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¹³Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.

⁷For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.

²⁰Now to him who is able to do all things, more abundantly than we could ever ask or understand, by means of the virtue which is at work in us:

¹⁴For it is like a man setting out on a long journey, who called his servants and delivered to them his goods. ¹⁵And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, yet to another he gave one, to each according to his own ability. And promptly, he set out. ¹⁶Then he who had received five talents went out, and he made use of these, and he gained another five. ¹⁷And similarly, he who had received two gained another two. ¹⁸But he who had received one, going out, dug into the earth, and he hid the money of his lord. ¹⁹Yet truly, after a long time, the lord of those servants returned and he settled accounts with them.

⁴Truly, there are diverse graces, but the same Spirit. ⁵And there are diverse ministries, but the same Lord. ⁶And there are diverse works, but the same God, who works everything in everyone. ⁷However, the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one toward what is beneficial. ⁸Certainly, to one, through the Spirit, is given words of wisdom; but to another, according to the same Spirit, words of knowledge; ⁹to another, in the same Spirit, faith; to another, in the one Spirit, the gift of healing;

⁶And we each have different gifts, according to the grace that has been given to us: whether prophecy, in agreement with the reasonableness of faith;

⁵It is not that we are adequate to think anything of ourselves, as if anything was from us. But our adequacy is from God.

²³Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men.

³and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge in every craft, ⁴in order to design whatever must be fabricated from gold, and silver, and brass, ⁵from marble, and precious stones, and various woods.

¹⁰Just as each of you has received grace, minister in the same way to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. ¹¹When anyone speaks, it should be like words of God. When anyone ministers, it should be from the virtue that God provides, so that in all things God may be honored through Jesus Christ. To him is glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

¹¹When anyone speaks, it should be like words of God. When anyone ministers, it should be from the virtue that God provides, so that in all things God may be honored through Jesus Christ. To him is glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

¹³Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.

²⁰I live; yet now, it is not I, but truly Christ, who lives in me. And though I live now in the flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and who delivered himself for me.

⁴⁸Yet he who did not know, and who acted in a way that deserves a beating, will be beaten fewer times. So then, of all to whom much has been given, much will be required. And of those to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be asked.

¹⁰For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.

¹⁷Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.