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our address to you was without any flattery, as you yourselves can witness, and God is witness that we had no avarice to disguise. Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofCloaksGreed, Believers' Response ToAppealing To GodThe Witness Of GodCovetousnessGreedmotives


for our doctrine was free from all imposture, avarice, and fraud. Verse ConceptsMinisters, Way They Should TeachAvoiding Deceitmotives


my discourse, and my preaching did not consist in the persuasive reasonings of human wisdom, but in demonstrating the spiritual meaning of the scriptures: Verse ConceptsPower Of Holy Spirit, Shown InEnticersPower Through The SpiritThe Power Of The GospelEnticingWise Men In The ChurchLanguageThe power of ChristThe Power Of WordsSpeechpreaching

As for me, my brethren, when I appear'd among you, it was not to represent to you the divine mystery in sublime language, and with human literature. Verse ConceptsMinisters, Way They Should TeachPeople VisitingWitness To The GospelFoolishness Of GodExcellenceSpeechpreachingtestimonyego



what I tell you in private, declare it in publick: and what is whisper'd in the ear, proclaim from the battlements of the house. fear not those who can only kill the body, but cannot hurt the soul: rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.




then Philip enter'd upon the subject, and show'd how the whole passage was applicable to Jesus. Verse Conceptsevangelism, nature ofevangelism, kinds ofUse Of The Scripturespreaching


for I have acquainted you with the whole dispensation of God without reserve. Verse ConceptsCommunicationGod, Will OfHesitationKnowing God's WillPeople WillingExposition Of The Scripturesshunning

that I have conceal'd nothing that might be useful to you, but have inform'd you of it, and instructed you therein, both in publick and in private: Verse ConceptsHesitationPreaching, Content OfProperty, HousesTeachersMinisters, Way They Should TeachTeaching In The ChurchUseful ThingsPeople Willing




God is my witness, I never prevaricated with you. for what I, and Timothy, and Silvanus preached concerning Jesus Christ, the son of God, is not inconsistent, but invariably the same.



it is true, there are some who preach Christ out of a spirit of envy and contention; but others do it out of pure affection. those preach the gospel of Christ, not in sincerity, but from a principle of contention, with a view to inflame the persecution against me: the others act from affection, as knowing that I suffer for having defended the gospel.

Our affection therefore to you being so great, we were as ready to give our lives for you, as we were to communicate the divine gospel to you, so much did you engage our love. Verse ConceptsMentoringCommitment, to God's peopleLove, For One AnotherUnity, Of God's PeopleValuesMinisters, Should BeMinisters, Way They Should TeachAffection For God's PeopleThe Gospel PreachedLove Exists Between PeopleSharing




take care how you behave, and what you teach. persevere in these duties: for by the practice of them, you will save both yourself, and those who hear you. Verse Conceptsdoctrine, Purpose ofGuardsMinistry, In The ChurchMinisters, Way They Should TeachApplying The BibleTaking HeedDoctrines of the The GospelFocusBeing YourselfPersistenceperseveringattentiondoctrineGuarding Yourself