Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Love to man » Saints should » Be sincere in
Love unfeigned. Hating evil; fastened to good.
In purity, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned.
My little children, we should not love in word, neither in tongue; but in work and truth.
I speak not according to command, but by care of others, trying also the purity of your love.
The poor » Care for » Should be urged
But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and in word, and in knowledge, and in all care, and in love from you to us, that also ye abound in this grace. I speak not according to command, but by care of others, trying also the purity of your love.
Sincerity » Should characterize » Our love to God
I speak not according to command, but by care of others, trying also the purity of your love.
Therefore the manifestations of your love, and of your boasting for us, shew ye to them, and to the face of the churches.
Sincerity » Should characterize » Our love toward God
I speak not according to command, but by care of others, trying also the purity of your love.
Therefore the manifestations of your love, and of your boasting for us, shew ye to them, and to the face of the churches.
Tact » Paul » In stimulating benevolent giving
And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God given in the churches of Macedonia; That in much proof of pressure the abundance of their joy and their poverty according to depth abounded to the abundance of their simplicity. For according to power, I testify, and above power chosen voluntarily; read more.
Praying us with much entreaty that we receive the grace and participation of the service for saints. And not as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us by the will of God. So that we besought Titus, that as he began before, so also he would complete to us this grace also. But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and in word, and in knowledge, and in all care, and in love from you to us, that also ye abound in this grace. I speak not according to command, but by care of others, trying also the purity of your love.
Praying us with much entreaty that we receive the grace and participation of the service for saints. And not as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us by the will of God. So that we besought Titus, that as he began before, so also he would complete to us this grace also. But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and in word, and in knowledge, and in all care, and in love from you to us, that also ye abound in this grace. I speak not according to command, but by care of others, trying also the purity of your love.
For truly, concerning the service to the holy ones, it is superfluous for me to write to you: For I know your forwardness, which I boast of for you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was prepared from last year; and zeal from you excited the many more. And I sent the brethren, lest our boasting for you be empty in this part; that, as I said, ye might be prepared: read more.
Lest if in some way the Macedonians come with me, and find you unprepared, we should be ashamed, (that we should not say, ye) in this principle of boasting. Therefore I thought necessary to beseech the brethren that they go before to you, and prepare beforehand your praise, having been proclaimed beforehand, this same to be prepared, so as praise, and not as covetousness.
Lest if in some way the Macedonians come with me, and find you unprepared, we should be ashamed, (that we should not say, ye) in this principle of boasting. Therefore I thought necessary to beseech the brethren that they go before to you, and prepare beforehand your praise, having been proclaimed beforehand, this same to be prepared, so as praise, and not as covetousness.