From Resource Curse to Blessing

And is under no one 's obligation to return his favour ,

And no one has done a favour to him , for which he should be compensated .

and confers no favour on any man for recompense ,

And who hath no favour from anyone to recompense .

And have in his mind no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return ,

Seeking no favor in return .

not as payment for any favours that he received ,

And none hath with him any favour for reward ,

and does not expect any reward from anyone ,

and confers no favor upon anyone for recompense

And not giving for anyone who has done him a favor to be rewarded

They do not expect any reward

And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded ,

and owes no favour to anyone , which is to be repaid ,

And have in their minds no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return ,

My children are a blessing.

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.

Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,

And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Then the resource curse can be turned into a blessing.

He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.

for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

but Paul chose Silas, and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.