Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless, indeed, you fail to meet the test! I hope you will find out that we have not failed. But we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong—not that we may appear to have met the test but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed. For we cannot do anything against the truth but only for the truth. For we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong. This is what we pray for, that you may be restored. So I write these things while I am away from you, so that when I come I may not have to be severe in using the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down. (2 Corinthians 13:5-10, NRSVue)
Even if those who led you in the faith have seemed to fail, hopefully you will appear to have caught the faith and live in love and do what the truth tells us to.
The truth tells us to love. Love God and love neighbor, and to love ourselves.
To show we understood the assignment, we must love everyone.
It is that simple.
It is that hard.
Love God, Love Neighbor, Love Self.
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