On the other hand, I have renounced all underhanded, disgraceful methods; I neither practice cunning nor do I tamper with God's message, but by clear and candid statements of truth I try to commend myself to every human conscience in God's sight.

I am not saying this in the spirit of a command, but I am simply trying to test the genuineness of your love by the enthusiasm of others.

Speaking the truth

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward Him, and said of him, "Here is a genuine Israelite with no deceit in him!"

Your love must be true. You must always turn in horror from what is wrong, but keep on holding to what is right.

If some brother or sister is thinly clad and has no food for the day,

Since you have purified your souls by obeying the truth, in sincere love for the brotherhood you must love one another heartily and fervently,

Dear children, let us stop loving with words or lips alone, but let us love with actions and in truth.

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In union with Him the whole building is harmoniously fitted together and continues to grow into a temple, sacred through its union with the Lord,

and like new-born babies thirst for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to final salvation,

but instead, you must continue to grow in the spiritual strength and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be glory now and forever!

General references

But they will never come on behind a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

For just as we have many parts united in our physical bodies, and the parts do not all have the same function,