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

For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.

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But as you excel in everything – in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you – make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.