appealing in itself that it does not need to be dressed up in different colors. “Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God. We have done so not according to worldly wisdom but according to God’s grace” (2 Corinthians 1:12). Application 3. This tells us why those who are over you in the Lord insist on these things. It is because of “godly jealousy” (2 Corinthians
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