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.


You learned this from Epaphras,  our dearly loved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ  on your  behalf,


Yes, I also ask you, true partner,  to help these women who have contended for the gospel at my side, along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers whose names are in the book of life.


I urged Titus  to go, and I sent the brother with him. Titus didn’t take advantage of you, did he? Didn’t we walk in the same spirit  and in the same footsteps?


And not only that, but he was also appointed by the churches to accompany us with this gracious gift that we are administering for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help.


Thanks be to God, who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus.


But God, who comforts the downcast,  comforted us by the arrival of Titus,


and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners. ‘Don’t be afraid,’   Jesus told Simon. ‘From now on you will be catching people.’


So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.


‘Truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master,   , and a messenger is not greater than the one who sent him.


A man should not cover his head, because he is the image  and glory of God.  So too, woman is the glory of man.


We have sent with him the brother  who is praised among all the churches for his gospel ministry.


We have also sent with them our brother. We have often tested him in many circumstances and found him to be diligent #– #and now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.


because Demas  has deserted me,  since he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica.  Crescens has gone to Galatia,  Titus  to Dalmatia.


To Titus,  my true son  in our common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.





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