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Today's Bible Reading :: 2 Corinthians 5 - 9 (ESV)

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2 Corinthians 5

Our Heavenly Dwelling

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:1 - For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:2 - For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:3 - if indeed by putting it on[fn] we may not be found naked.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:4 - For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:5 - He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:6 - So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:7 - for we walk by faith, not by sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:8 - Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:9 - So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

The Ministry of Reconciliation

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:11 - Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:12 - We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:13 - For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:14 - For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:15 - and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:16 - From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.[fn] The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:18 - All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:19 - that is, in Christ God was reconciling[fn] the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:20 - Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:21 - For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
ESV Footnotes
Some manuscripts putting it off
Or down payment
Or creature
Or God was in Christ, reconciling

2 Corinthians 6

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:1 - Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:2 - For he says,
“In a favorable time I listened to you,
and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:3 - We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:4 - but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:5 - beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:6 - by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:7 - by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:8 - through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:9 - as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:10 - as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:11 - We have spoken freely to you,[fn] Corinthians; our heart is wide open.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:12 - You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:13 - In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.

The Temple of the Living God

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:14 - Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:15 - What accord has Christ with Belial?[fn] Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:16 - What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,
“I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:17 - Therefore go out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:18 - and I will be a father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”
ESV Footnotes
Greek Our mouth is open to you
Greek Beliar

2 Corinthians 7

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:1 - Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body[fn] and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

Paul’s Joy

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:2 - Make room in your hearts[fn] for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:3 - I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:4 - I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:5 - For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:6 - But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:7 - and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:8 - For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it—though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:9 - As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:10 - For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:11 - For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:12 - So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:13 - Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:14 - For whatever boasts I made to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boasting before Titus has proved true.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:15 - And his affection for you is even greater, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:16 - I rejoice, because I have complete confidence in you.
ESV Footnotes
Greek flesh
Greek lacks in your hearts

2 Corinthians 8

Encouragement to Give Generously

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:1 - We want you to know, brothers,[fn] about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:2 - for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:3 - For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:4 - begging us earnestly for the favor[fn] of taking part in the relief of the saints—

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:5 - and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:6 - Accordingly, we urged Titus that as he had started, so he should complete among you this act of grace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:7 - But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you[fn]—see that you excel in this act of grace also.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:8 - I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:9 - For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:10 - And in this matter I give my judgment: this benefits you, who a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:11 - So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:12 - For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:13 - For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but that as a matter of fairness

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:14 - your abundance at the present time should supply their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:15 - As it is written, “Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack.”

Commendation of Titus

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:16 - But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:17 - For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest he is going[fn] to you of his own accord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:18 - With him we are sending[fn] the brother who is famous among all the churches for his preaching of the gospel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:19 - And not only that, but he has been appointed by the churches to travel with us as we carry out this act of grace that is being ministered by us, for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our good will.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:20 - We take this course so that no one should blame us about this generous gift that is being administered by us,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:21 - for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord’s sight but also in the sight of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:22 - And with them we are sending our brother whom we have often tested and found earnest in many matters, but who is now more earnest than ever because of his great confidence in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:23 - As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for your benefit. And as for our brothers, they are messengers[fn] of the churches, the glory of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:24 - So give proof before the churches of your love and of our boasting about you to these men.
ESV Footnotes
Or brothers and sisters
The Greek word charis can mean favor or grace or thanks, depending on the context
Some manuscripts in your love for us
Or he went
Or we sent; also verse 22
Greek apostles

2 Corinthians 9

The Collection for Christians in Jerusalem

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:1 - Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:2 - for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:3 - But I am sending[fn] the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:4 - Otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:5 - So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift[fn] you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction.[fn]

The Cheerful Giver

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:6 - The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully[fn] will also reap bountifully.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:7 - Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:8 - And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency[fn] in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:9 - As it is written,
“He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:10 - He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:11 - You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:12 - For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:13 - By their approval of this service, they[fn] will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:14 - while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:15 - Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
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ESV Footnotes
Or I have sent
Greek blessing; twice in this verse
Or a gift expecting something in return; Greek greed
Greek with blessings; twice in this verse
Or all contentment
Or you
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