2 Korintus 3:6

3:6 who made us adequate ¹  to be servants of a new covenant ²  not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Korintus 6:4

6:4 But as God’s servants, ³  we have commended ourselves in every way, ⁴  with great endurance, in persecutions, ⁵  in difficulties, in distresses,

2 Korintus 6:1

God’s Suffering Servants

6:1 Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain. ⁶ 

Kolose 3:5

3:5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: ⁷  sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, ⁸  evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

Kolose 4:1

4:1 Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.

Kolose 4:1

4:1 Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.

Kolose 3:2

3:2 Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

Kolose 3:1

Exhortations to Seek the Things Above

3:1 Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Titus 1:6

1:6 An elder must be blameless, ⁹  the husband of one wife, ¹⁰  with faithful children ¹¹  who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.

[3:6]  ¹ tn Or “competent.”

[3:6]  ² sn This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31-34; 32:40.

[6:4]  ³ tn Or “ministers.”

[6:4]  ⁴ tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”

[6:4]  ⁵ tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”

[6:1]  ⁶ tn Or “receive the grace of God uselessly.”

[3:5]  ⁷ tn Grk “the members which are on the earth.” See BDAG 628 s.v. μέλος 1, “put to death whatever in you is worldly.”

[3:5]  ⁸ tn Or “lust.”

[1:6]  ⁹ tn Grk “if anyone is blameless…” as a continuation of v. 5b, beginning to describe the elder’s character.

[1:6]  ¹⁰ tn Or “married only once,” “devoted solely to his wife.” See the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 Tim 3:12; 5:9.

[1:6]  ¹¹ tn Or “believing children.” The phrase could be translated “believing children,” but the parallel with 1 Tim 3:4 (“keeping his children in control”) argues for the sense given in the translation.