2 Corinthians 6:6

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Summary

2 Corinthians 6:6

By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

Pureness

Titus 2:7

Knowledge

Long suffering

2 Timothy 4:2

By the

1 Peter 1:12

Love

Bible References

Pureness

Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.

You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.

Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters -- with complete purity.

showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

Knowledge

For God, who said "Let light shine out of darkness," is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

And even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony of God.

When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into this secret of Christ.

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

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

Long suffering

Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

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

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

being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.

By the

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

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).

They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven -- things angels long to catch a glimpse of.

Love

For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.

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

Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

She said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when you will not share your secret with me? Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong."

They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.

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

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.