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Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. |
holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain. |
holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may have cause to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain. |
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As you hold out (or, hold onto) the word of life – in o0rder that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing. |
Holding out [to it] and offering [to all men] the Word of Life, so that in the day of Christ I may have something of which exultantly to rejoice and glory in that I did not run my race in vain or spend my labor to no purpose. |
holding forth the word of life, to the end that I might have a ground for glorying reserved for the day of Christ, this glorying being because of the fact that I did not run in vain nor did I labor to the point of exhaustion in vain. |
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For you hold up in your hands the very word of life. Thus can you give me something to be proud of in the day of Christ, for I shall know then that I did not spend my energy in vain. |
to hold up the message of life. That will give me ground for boasting on the day of Christ, because neither my career nor my labor has been a failure. |
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