2 Corinthians 6:13

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Now in return—I speak as to children—open your heart wide as well.

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  • 2 Kgs 13:14-19 : 14 Now Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die. Joash king of Israel came down to him, wept over him, and said, 'My father, my father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!' 15 Elisha said to him, 'Take a bow and arrows.' So he took a bow and arrows. 16 Elisha said to the king of Israel, 'Place your hand on the bow.' So he placed his hand on it, and Elisha put his hands on the king's hands. 17 Elisha said, 'Open the east window.' So he opened it. Elisha then said, 'Shoot!' And he shot. Elisha declared, 'This is the LORD's arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram! You will strike the Arameans in Aphek until you completely destroy them.' 18 Then Elisha said, 'Take the arrows.' So he took them. Elisha told the king of Israel, 'Strike the ground.' He struck the ground three times and stopped. 19 The man of God became angry with him and said, 'You should have struck the ground five or six times! Then you would have defeated Aram completely, but now you will defeat them only three times.'
  • Ps 81:10 : 10 You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god.
  • Matt 9:28-29 : 28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, 'Do you believe that I can do this?' 'Yes, Lord,' they replied. 29 Then he touched their eyes and said, 'According to your faith let it be done to you.'
  • Matt 17:19-20 : 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, 'Why couldn’t we drive it out?' 20 He replied, 'Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.'
  • Mark 6:4-6 : 4 Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household.' 5 He could not do any miracles there, except that He laid hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 He was amazed at their lack of faith. Then Jesus went around the villages teaching.
  • Mark 11:24 : 24 'Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.'
  • 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children. 15 For even if you have countless teachers in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the gospel.
  • Gal 4:12 : 12 I beg you, brothers: Become like me, for I also became like you. You have done me no wrong.
  • Gal 4:19 : 19 My dear children, I am again suffering birth pains for you until Christ is formed in you.
  • 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 Just as you know how we dealt with each one of you like a father with his own children,
  • Heb 12:5-6 : 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not take lightly the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when you are reproved by Him." 6 For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He chastises every son He accepts.
  • Jas 1:6-7 : 6 But let him ask in faith, without doubting, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 Let that person not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
  • 1 John 2:1 : 1 My dear children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
  • 1 John 2:12-14 : 12 I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of His name. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. 14 I am writing to you, dear children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
  • 1 John 3:7 : 7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
  • 1 John 3:18 : 18 Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.
  • 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 This is the confidence we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we already have what we have asked of Him.
  • 3 John 1:4 : 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

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    15Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting in the labors of others. But our hope is that as your faith continues to grow, our sphere of activity among you will greatly expand,

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