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Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)

2 Corinthians 8:9

He was rich; in all the glories of the Godhead in heaven.

He became poor; by leaving the glory he had with the Father before the creation, being born of a virgin in a stable, and cradled in a manger; living in poverty, and dying in agony on the cross, the just for the unjust.

Ye-might be rich; in the perfect and eternal holiness and bliss of heaven. Information and kind persuasions are more efficacious than authority in leading men to do good. Example has great influence, and the most powerful means of all is the example of Jesus Christ. Would we lead men to do the greatest good, we must direct their minds to him, and by his love strive to induce them to imitate his example.

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