And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?

For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I am too.

I had no relief in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said good-bye to them and set out for Macedonia.

since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak toward you but is powerful among you.

They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly.

However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed – God is our witness –

But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Everyone with me greets you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.

For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

And he did not enter to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.

We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.