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Romans 15:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

My friends, I am sure that you are very good and that you have all the knowledge you need to teach each other.

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who helps you speak and understand so well.

Some of us can speak with wisdom, while others can speak with knowledge, but these gifts come from the same Spirit.

What if I could prophesy and understand all secrets and all knowledge? And what if I had faith that moved mountains? I would be nothing, unless I loved others.

In your letter you asked me about food offered to idols. All of us know something about this subject. But knowledge makes us proud of ourselves, while love makes us helpful to others.

You know-all this, and so it doesn't bother you to eat in the temple of an idol. But suppose a person with a weak conscience sees you and decides to eat food that has been offered to idols.

Not everyone knows these things. In fact, many people have grown up with the belief that idols have life in them. So when they eat meat offered to idols, they are bothered by a weak conscience.

You do everything better than anyone else. You have stronger faith. You speak better and know more. You are eager to give, and you love us better. Now you must give more generously than anyone else.

and make your light shine. Be good and honest and truthful,

Jesus Christ will keep you busy doing good deeds that bring glory and praise to God.

You have a special place in my heart. So it is only natural for me to feel the way I do. All of you have helped in the work that God has given me, as I defend the good news and tell about it here in jail.

Let the message about Christ completely fill your lives, while you use all your wisdom to teach and instruct each other. With thankful hearts, sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.

That's why you must encourage and help each other, just as you are already doing.

My friends, we beg you to warn anyone who isn't living right. Encourage anyone who feels left out, help all who are weak, and be patient with everyone.

God chose you, and we keep praying that God will make you worthy of being his people. We pray for God's power to help you do all the good things that you hope to do and that your faith makes you want to do.

I also remember the genuine faith of your mother Eunice. Your grandmother Lois had the same sort of faith, and I am sure that you have it as well.

I am sure you will do all I have asked, and even more.

By now you should have been teachers, but once again you need to be taught the simplest things about what God has said. You need milk instead of solid food.

My friends, we are talking this way. But we are sure that you are doing those really good things that people do when they are being saved.

You are holding firmly to the truth that you were given. But I am still going to remind you of these things.

I did not need to write to you about the truth, since you already know it. You also know that liars do not belong to the truth.




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