Thematic Bible: Should characterize


Thematic Bible




Our appeal to you was not based on a delusion, nor was it made from unworthy motives, or with any intention of misleading you. But, having been found worthy by God to be entrusted with the Good News, therefore we tell it; with a view to please, not men, but God who proves our hearts. Never at any time, as you know, did we use the language of flattery, or make false professions in order to hide selfish aims. God will bear witness to that.




I am not laying a command upon you, but I am making use of the earnestness shown by others to test the genuineness of your affection. Verse ConceptsGenuinenessLove, Nature OfSincerity, In Christian LivingComparisonsSincereityLove Exists Between PeopleMen's OrdersTests

Show them, therefore--so that the Churches may see it-- the proof of your affection, and the ground for our boasting to them about you. Verse ConceptsProof, As EvidenceBenevolenceProofsBoasting


But a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father spiritually and truly; for such are the worshipers that the Father desires. God is Spirit; and those who worship him must worship spiritually and truly."




I am not laying a command upon you, but I am making use of the earnestness shown by others to test the genuineness of your affection. Verse ConceptsGenuinenessLove, Nature OfSincerity, In Christian LivingComparisonsSincereityLove Exists Between PeopleMen's OrdersTests

Show them, therefore--so that the Churches may see it-- the proof of your affection, and the ground for our boasting to them about you. Verse ConceptsProof, As EvidenceBenevolenceProofsBoasting