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2 Corinthians 7:2

New Living Translation

Please open your hearts to us. We have not done wrong to anyone, nor led anyone astray, nor taken advantage of anyone.

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Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “Do not accept their grain offerings! I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, and I have never hurt a single one of them.”

If any household or town refuses to welcome you or listen to your message, shake its dust from your feet as you leave.

“Anyone who receives you receives me, and anyone who receives me receives the Father who sent me.

“If you enter a town and it welcomes you, eat whatever is set before you.

“I have never coveted anyone’s silver or gold or fine clothes.

Such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their own personal interests. By smooth talk and glowing words they deceive innocent people.

We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.

Again I say, don’t think that I am a fool to talk like this. But even if you do, listen to me, as you would to a foolish person, while I also boast a little.

And when I was with you and didn’t have enough to live on, I did not become a financial burden to anyone. For the brothers who came from Macedonia brought me all that I needed. I have never been a burden to you, and I never will be.

We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don’t try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this.

Welcome him in the Lord’s love and with great joy, and give him the honor that people like him deserve.

Aristarchus, who is in prison with me, sends you his greetings, and so does Mark, Barnabas’s cousin. As you were instructed before, make Mark welcome if he comes your way.

You yourselves are our witnesses—and so is God—that we were devout and honest and faultless toward all of you believers.

I am sending him back to you, and with him comes my own heart.

So if you consider me your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.

If anyone comes to your meeting and does not teach the truth about Christ, don’t invite that person into your home or give any kind of encouragement.




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