2 Corinthians 13:7-10
7 Now I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though we may seem disqualified. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 9 For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, that you may be made complete. 10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.
7 Now I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though we may seem disqualified. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 9 For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, that you may be made complete. 10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.
The minister’s heart wants those ministered and served to do what is right before God according to His word and will. It is not to demonstrate how good or strong the servant is in helping others, but the truth working to transform lives for God’s glory and our good. It is for God’s work and our completion, our maturation in Christ, conformance to His image, that gives those called His authority to build up the body of Christ. We are to build as wise master builders on that solid foundation of the gospel of Jesus Christ, not on our own ideas, methods, or wisdom, and surely not for our accolades.
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