2 Corinthians 8:7

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,

For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.

John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

Let brotherly love continue.

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough for.

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:

One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

“In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, exhortation, and consolation.

you being enriched in everything to all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.

You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,

For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

I will bring these to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”

He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us: if prophecy, let’s prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

how in much proof of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity.

Not only so, but he was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn’t we walk in the same spirit? Didn’t we walk in the same steps?

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, or free person; but Christ is all, and in all.

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith,

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.

He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;

I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.

and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.

while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, “Look! Don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.”