We remain pure. We understand completely what it means to serve God. We are patient and kind. We serve him in the power of the Holy Spirit. We serve him with true love.

廉洁、知识、恒忍、恩慈、圣灵的感化、无伪的爱心、

廉洁、知识、坚忍、恩慈、圣灵的感化、无伪的爱心、

廉洁、知识、坚忍、恩慈、圣灵的感化、无伪的爱心、

靠着纯洁、知识、忍耐、仁慈、圣灵的感动、无伪的爱心、

纯洁、知识、容忍、恩慈、圣灵、无伪的爱心、

在纯洁、知识、耐心、仁慈中，藉着圣灵，在不虚假的爱中，

廉潔、知識、恆忍、恩慈、聖靈的感化、無偽的愛心、

廉潔、知識、堅忍、恩慈、聖靈的感化、無偽的愛心、

廉潔、知識、堅忍、恩慈、聖靈的感化、無偽的愛心、

靠著純潔、知識、忍耐、仁慈、聖靈的感動、無偽的愛心、

純潔、知識、容忍、恩慈、聖靈、無偽的愛心、

用清潔知識恆忍慈惠、用聖靈的恩賜、用無偽的愛、

在純潔、知識、耐心、仁慈中，藉著聖靈，在不虛假的愛中，

廉潔、知識、寬恕、仁慈、聖神之感、無偽之愛、

廉節、智慧、寛忍、仁慈、聖神之感、無偽之愛、

廉潔、智慧、寛忍、仁慈、聖神之感、無偽之愛、

貞潔也、好學也、克己也、溫和也、聖神之靈感也、篤實之愛德也、

in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;

by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love;

We prove ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, by the Holy Spirit within us, and by our sincere love.

by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,

in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love,

by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,

in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,

By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love,

in pureness, in knowledge, in perseverance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,

Love must be honest and true. Hate what is evil. Hold on to what is good.

It’s true that I haven’t been trained as a speaker. But I do have knowledge. I’ve made that very clear to you in every way.

He has given me power to do signs and wonders. I can do these things by the power of the Spirit of God. From Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum I have finished preaching. In those places, I preached the good news about Christ.

You are witnesses of how we lived among you believers. God is also a witness that we were holy and godly and without blame.

I didn’t preach my message with clever and compelling words. Instead, my preaching showed the Holy Spirit’s power.

“ Who can ever know what is in the Lord’s mind? Can anyone ever teach him?”( Isaiah 40:13) But we have the mind of Christ.

It was made known to the prophets that they were not serving themselves. Instead, they were serving you when they spoke about the things that you have now heard. Those who have preached the good news to you have told you these things. They have done it with the help of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

Why? Because I don’t love you? No! God knows I do!

God has chosen to make known to them the glorious riches of that mystery. He has made it known among the Gentiles. And here is what it is. Christ is in you. He is your hope of glory.

Treat older women as if they were your mothers. Treat younger women as if they were your sisters. Be completely pure in the way you treat them.

Be kind and tender to one another. Forgive one another, just as God forgave you because of what Christ has done.

Then she said to him,“ How can you say,‘ I love you’? You won’t even share your secret with me. This is the third time you have made me look foolish. And you still haven’t told me the secret of why you are so strong.”

My people come to you, just as they usually do. They sit in front of you. They hear what you say. But they do not put it into practice. With their mouths they say they love me. But in their hearts they want what belongs to others. They try to get rich by cheating them.

And this was the way it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I didn’t come with fancy words or human wisdom. I preached to you the truth about God’s love.My goal while I was with you was to talk about only one thing. And that was Jesus Christ and his death on the cross.

Suppose someone comes to you and preaches about a Jesus different from the Jesus we preached about. Or suppose you receive a spirit different from the Spirit you received before. Or suppose you receive a different message of good news. Suppose it was different from the one you accepted earlier. You put up with those kinds of things easily enough.

But you know all about my teaching. You know how I live and what I live for. You know about my faith and love. You know how patient I am. You know I haven’t given up.

That’s why we have not stopped praying for you. We have been praying for you since the day we heard about you. We keep asking God to fill you with the knowledge of what he wants. We pray he will give you the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives.Then you will be able to lead a life that is worthy of the Lord. We pray that you will please him in every way. So we want you to bear fruit in every good thing you do. We pray that you will grow to know God better.We want you to be very strong, in keeping with his glorious power. We want you to be patient. We pray that you will never give up.

Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not want what belongs to others. It does not brag. It is not proud.

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young. Set an example for the believers in what you say and in how you live. Also set an example in how you love and in what you believe. Show the believers how to be pure.

You are God’s chosen people. You are holy and dearly loved. So put on tender mercy and kindness as if they were your clothes. Don’t be proud. Be gentle and patient.

You make it clear that you are a letter from Christ. You are the result of our work for God. You are a letter written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. You are a letter written not on tablets made out of stone but on human hearts.

Our good news didn’t come to you only in words. It came with power. It came with the Holy Spirit’s help. He gave us complete faith in what we were preaching. You know how we lived among you for your good.We and the Lord were your examples. You followed us. You welcomed our message even when you were suffering terribly. You welcomed it with the joy the Holy Spirit gives.

Do what is good. Set an example for them in everything. When you teach, be honest and serious.

So I ask you again, how does God give you his Spirit? How does he work miracles among you? Is it by doing what the law says? Or is it by believing what you have heard?

So I will be very happy to spend everything I have for you. I will even spend myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?

I was very troubled when I wrote to you. My heart was sad. My eyes were full of tears. I didn’t want to make you sad. I wanted to let you know that I love you very deeply.

I would like to learn just one thing from you. Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law? Or did you receive the Spirit by believing what you heard?

By reading about this mystery, you will be able to understand what I know. You will know about the mystery of Christ.

All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in him.

But the fruit the Holy Spirit produces is love, joy and peace. It is being patient, kind and good. It is being faithful

Make room for us in your hearts. We haven’t done anything wrong to anyone. We haven’t caused anyone to sin. We haven’t taken advantage of anyone.

God said,“ Let light shine out of darkness.”( Genesis 1:3) He made his light shine in our hearts. His light gives us the light to know God’s glory. His glory is shown in the face of Christ.

Don’t be proud at all. Be completely gentle. Be patient. Put up with one another in love.

Preach the word. Be ready to serve God in good times and bad. Correct people’s mistakes. Warn them. Encourage them with words of hope. Be very patient as you do these things. Teach them carefully.

You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. So you have an honest and true love for each other. So love one another deeply, from your hearts.