John 20:21-23

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21 So Jesus said to them again, “^aPeace be with you; ^bas the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” 22 And when He had said this, He ^abreathed on them and *said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 ^aIf you forgive the sins of any, their sins ¹have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”

2 Corinthians 13:3-10

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3 since you are ^aseeking proof that ^bChrist speaks in me; He is not weak toward you, but ^cmighty in you. 4 For indeed He was ^acrucified because of weakness, yet He lives ^bbecause of the power of God. For we also are ^cweak ¹in Him, yet ^dwe will live with Him because of the power of God toward you.
5 ^aTest yourselves to see if you are in the faith; ^bexamine yourselves! Or do you not recognize about yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you ¹^cfail the test? 6 But I hope that you will realize that we ourselves ¹do not fail the test. 7 Now we pray to God that you do no wrong, not that we ourselves may appear approved, but that you may do what is right, even though we may ¹appear unapproved. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth. 9 For we rejoice when we ourselves are ^aweak but you are strong. This we also pray for, ¹that you be ^brestored. 10 For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present ^aI need not use ^bseverity, in accordance with the ^cauthority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.