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Common to all (Job 5:7; 14:1; Ps. 34:19); are for the [[Text:EBD:Goodness|good ]] of [[Text:EBD:Man|men ]] (James 1:2, 3, 12; 2 Cor. 12:7) and the [[Text:EBD:Glory|glory ]] of [[Text:EBD:God |God]] (2 Cor. 12:7-10; 1 Pet. 4:14), and are to be borne with patience by the [[Text:EBD:Lord|Lord's ]] people (Ps. 94:12; Prov. 3:12). They are all directed by God (Lam. 3:33), and will result in the [[Text:EBD:Everlasting|everlasting ]] good of his people (2 Cor. 4:16-18) in [[Text:EBD:Christ |Christ]] [[Text:EBD:Jesus|Jesus ]] (Rom. 8:35-39).

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