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-# Connecting Statement:
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-In his closing notes, Paul reminds the Corinthian believers to collect money for the needy believers in Jerusalem.
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 # for God's holy people
 
 Paul was collecting money from his churches for the poor Jewish Christians in Jerusalem and Judea.