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2 Corinthians 8:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Now as you excel in everything #– #in faith, speech, knowledge,  and in all diligence, and in your love for us   #– #excel also in this act of grace.

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We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, since your faith is flourishing and the love  each one of you has for one another  is increasing.


And God is able  to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work.


And I pray this: that your love  will keep on growing  in knowledge and every kind of discernment,


So we urged Titus that just as he had begun, so he should also complete among you this act of grace.


If I have the gift of prophecy  and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains,  but do not have love, I am nothing.


For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it?


that you were enriched in him  in every way, in all speech and all knowledge.


Love never ends.  But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.


For we were all baptised by  one Spirit into one body #– #whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free #– #and we were all given one Spirit to drink.


But grow in the grace and knowledge  of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.  ,


Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth,  so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other,  from a pure  heart love one another constantly,  ,


You, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace  that is in Christ Jesus.


No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need,  so that it gives grace to those who hear.


And as they pray on your behalf, they will have deep affection for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.


and not only by his arrival but also by the comfort he received from you. He told us about your deep longing, your sorrow, and your zeal  for me, so that I rejoiced even more.


So also you #– #since you are zealous  for spiritual gifts,  , seek to excel in building up the church.


My brothers and sisters, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness,  filled with all knowledge,  and able to instruct one another.


For you say, “I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,”   and you don’t realise that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.


Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful. By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,


filled with the fruit  of righteousness  that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory  and praise of God.


to one  is given a message of wisdom  through the Spirit; to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit;


‘The man with two talents also approached. He said, “Master, you gave me two talents. See, I’ve earned two more talents.”





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