Thy Daily Prayer

I say this prayer daily, no matter what. It is embedded within my heart and soul and I want to share it with you before I rest myself to sleep this night.

'Thy Father, Which Art in Heaven,
Hallow Be Thy Name,
Thy Kingdom Come,
Thy Will Be Done,
On Earth, As it is in Heaven;
Give Us This Day,
Our Daily Bread,
And Forgive Us Our Trespasses,
As We Forgive Our Trespassers,
And Lead Us Not Unto Temptation,
But Deliver Us From Evil,
For Thou is the Kingdom,
And the Power, And the Glory,
In Which It Stands,
In Jesus's Name,
Amen.'

LOVE - WISE OWL LADY

I. CORINTHIANS CHAP. VIII.

NOW as touching things offered unto idols, we
know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge
puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
2 And if any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we
know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
5 For though there be that are called gods, whether
in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many;)
6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of
whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are
all things, and we by him.
7 Howbeit, there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol: and
their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither if we eat, are we the better; neither if we eat
not, are we the worse.
9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty
of yours become a stumbling-block to them that are weak.
10 For if any man see thee, which hast knowledge,
sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience
of him which is weak be emboldened
to eat those things which are offered to idols;
11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish,
for whom Christ died?
12 But when ye sin so against the brethren,
and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend,
I will eat no flesh while the world standeth,
lest I make my brother to offend.

'Honor Thy Mother...' Happy Birthday Mom!

Baked something a little special for the woman that bore me into this world. -Wise Owl Lady
2/23/2014  Her Favorites: Homemade Cherry Cake Homemade Peanut Butter/Choc. Chip and Oatmeal Cookies
'The Miracle that bore miracles.'

'Strength': By Wise Owl Lady

Sun shines upon thy face,
I bow my head, confess my disgrace,
Allow myself to smile and give my daily thanks,
I am stronger now, more than I have ever been;
How great is His gift of Wisdom.
Like a warm cloak,
It protects me,
Keeps those storms and icy winds at bay,
My skin crawls with excitement.
I close my eyes and pray,
Yes, I am ready for today.
No more tears fall down upon thy face,
No more fears, they've faded away;
No more anger within my heart,
No more foolishness on my part;
I have proudly retrieved, from you, my heart,
Like a warrioress returned from battle, I was the victor from the start;
Time heals the wounded soul,
But the Lord knows that I needed these wounds
in order for me to grow;
He found me in isolation, wandering, lost and alone...
All I wanted was to spread my wings, soar through the wilderness,
knowing that this world is not my true home;
In my soul's possession,
do I have much wisdom to share, behold,
My purpose in this life must take place,
Our destinies have been foretold;
The constant everyday battle against
these evil, wicked ways...
They mock my pain, our pain, our children's pain...
Disrespect our forefather's name,
Treat life like a game,
Materialistic prizes, as if they've never seen the rainbow after the rain;
It really is a shame;
I will continue to labor hard,
sow my seeds day by day,
Keep my faith and trust
in the will of Thy Father;
Keep thy heart for His coming day;
Love His people,
and not follow wrongful ways;
Let go of the demons
that lurk there behind me,
trying to break my strength;
How lonely and sacrificing,
can the path of the righteous woman be,
But to be among the select few to inherit
the Kingdom of Heaven,
I will consistently repent my sins,
Renew myself everyday,
Keep my spirit and body clean,
Live, through Him, my dreams,
Never doubt, just believe;
We think what we see, we know,
Yet even what we see, we do not comprehend;
What has been lovingly given to us, abused;
Broken the Law, His commandments abandoned,
Clearly in these times,
More than ever before in history of mankind,
Our we sisters and brothers torn apart...
Yes, my heart will go on, it must,
From the light of the Moon,
This Wise Owl Lady journeys along.

I CORINTHIANS CHAPTER VII.

1 NOW concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me:

It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 

2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, 

and let every woman have her own husband.

3 Let the husband render unto the wife due 

benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the

husband. 

4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise

also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. 

5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with 

consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to

fasting and prayer; and come together again, that 

Satan tempt ye not for your incontinency. 

6 But I speak this by permission, and not of 

commandment.

7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. 

But every man hath his proper gift of God,

one after this manner, and another after that. 

8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows,

It is good for them if they abide even as I. 

9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry:

for it is better to marry than to burn. 

10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, 

but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her 

husband. 

11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, 

or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the 

husband put away his wife. 

12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord, If any 

brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be 

pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. 

13 And the woman which hath an husband that 

believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, 

let her not leave him. 

14  For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by 

the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the 

husband: else were your children unclean; but now 

are they holy.

15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. 

A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such 

cases; but God hath called us to peace. 

16 For what knowest thou , O wife, whether thou

shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O 

man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as 

the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk.

And so ordain I in all churches. 

18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him 

not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision?

let him not be circumcised. 

19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision 

is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments

of God. 

20 Let every man abide in the same calling where-in

he was called. 

21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for 

it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, 

is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that

is called, being free, is Christ's servant. 

23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the

servants of men.

24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, 

therein abide with God. 

25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment

of the Lord: yet I give my judgment as one

that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the 

present distress; I say, that it is good for a man 

so to be. 

27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be 

loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 

28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned:

and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless, 

such shall have trouble in the flesh; but I 

spare you. 

29 But this I say, brethren, The time is short.

It remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as 

though they had none; 

30 And they that weep, as though they wept not;

and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not;

and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

31 And they that use this world, as not abusing 

it, For the fashion of this world passeth away.

32 But I would have you without carefulness.

He that is unmarried, careth for the things that

belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

33 But he that is married, careth for the things

that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

34 There is difference also between a wife and a 

virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things

of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and 

in spirit: but she that is married, careth for the things 

of the world, how she may please her husband. 

35  And this I speak for your own profit; not that

I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is

comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord 

without distraction.

36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself

uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the 

flower of her age, and need so require, let him do 

what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. 

37 Nevertheless, he that standeth steadfast in his 

heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his

own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he

will keep his virgin, doeth well. 

38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not 

in marriage doeth better. 

39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her

husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is 

at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in 

the Lord.

40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my

judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit 

of God. 

Happy Valentine's Day! Remember that LOVE must be shared EVERYDAY! xoxo

Some of my favorite portrayals of LOVE!

Love is the key to fulfilling the law and our purpose in life, to share it with others during our lifetime and Thy Father has loved us, for the Lord says: 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. -Romans chap. XIII

Wisdom of Solomon Chap IV.

(This excerpt is taken from The Apocrapha An American Translation by: Edgar J. Goodspeed. Vintage Books (A Division of Random House) New York. C. 1959. 1938.

It is better to be childless but virtuous,
For in the memory of virtue there is immortality,
For is is recognized by both God and men;
2 When it is present, men imitate it,
And they long for it when it is gone.
And it marches in triumph, wearing a wreath forever,
Victorious in the contest for prizes that are undefiled.
3 But the numerous brood of the ungodly will be unprofitable,
And with its base-born slips will not strike its roots deep,
Or establish a secure foundation.
4 For though it flourishes with branches for while,
It stands insecurely and will be shaken by the wind,
And uprooted by the force of the winds.
5 The twigs will be broken off before they are grown,
And their fruit will be useless, not ripe enough to eat,
And good for nothing.
6 For children born of unlawful slumbers
Will be witnesses to their parents' guilt when they are examined.
7 But an upright man, if he dies before his time, will be at rest,
8 For an honored old age does not depend on length of time, 
And is not measured by the number of one's years,
9 But understanding is gray hair for men,
And blameless life is old age.
10 Because he pleased God well, he was loved by him,
And while living among sinners he was taken up.
11 He was caught up, so that wickedness might not alter his 
understanding,
12 Or guile deceive his soul.
For the spell of wickedness obscures what is good,
And the instability of desire perverts the innocent mind. 
13 Being perfected in a little while he has fulfilled long years,
14 For his soul pleased the Lord;
Therefore he hurried from the midst of wickedness.
The peoples saw yet did not perceive
Or take such a thing to heart,
15 For favor and mercy are with his chosen,
And he watches over his saints.
16 But an upright man who has fallen asleep will condemn
the ungodly who are still alive,
And youth that is soon perfected, the great age of the unrighteous.
17 For they see the wise man's end, 
And do not perceive what the Lord's purpose about him was, 
And for what he kept him safe;
18 They see, and make light of him;
But the Lord will laugh them to scorn.
19 And afterward they will become a dishonored corpse,
And be insulted among the dead forever;
He will burst them open, dumb and swollen,
And will shake them from their foundations,
And they will be utterly dried up,
And they will suffer anguish,
And the memory of them will perish.
20 They will come like cowards at the reckoning-up of their sins, 
And their transgressions will convict them to their face. 

LOVE IS MANDATORY EVERYDAY BUT ON THIS SPECIAL OCCASION...

I baked Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting and Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip, and Walnut Cookies for my love ones (All natural ingredients, special recipe, baked from the heart, and absolutely delicious) xoxo Happy Valentine's Month -Wise Owl Lady

I CORINTHIANS CHAP. VI.

DARE any of you, having a matter against
another, go to law before the unjust, and 
not before the saints? 
2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge
the world? and if the world shall be judged by you,
are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels?
how much more, things that pertain to this life?
4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining
to this life, set them to judge who are least 
esteemed in the church.
5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is
not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall
be able to judge between his brethren?
6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and 
that before the unbelievers. 
7 Now therefore, there is utterly a fault among
you, because ye go to law one with another. Why
do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather
suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that 
your brethren.
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not
inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived;
neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, 
nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the 
kingdom of God. 
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed,
but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name
of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things 
are not expedient: all things are lawful for me,
but I will not be brought under the power of any. 
13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats
but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the
body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and 
the Lord for the body.
14 And God hath raised up the Lord, and 
will also raise up us by his own power. 
15 Know ye not, that your bodies are the members 
of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ,
and make them members of an harlot? God forbid. 
16 What!  know ye not that he which is joined to an 
harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man
doeth, is without the body; but he that committeth
fornication, sinneth against his own body.
19 What! know ye not that your body is the
temple of the Holdy Ghost which is in you, which
ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are brought with a price; therefore
glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which 
are God's. 

I CORINTHIANS, CHAP. V.

IT is reported commonly that there is fornication
among you, and such fornication, as is not so
much as named among the Gentiles, that one 
should have his father's wife.
2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when 
ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the 
power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh,
that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ. 
6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not, 
that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7  Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye
may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even 
Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with
old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and
wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity 
and truth. 
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle, not to company 
with fornicators:
10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this 
world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with
idolaters: for then must ye needs go out of the world. 
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such an one no not to eat. 
12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? de not ye judge them that are within? 
13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among 
yourselves that wicked person. 

Some Oldies 'Love Yourself, Learn from your Past, Become Who Thy Father wills for you To Be.' xoxo Wise Owl Lady

Wisdom of Solomon Chap. II and III

(This excerpt is taken from The Apocrapha An American Translation by: Edgar J. Goodspeed. Vintage Books (A Division of Random House) New York. C. 1959. 1938.

2 For they did not reason soundly, but said to themselves,

Our life is short and miserable, 

And there is no cure when man comes to his end,

And no one has been known to return from Hades. 

2. For we were born at a venture, 

And hereafter we shall be as though we had never existed,

Because the breath in our nostrils is smoke, 

And reason is a spark in the beating of our hearts; 

3 When it is quenched, the body will turn to ashes,

And the spirit will dissolve like empty air. 

4 And in time our name will be forgotten,

And no one will remember what we have done,

And our life will pass away like the traces of a cloud,

And  be scatter like mist

Pursued by the sun's rays

And overcome by its heat.

5 For our life is a fleeting shadow,

And there is no way to recall our end,

For it is sealed up and no one can bring it back. 

6 So come, let us enjoy the good things that exist,

And eagerly make use of the creation as we did in our youth.

7 Let us have our fill of costly wine and perfumes,

And let us not miss the spring flowers.

8 Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither;

9 Let none of us miss his share in our revelry;

Everywhere let us leave the signs of our gladness;

For this is our portion and this is our lot.

10 Let us oppress the upright poor; 

Let us not spare the widow,

Or respect the venerable gray head of the aged. 

11 But let our strength be our law of uprightness,

For weakness is proved useless.

12 Let us lie in wait for the upright, for he inconveniences us 

And opposes our doings,

And reproaches us with our transgressions of the Law,

And charges us with sins against what we have been

taught;

13 He professes to possess knowledge of God,

And calls himself a child of the Lord;

14 We have found him a reproof of our thoughts,

He is wearisome to us even to see,

15 For his life is not like others,

And his ways are strange.

16 He considers us counterfeit,

And avoids our ways as unclean.

He calls the end of the upright happy,

And boasts that God is his father.

17 Let us see whether what he says is true, 

And let us test what will happen at his departure.

18 For if the upright man is a son of God, he will help him,

And save him from the hands of his adversaries. 

19 Let us test him with insults and torture,

So that we may learn his patience,

And prove his forbearance.

20 Let us condemn him to a shameful death,

For he will be watched over, from what he says!

21 So they reasoned, but they went astray,

For their wickedness blinded them,

22 And they did not know God's secrets,

Or hope for the reward of holiness,

Or recognize the prize of blameless souls. 

23 For God created man for immortality,

And made him the image of his own eternity,

24 But through the devil's envy death came into the world,

And those who belong to his party experience it.

3 But the souls of the upright are in the hand of God,

And no torment can reach them.

2 In the eyes of the foolish people they seemed to die,

And their decease was thought an affliction,

3 And their departure from us their ruin,

But they are at peace. 

4 Their hope is full of immortality,

5 And after being disciplined a little, they will be shown

great kindness. 

For God has tried them,

And found them worthy of himself.

6 He has tested them like gold in a furnace,

And accepted them like the sacrifice of a whole burnt 

offering. 

7 They will shine out, when he visits them,

And spread like the sparks among the stubble.

8 They will judge nations and rule peoples, 

And the Lord will reign over them forever. 

9 Those who trust in him will understand the truth,

And those who are faithful will cling to him in love, 

For his chosen will find favor and mercy.

10 But the ungodly will be punished according to their 

reasonings, 

For they disregarded what was right and turned away from the Lord,

11 For the man who makes light of wisdom and instruction is wretched,

And there is nothing in their hope, and their labors are 

unprofitable,

And what they do is useless.

12 Their wives are silly,

And their children bad;

There is a curse on their birth.

13 For happy is the barren woman who is undefiled,

Who has not experienced a sinful union;

She will have fruit when God examines men's souls.

14 And happy is the eunuch who has not transgressed the 

Law with his hand,

Nor imagined wicked things against the Lord,

For special favor shall be shown to him for his faith,

And a more delightful share in the Lord's sanctuary.

15 For good work brings renown,

And the root of understanding is unerring.

16 But the children of adulterers will not grow up,

And the offspring of an illicit union will disappear. 

17 For if they are long-lived, they will be thought of no account,

And, at the last, their old age will be unhonored.

18 If they die early, they will have no hope

Or comfort on the day of decision.

19 For the fate of an unrighteous generation is hard. 

Believe. Dream. Spirit. Nature. Life. Check out my novel 'The Stars Touch Here Part I.'

The Wisdom of Solomon: Chapter I

(This excerpt is taken from The Apocrapha An American Translation by: Edgar J. Goodspeed. Vintage Books (A Division of Random House) New York. C. 1959. 1938.

1 LOVE UPRIGHTNESS, YOU WHO JUDGE THE LAND,
Think of the Lord with goodness,
And seek him with sincerity of heart.
2 For he is found by those who do not try him,
And is manifested to those who do not disbelieve him.
3 For crooked reasonings separate from God,
And when his power is tested, it exposes fools.
4 For wisdom cannot enter a deceitful soul,
Or live in a body in debt to sin.
5 For the holy spirit of instruction will flee from deceit,
And will rise and leave at unwise reasoning,
And be put to confusion at the approach of wrong.
6 For wisdom is a kindly spirit,
And will not acquit a blasphemer of what he says,
For God is a witness of his heart,
And a truthful observer of his mind,
And a hearer of his tongue.
7 For the spirit of the Lord fills the world,
And that which embraces all things knows all that is said.
8 Therefore no one who utters what is wrong will go unobserved,
Nor will justice, in its investigation, pass him by.
9 For there will be an inquiry into the designs of the ungodly,
And the sound of his words will reach the Lord,
to convict him of his transgressions.
10. For a jealous ear hears everything,
And the sound of grumbling is not hidden.
11 So beware of useless grumbling,
And spare your tongue from slander;
For no secret word goes for naught,
And a lying mouth destroys the soul.
12 Do not invite death by the error of your life,
Or incur destruction by the work of your hands;
13 For God did not make death,
And he does not enjoy the destruction of the living.
14 For he created everything to exist,
 And there is no poisonous drug in them,
And the kingdom of Hades is not on earth.
15 For uprightness is immortal.
16 But ungodly men by their acts and words have summoned him,
They thought him their friend, and softened,
And made an agreement with him,
For they are fit to belong to his party.

(To be continued...)

Have a Blessed and Lovely Week, Give Thanks for Another Day

I have to say today was a blessed day,
Just to have it in my grasp, another breath,
Another opportunity, progression of my life;
To confide and share a truly cherished moment in time with my dear brother,
Blessed,
To enjoy the day of a good meal,
To see a family gathered,
Through good and bad times,
Supporting each other, like soldiers we must, and to be able to offer my strength to my loved ones;
To see the willpower shine in their hearts and to add fuel to their drives, dreams, and hopes;
Blessed.
There will forever be countless ways to give thanks to Thy Father,
Ending my day with the beautiful view of the crescent moon and stars,
A warm place to rest and lay my head.
I felt the cold, but gentle breeze of new beginnings,
And was exposed further to the wanders of his Love.
The continuous gift of His Wisdom,
1111: Didn't want to ask for anything to day,
My heart is drenched with happiness and thankfulness,
Sabbath. Daily Prayer. Repentance. Inspire/Advice.
Amen.
-Wise Owl Lady

I Corinthians Chap. IV.

1 LET a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 
2 Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful. 
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 
4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. 
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. 
6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself, and to Apollos, for your sakes: that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. 
7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? 
and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? 
now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory,
as if thou hadst not received it?
8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. 
9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 
10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honorable, but we are despised. 
11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place; 
12 And labour, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;
13 Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the off-scouring of all things unto this day. 
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. 
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 
16 Wherefore, I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 
17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church. 
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. 
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. 
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 
21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in spirit of meekness?