12-12-2009, 09:58 PM
You, too, widen out.--2 Cor. 6:13 :rose:
ummm--easy joke :love: but I'll be good... :grouphug:
widen out in Love--love for God--love for Christ--love for each other :love: and as we shall see in these scriptures the apostles set quite the example for a divine purpose-- :heartbeat: :rose: :rose:
''Working together with him, we also entreat you not to accept the
grace of God in vain.'' (6:1) :rose:
''For he says: ''In an acceptable time I heard you, and in a day of salvation I helped you. Look! Now is the day of salvation.'' (2) :rose:
''In no way are we giving any cause for stumbling that our ministry might not be found fault with;'' (3) :rose:
''but in every way we recommend ourselves as God's ministers, by the endurance of much, by tribulations, by cases of need, by difficulties, (4) :rose: :rose:
''by beatings, by prisons, by disorders, by labors, by sleepless nights, by times without food, (5) :rose:
''by purity, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by by holy spirit, by love free from hypocricy; (6) :rose:
''by truthful speech, by God's powers through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left.'' (7) :rose:
''through glory and dishonor, through bad report and good report; as deceivers and yet truthful.'' (8) :rose:
''as being unknown and yet being recognized, as dying and yet, look! we live as disciplined and yet not delivered to death.'' (9) :rose:
''as sorrowing but ever rejoicing as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.'' (10) :rose:
''our mouth has been opened to you, Corinthians, our heart has widened out.'' (11) :heartbeat: :rose:
''You are not cramped for room within us, but you are cramped for room in your own tender affections.'' (12) :heartbeat: :rose:
''So. as a recompense in return--I speak as to children--you, too, widen out.'' (13) ... :heartbeat: :rose:
corresponding scriptures: :rose: :rose:
''Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience and with unhypocritical brotherly affection as the result, love one another intensely from the heart.'' 1 Peter 1:22 :rose:
''Honor all men, have love for the whole association of brothers.''
1 Peter 2:17 ... :rose:
it is through the cultivating of love that we show glory to God--to widen out in love is to grow in Christ--Priceless :heartbeat:
ummm--easy joke :love: but I'll be good... :grouphug:
widen out in Love--love for God--love for Christ--love for each other :love: and as we shall see in these scriptures the apostles set quite the example for a divine purpose-- :heartbeat: :rose: :rose:
''Working together with him, we also entreat you not to accept the
grace of God in vain.'' (6:1) :rose:
''For he says: ''In an acceptable time I heard you, and in a day of salvation I helped you. Look! Now is the day of salvation.'' (2) :rose:
''In no way are we giving any cause for stumbling that our ministry might not be found fault with;'' (3) :rose:
''but in every way we recommend ourselves as God's ministers, by the endurance of much, by tribulations, by cases of need, by difficulties, (4) :rose: :rose:
''by beatings, by prisons, by disorders, by labors, by sleepless nights, by times without food, (5) :rose:
''by purity, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by by holy spirit, by love free from hypocricy; (6) :rose:
''by truthful speech, by God's powers through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left.'' (7) :rose:
''through glory and dishonor, through bad report and good report; as deceivers and yet truthful.'' (8) :rose:
''as being unknown and yet being recognized, as dying and yet, look! we live as disciplined and yet not delivered to death.'' (9) :rose:
''as sorrowing but ever rejoicing as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.'' (10) :rose:
''our mouth has been opened to you, Corinthians, our heart has widened out.'' (11) :heartbeat: :rose:
''You are not cramped for room within us, but you are cramped for room in your own tender affections.'' (12) :heartbeat: :rose:
''So. as a recompense in return--I speak as to children--you, too, widen out.'' (13) ... :heartbeat: :rose:
corresponding scriptures: :rose: :rose:
''Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience and with unhypocritical brotherly affection as the result, love one another intensely from the heart.'' 1 Peter 1:22 :rose:
''Honor all men, have love for the whole association of brothers.''
1 Peter 2:17 ... :rose:
it is through the cultivating of love that we show glory to God--to widen out in love is to grow in Christ--Priceless :heartbeat: