Thematic Bible: Should characterize


Thematic Bible




For our appeal did not originate from a delusion or an impure motive; it was not made in fraud; for since we have been so approved by God as to be entrusted with the good news, we are now telling it, not to please men but God, who proves and finds approved our hearts. Indeed, we never resorted to flattery, as you are well aware, nor to any pretext for making money; God is our witness.




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. Verse ConceptsGenuinenessLove, Nature OfSincerity, In Christian LivingComparisonsSincereityLove Exists Between PeopleMen's OrdersTests

So you must furnish them, before all the churches, proof of your love and ground for my praising you so highly. Verse ConceptsProof, As EvidenceBenevolenceProofsBoasting


But a time is coming -- indeed, it is already here -- when the real worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and reality, for the Father is looking for just such worshipers. God is a spiritual Being, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and reality."




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. Verse ConceptsGenuinenessLove, Nature OfSincerity, In Christian LivingComparisonsSincereityLove Exists Between PeopleMen's OrdersTests

So you must furnish them, before all the churches, proof of your love and ground for my praising you so highly. Verse ConceptsProof, As EvidenceBenevolenceProofsBoasting