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2 Corinthians 6:6

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by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love,

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They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ.

My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!

And even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.

Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive I may not have to deal harshly with you by using my authority – the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!

If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him – for indeed what I have forgiven (if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,

For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.

revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.

For God, who said “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.

The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard?

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into this secret of Christ.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.

Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters – with complete purity.

You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.

showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.

They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven – things angels long to catch a glimpse of.

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.

She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you will not share your secret with me? Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong.”




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