Let me always speak your true teachings.\par Lord, I depend on your wise decisions.\par
2 Corinthians 6:7 - Easy To Read Version by speaking the truth, and by God’s power. We use our right living to defend ourselves against everything. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition By [speaking] the word of truth, in the power of God, with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand [to attack] and for the left hand [to defend]; American Standard Version (1901) in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, Common English Bible telling the truth, and God’s power. We carried the weapons of righteousness in our right hand and our left hand. Catholic Public Domain Version with the Word of truth, with the power of God, and with the armor of justice to the right and to the left; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armour of justice on the right hand and on the left; |
Let me always speak your true teachings.\par Lord, I depend on your wise decisions.\par
The tall cloud was always with them during the day, and the column of fire was always with them at night.
\{The Lord prepared for battle\}.\par The Lord put on\par the armor of goodness,\par the helmet of salvation,\par the clothes of punishment,\par the coat of strong love. {\cf2\super [448]} \par
The followers went everywhere in the world and told the Good News {\cf2\super [243]} to people. And the Lord helped them. The Lord proved that the Good News they told people was true. He proved this by giving the followers power to do miracles. {\cf2\super [244]}
The Lord was helping the believers. And a large group of people believed and started following the Lord (Jesus).
But Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God to those people that God has called (chosen)—Jews and Greeks (non-Jews).
It is true that Christ was weak when he was killed on the cross. But he lives now by God’s power. And it is true that we are weak in Christ. But for you we will be alive in Christ by God’s power.
We don’t sell the word of God for a profit like many other people do. No! But in Christ we speak in truth before God. We speak like men sent from God.
But we have turned away from secret and shameful ways. We don’t use trickery, and we don’t change the teaching of God. No! We teach the truth plainly. This is how we show people who we are. And this is how they can know in their hearts what kind of people we are before God.
I boasted to Titus about you. And you showed that I was right. Everything that we said to you was true. And you have proved that the things that we boasted about to Titus are true.
It is the same with you people. You heard the true teaching—the Good News {\cf2\super [5]} about your salvation. When you heard that Good News, you believed in Christ. And in Christ, God put his special mark on you by giving you the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [6]} that he promised.
With God’s power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can ask or think of.
I know that you heard about him. And you are in him, so you were taught the truth. Yes, the truth is in Jesus.
You have faith in Christ and love God’s people because of the hope you have. You know that the things you hope for are saved for you in heaven. You learned about this hope when you heard the true teaching, the Good News {\cf2\super [3]}
But we belong to the day (goodness), so we should control ourselves. We should wear faith and love to protect us. And the hope of salvation should be our helmet.
Do the very best you can to be the kind of person that God will accept, and give yourself to him. Be a worker who is not ashamed of his work—a worker who uses the true teaching in the right way.
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.
God also proved it by using wonders, great signs, and many kinds of miracles. {\cf2\super [7]} And he proved it by giving people gifts through the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [8]} He gave those gifts the way he wanted.
God decided to give us life through the word of truth. He wanted us to be the most important of all the things he made.