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2 Corinthians 1:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

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For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;

O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.

Now after a number of years I came to give help and offerings to my nation:

I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:

But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.

For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

Let us then keep the feast, not with old leaven, and not with the leaven of evil thoughts and acts, but with the unleavened bread of true thoughts and right feelings.

If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?

But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.

For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.

Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;

So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;

You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;

But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:

In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,

Make prayers for us, for we are certain that our hearts are free from the sense of sin, desiring the right way of life in all things.

But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.

So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.

Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.

And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead;




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