2 Corinthians 6:7

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Summary

2 Corinthians 6:7

By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

The word

The power

The armour

Bible References

The word

As God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes and no.”

Instead, we have renounced shameful secret things, not walking in deceit or distorting God’s message, but commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in God’s sight by an open display of the truth.

For if I have made any boast to him about you, I have not been embarrassed; but as I have spoken everything to you in truth, so our boasting to Titus has also turned out to be the truth.

Never take the word of truth from my mouth,
for I hope in Your judgments.

When you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed in Him, you were also sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.

assuming you heard about Him and were taught by Him, because the truth is in Jesus.

because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the message of truth, the gospel

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth.

By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.

The power

since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments

In fact, He was crucified in weakness, but He lives by God’s power. For we also are weak in Him, yet toward you we will live with Him by God’s power.

And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the accompanying signs.]

The Lord’s hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom,

My speech and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a powerful demonstration by the Spirit,

and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power to us who believe, according to the working of His vast strength.

Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us—

At the same time, God also testified by signs and wonders, various miracles, and distributions of gifts from the Holy Spirit according to His will.

The armour

Righteousness will be a belt around His loins;
faithfulness will be a belt around His waist.

He put on righteousness like a breastplate,
and a helmet of salvation on His head;
He put on garments of vengeance for clothing,
and He wrapped Himself in zeal as in a cloak.

The night is nearly over, and the daylight is near, so let us discard the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the tactics of the Devil.

But since we belong to the day, we must be serious and put the armor of faith and love on our chests, and put on a helmet of the hope of salvation.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.