John 15:6
6Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a branch and dries up. People gather such branches ▼▼Lit. They gather them
and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.Matt 3:10; 7:19 Acts 1:17
17For he was one of our number and was chosen to share in this ministry.”Matt 10:4; Luke 6:16; Acts 2:25; 12:25; 20:24; 21:19Romans 10:18
18But I ask, “Didn't they hear?” Certainly they did! In fact,1Kings 18:10; Ps 19:4; Matt 4:8; 24:14; 28:19; Mark 16:15; Col 1:6, 23 “Their voice has gone out into the whole world,and their words to the ends of the earth.” ▼▼Ps 19:4
2 Corinthians 3:6
6who has also qualified us to be ministers of a new covenant, which is not written but spiritual, because the written text ▼▼Lit. what is written
brings death, but the Spirit gives life.Jer 31:31; Matt 26:28; John 6:63; Rom 2:27, 29; 3:20; 4:15; 8:2; 1Cor 3:5; 15:10; 2Cor 5:18; Gal 3:10; Eph 3:7; Col 1:25, 29; 1Tim 1:11-12; 2Tim 1:11; Heb 8:6, 8 2 Corinthians 4:1
1Treasure in Clay JarsTherefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown to us, we do not get discouraged.1Cor 7:25; 2Cor 3:6; 1Tim 1:132 Corinthians 5:18
18All of this comes from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.Rom 5:10; Eph 2:16; Col 1:20; 1John 2:2; 4:10Ephesians 3:7
7I have become a servant of this gospel ▼▼Lit. of it
according to the gift of God's grace that was given me by the working of his power.Rom 1:5; Eph 1:19; Col 1:20, 23, 25 Ephesians 3:17
17and that Christ would make his home in your hearts through faith. Then, having been rooted and grounded in love,John 14:23; Eph 2:22; Col 1:23; 2:7Colossians 1:6
6that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and spreading all over the world, so it has been doing ▼▼The Gk. lacks it has been doing
among you from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth. Colossians 2:7
7For you have been rooted in him and are being built up and strengthened in the faith, just as you were taught, while you overflow with thanksgiving.Eph 2:21-22; 3:17; Col 1:23Colossians 3:25
25For the person who does what is wrong will be paid back for what he has done, and there is no favoritism.Deut 10:17; Rom 2:11; Eph 6:9; 1Pet 1:171 Timothy 2:7
7For this reason I was appointed to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (I am telling you the truth. ▼▼Other mss. read the truth in Christ
I am not lying.)Rom 9:1; 11:13; 15:16; Gal 1:16; Eph 3:7-8; 2Tim 1:11
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