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2 Corinthians 8:7

First Nations Version

You are strong in faith, noble in speech, wise in understanding, and wholehearted in all that you do. The love we planted in you has grown strong. Since you have done so well in all these things, see to it that you also do well in this gift of giving.

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My sacred family members, it is only right and good that we are always giving thanks to Creator for you. We give thanks for the way your trust in him and your love for each other keeps growing stronger day by day.


Creator has the power to use the gift of all of his great kindness to provide more than enough for all that you need at all times. In this way you will have plenty to help others,


When I send my voice to the Great Spirit, I pray that the love you have for each other will grow strong and remain steady in wisdom and understanding.


This is why we asked Big Man (Titus) to once again stir up this gift of great kindness in your hearts. For he is the one who first asked you to join in with this offering to help Creator’s holy people.


I may have prophetic powers and the ability to see into sacred mysteries and understand all things. I might even have faith strong enough to make mountains move. But if I fail to love, I am nothing.


Who made you better than others? Do you have anything that was not gifted to you? If it was a gift, then why do you behave as if you gained it by yourselves?


He has blessed you with the right words to speak and a deep understanding of all things.


The road of love has no end. The time will come when prophets are no longer needed, when people will stop speaking in unknown languages, and when the need for knowledge will fade away.


For through the one Spirit we all participated in the purification ceremony that joined us together into one body. That body is made up of Tribal Members, Wisdom Seekers (Greeks), slaves and free. But none of that matters because we all drink living water from the same Spirit.


Instead, keep growing in the gift of great kindness and knowledge that is yours through our Honored Chief and Sacred Deliverer, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. To him be all honor and bright-shining greatness, both now and to the time beyond the end of all days. Aho! May it be so!


You have purified your souls by fully following the truth. Now your love for each other can come from a true heart. So keep loving each other in this way.


So then, my spiritual son, let the gift of great kindness from Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One be your strength.


Keep a close watch over the words you speak, for our mouths can be full of worthless and empty talk that will bring death to others. Let your words be full of wisdom and goodwill that will give strength and bring healing to the ones who hear you.


With deep feelings for you they will send their voice to the Great Spirit, for they have seen the gift of Creator’s great kindness at work in you.


We were also encouraged when he gave us a good report about your concern for us. He told us of your longing to see me, of your tears, and your burning desire to defend me. This made my heart glad!


Here is what I am saying to you: since you have such a strong desire for spiritual powers, desire those powers that will help the sacred family grow stronger.


My sacred family members, I can see that goodness and wisdom have already found a home in you. You have become wise teachers able to instruct each other in the ways of the Great Spirit.


The reason for this is that you say, ‘I have acquired great possessions, more than I could ever need.’ But you cannot see that you are to be pitied, for spiritually you are full of misery—poor and blind and naked.


So then, since we are welcoming a good road that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks to the Great Spirit and serve him in a good way, with much honor and respect.


I pray that your lives will be filled with the good fruit of doing what is right, which comes from remaining true to Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. All of this will bring honor and praise to the Great Spirit.


Creator’s Spirit gives to one person words full of wisdom, and the same Spirit gives another person words full of knowledge.


“Then the man to whom he gave two herds came forward and said, ‘You gave me two herds, but I have four to give back to you.’





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