Micaiah said loudly, “All you people listen to what I say! King Ahab, if you come home alive from that fight, then the Lord has not spoken through me.”
2 Corinthians 13:8 - Easy To Read Version We cannot do things that are against the truth. We can only do things that are for the truth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For we can do nothing against the Truth [not serve any party or personal interest], but only for the Truth [which is the Gospel]. American Standard Version (1901) For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. Common English Bible We can’t do anything against the truth but only to help the truth. Catholic Public Domain Version For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For we can do nothing against the truth; but for the truth. |
Micaiah said loudly, “All you people listen to what I say! King Ahab, if you come home alive from that fight, then the Lord has not spoken through me.”
There is no person who is wise enough to make a plan that can succeed if the Lord is against it.
Don’t worry if a person asks for bad things to happen to you. If you did nothing wrong, nothing bad will happen. That person’s words are like birds that fly past you and never stop.
Jesus said, “Don’t stop him. Any person that uses my name to do powerful things will not soon say bad things about me.
It is true that we boast freely about the authority (power) the Lord gave us. But he gave us this power to strengthen you, not to hurt you. So I will not be ashamed of that boasting we do.
I’m writing these things while I’m not with you. I’m writing so that when I come I will not have to use my power to punish you. The Lord gave me that power to make you stronger, not to destroy you.
We pray to God that you will not do anything wrong. It is not important that people see that we have passed the test. But it is important that you do what is right, even if \{people think\} that we have failed the test.
We are happy to be weak, if you are strong. And we pray that you will grow stronger and stronger.
Hymenaeus and Alexander are men like that. I have given those men to Satan (the devil) so that they will learn not to speak against God.