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2 Corinthians 8:3

First Nations Version

I speak truth from my heart. They not only gave as much as they could. They willingly sacrificed even more. Of their own free will

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But I do not want to do anything unless you agree to it. In this way, you will help me willingly and not because you think you must.


When you gather on the first day of the week, take from as much as you have been blessed with and set it aside. Keep it in a safe place until I come. In this way no offerings will need to be taken when I come.


So the followers who lived in Stands Against (Antioch) decided to send help to the sacred family in the Land of Promise (Judea)—as much as they could spare.


If I chose this for myself, then I would expect to be honored for it. But if this was chosen for me, then I am only a keeper of this sacred task, requiring no special honor.


I counsel you to watch over Creator’s family like a shepherd watching over a flock of sheep. Do this willingly, as Creator wants you to, not to gain more possessions but from an honest desire to serve.


If your gift is speaking, then your words should come from the Great Spirit. If your gift is serving, then serve with the strength Creator gives you. In this way, the Great Spirit will be honored by everything you do through Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. To him belongs all power and shining-greatness to the time beyond the end of all days. Aho! May it be so!


We cared so much for you that we were willing to share with you not only Creator’s good story but our own lives as well. That is how deep our love for you has become.


I speak from my heart, he has worked with all his strength for you and for those who live in the village of The People Will Decide (Laodicea) and in Medicine Village (Hierapolis).


For the Great Spirit is creating in you the desire and strength to do what pleases him.


I speak the truth when I say that their dedication to the Great Spirit burns like a wildfire! But this fire has been set ablaze with no understanding.


Have you lost your desire to be such a blessing to me? I am telling you the truth that in those days, if it had been in your power, you would have sacrificed anything to help me, even your own eyes.


This is her gift to me, to prepare me for my burial.





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