Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Each one [...]

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Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test? And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. –2 Corinthians 13:5-6 None of us likes to have our faith questioned. Christians [...]

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So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! — 2 Corinthians 5:16-17 For the most of my [...]

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We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely [...]

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If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. –1 Corinthians 15:19 Living a life of a follower of Christ is beneficial for the here and now. He teaches that we can live a radical life full of love, mercy, grace, forgiveness, generosity, justice, purpose, [...]

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If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work. If what he has built [...]

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We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. — Romans 15:1-2 For those of us who have been followers of Christ for a while, we know one thing above all others: [...]

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For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”–Romans 9:9 If there is one thing that is for sure, it is that God makes promises. He gives us promises so we can rest our hope upon them. His promises give us something to [...]

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Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned—Romans 5:12 You know what the biggest problem with sin is? It’s the mistaken belief that we can keep it under control. It is the idea that if we just [...]

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