So my people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit.
2 Corinthians 6:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition By innocence and purity, knowledge and spiritual insight, longsuffering and patience, kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unfeigned love; American Standard Version (1901) in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned, Common English Bible We displayed purity, knowledge, patience, and generosity. We served with the Holy Spirit, genuine love, Catholic Public Domain Version by chastity, knowledge, and longsuffering; in pleasantness, in the Holy Spirit, and in unfeigned charity; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In chastity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in sweetness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned, |
So my people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit.
by the power of miraculous signs and wonders, and by the power of God’s Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum. ,
to one is given a message of wisdom through the Spirit; to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit;
Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant,
For who has known the Lord’s mind, that he may instruct him? , But we have the mind of Christ.
My speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.
For if a person comes and preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or you receive a different spirit, which you had not received, or a different gospel, which you had not accepted, you put up with it splendidly!
Even if I am untrained in public speaking, I am certainly not untrained in knowledge. Indeed, we have in every way made that clear to you in everything.
I will most gladly spend and be spent for you. , If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
This is why I am writing these things while absent, so that when I am there I may not have to deal harshly with you, in keeping with the authority the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.
Anyone you forgive, I do too. For what I have forgiven #– #if I have forgiven anything #– #it is for your benefit in the presence of Christ,
For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart #– #not to cause you pain, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.
You show that you are Christ’s letter, delivered by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God #– #not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. ,
For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness’, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, corrupted no one, taken advantage of no one.
I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard?
So then, does God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law? Or is it by believing what you heard #– #
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
By reading this you are able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ.
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.
God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly, righteously, and blamelessly we conducted ourselves with you believers.
Don’t let anyone despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, , in faith, and in purity.
older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters with all purity.
But you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, and endurance,
Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching.
in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity in your teaching.
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without pretence.
It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven #– #angels long to catch a glimpse of these things.
Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth, so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure heart love one another constantly, ,
Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.
‘How can you say, “I love you,” ’ she told him, ‘when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and not told me what makes your strength so great! ’