Romans 15:14

First Nations Version

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.

Cross References

2 Peter 1:12

Even though you know these things and stand firm in the truth you now have, as long as I live in this body I will never stop reminding you about these things. I think it is the right thing to do,

1 John 2:21

I write this to you not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now I will give my answer to you about offering food to spirit-images. We may think we know all the answers about these things. Knowledge puffs up the individual, but love strengthens and builds up the sacred family. Knowledge makes big heads, but love makes big hearts.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

So encourage each other and help each other grow strong, just as you are already doing.

Colossians 3:16

Let the message of the Chosen One become a deep watering hole inside you. It will then become a refreshing spring as you teach and guide one another with wisdom and understanding. You will sing traditional prayers, sacred chants, and spiritual songs, as you dance your prayers before the Great Spirit with glad and thankful hearts.

1 Corinthians 8:10

If these weak family members were to see you eating in a lodge dedicated to a spirit-image, they might find strength in the moment to go along with you and eat this food, even though they feel deep inside that it is wrong to do so.

1 Corinthians 8:7

But not all human beings have this knowledge. There are some who are familiar with spirit-images. So when they eat food they know has been offered to a spirit-image, they feel bad about it deep inside. Their understanding is weak, and so they feel they have done something wrong.

1 Corinthians 1:5

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

Philemon 1:21

I write this letter to you knowing you will do all I have asked and much more.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

Now, my sacred family members, we call on you to give firm and wise counsel to those whose hands do nothing. Comfort those whose hearts are on the ground. Help the ones who are weak, and be patient with everyone.

Ephesians 5:9

Walk in the light, and all things good and right and true will shine out from you.

Hebrews 6:9

My much-loved relatives, even though we are speaking in this way, we are sure of much better things about you, the things that come from being set free and made whole.

Hebrews 5:12

By now you should be able to teach others, but instead you need someone to teach you the simple spiritual truths of Creator’s message all over again. You are like children who need milk and are not ready for solid food.

2 Timothy 1:5

I remember how deep your faith truly is. That faith was alive first in your grandmother Woman Who Walks with Kindness (Lois), then in your mother Woman Who Wins (Eunice). I know that this same faith lives in you as well.

Philippians 1:11

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.

Philippians 1:7

It is right for me to think of you in this way, for you hold a warm place in my heart. You have shared with me in the gift of Creator’s great kindness, both in my chains and when I stand on the truth of the good story.

1 Corinthians 13:2

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.

1 Corinthians 12:8

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

2 Corinthians 8:7

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.

2 Thessalonians 1:11

This is the reason we never stop sending our voice to the Great Spirit for you. We pray that our Creator will give you what you need to walk with honor on the path he has chosen for you. We pray that, as you trust in his power, he will fulfill every desire you have to walk in a good way.