Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake existence.
As far as we are concerned we do not wish to stand in anyone__ way, nor do we wish to bring discredit on the ministry God has given us. Indeed we want to prove ourselves genuine ministers of God whatever we have to go through__atient endurance of troubles or even disasters, being flogged or imprisoned; being mobbed, having to work like slaves, having to go without food or sleep. All this we want to meet with sincerity, with insight and patience; by sheer kindness and the Holy Spirit; with genuine love, speaking the plain truth, and living by the power of God. Our sole defence, our only weapon, is a life of integrity, whether we meet honour or dishonour, praise or blame. Called __mpostors_ we must be true, called __obodies_ we must be in the public eye. Never far from death, yet here we are alive, always __oing through it_ yet never __oing under_. We know sorrow, yet our joy is inextinguishable. We have __othing to bless ourselves with_ yet we bless many others with true riches. We are penniless, and yet in reality we have everything worth having.
The New Testament in Modern English
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As far as we are concerned we do not wish to stand in anyone__ way, nor do we wish to bring discredit on the ministry God has given us. Indeed we want to prove ourselves genuine ministers of God whatever we have to go through__atient endurance of troubles or even disasters, being flogged or imprisoned; being mobbed, having to work like slaves, having to go without food or sleep. All this we want to meet with sincerity, with insight and patience; by sheer kindness and the Holy Spirit; with genuine love, speaking the plain truth, and living by the power of God. Our sole defence, our only weapon, is a life of integrity, whether we meet honour or dishonour, praise or blame. Called __mpostors_ we must be true, called __obodies_ we must be in the public eye. Never far from death, yet here we are alive, always __oing through it_ yet never __oing under_. We know sorrow, yet our joy is inextinguishable. We have __othing to bless ourselves with_ yet we bless many others with true riches. We are penniless, and yet in reality we have everything worth having.
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