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2 Corinthians 6:6

The Text-Critical English New Testament

in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love,

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

by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

To one person there is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another a word of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

Love is patient and kind. Love does not envy or boast. 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.

And my word and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

But I call upon God as a witness against me, that the reason I did not return to Corinth was to spare you.

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

For if someone comes to you and preaches a different message about Jesus than the one we preached, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you bear with it well enough.

I may be untrained in speech, but I do not lack knowledge; indeed, in every way we have been made known to you in everything.

So I will most gladly spend and be entirely spent for the sake of your souls, even if the more I love you, the less I am loved.

The reason I am writing these things to you while I am absent is so that, when I am present, I will not need to be harsh in my use of authority, which the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

Now if you forgive anyone of anything, I also forgive him. For if I have forgiven anyone of anything, I have done it for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

For I wrote to you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you sorrow, but to let you know the abundant love I have for you.

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

For God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.

Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

Does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you because you perform the works of the law or because you hear with faith?

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

When you read what I have written, you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

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

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has forgiven us.

To them God resolved to make known how great among the Gentiles are the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and beloved, put on tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly, righteously, and blamelessly we conducted ourselves among you who believe.

Let no one despise yoʋ because yoʋ are young, but set an example for the believers in yoʋr speech, conduct, love, spirit, faith, and purity.

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, in all purity.

Yoʋ, however, have closely followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, and endurance.

Preach the word, be prepared whether the time is favorable or not, reprove, rebuke, and encourage, with complete patience and careful instruction.

Show yoʋrself to be a model of good works in every way, and in yoʋr teaching show integrity, dignity, incorruptibility,

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and unhypocritical.

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to catch a glimpse of these things.

Since you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth through the Spirit, resulting in genuine brotherly love, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

My little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in deed and truth.




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