I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now h
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing ps
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes fro
For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,
For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encourag
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were
Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyo
for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of go
To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense a
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to mov
I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinc
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
and who also informed us of your love in the Spirit.
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You
But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,