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2 Corinthians 4:10

First Nations Version

Everywhere we go death bears down on us. Our bodies are dying the kind of death Creator Sets Free (Jesus) died. In this way his life will also be seen in our bodies.

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If we have joined with him in his death, then, like him, we will also rise again to a new life.


Here is a wise saying you can fully trust: If we died with him, we will live with him.


Instead, be glad that you share in the sufferings of the Chosen One. The more you share in his sufferings, the more you will dance for joy when his shining-greatness is revealed.


I will say it another way. If we have died with the Chosen One, we believe we will also live with him.


Yes, he was nailed to a tree-pole—the cross—and died as a weak human being, but he now lives by the power of the Great Spirit. In the same way we, like him, are also weak human beings, but you will see that, like him, we also live by the power of the Great Spirit as we walk together with you.


When our suffering overflows because we represent the Chosen One, he gives us overflowing strength and well-being.


It is written in our Sacred Teachings, “Because of you we face death every day. We are counted only as sheep to be violently killed.”


Even though I have been suffering for you, it makes my heart glad. There are still many things that the Chosen One must suffer through his sacred family in his body on earth. My suffering, in my human body, is my part in bringing full meaning and purpose to these remaining afflictions. This I gladly do for the sake of the sacred family, the body of the Chosen One.


It truly felt as if death were stalking us. This caused us to stop trusting in ourselves and to put our trust in the Great Spirit who brings the dead back to life—and he did!


Last of all, let no one trouble me any longer, for on my body I bear the scars that mark me as a follower of Creator Sets Free (Jesus).


Soon this world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I will live again, you will also live.


When I saw him, I dropped to the ground and lay at his feet as a dead man. He put his right hand on me and said, “Do not fear!


It is because of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) that we who are alive are always facing death. It is for this reason that the life of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) will also be seen in our death-doomed bodies.


If you are treated with scorn and contempt because you follow the Chosen One, you are blessed. For this is a sign that the beauty of his Spirit and of Creator is resting on you.





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