Biblia Todo Logo
Cross References

- Advertisements -




2 Corinthians 6:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,

See the chapter Copy

41 Cross References  

And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.

Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

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

Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

For who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? But we have the mind of Christ.

And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.

For if anyone comes preaching another Jesus from the one whose preachers we are, or if you have got a different spirit, or a different sort of good news from those which came to you, how well you put up with these things.

But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.

And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?

For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.

But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;

For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.

For you are clearly a letter of Christ, the fruit of our work, recorded not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in stone, but in hearts of flesh.

Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,

Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;

With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

In whom are all the secret stores of wisdom and knowledge.

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

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

Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living.

To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.

But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;

Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;

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

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.

And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

And she said to him, Why do you say you are my lover when your heart is not mine? Three times you have made sport of me, and have not made clear to me the secret of your great strength.




Follow us:

Advertisements


Advertisements