Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

1Cor.1:4 I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus.

A gift should touch our hearts if it is given too us from love, moreover, a gift given as undeserved kindness, which is the forgiveness of our sins, and the life of the precious Son of God dwelling in us richly should humble the receiver to love the giver with ones whole heart, mind, and soul. This is the context Paul often wrote in, not an intellectual knowledge of Christ Jesus, which makes mankind haughty beating fellow slaves into submission through threats found in the scriptures.

Colossians 3:14 Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

But rather, real godly humility based on such blessings that transforms us into love and appreciation for all that God has done, and is doing in us through his love in Christ Jesus. This then is truth, not so called

knowledge based on human intellect, devoid of compassion, and love for fellowman, which is insistent on winning a biblical argument. Nothing within Paul writings here to the Corinthian's is based on human pride, in being right to promote an agenda in human wisdom; so he looked as an important teacher too fleshly men.

James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

No! Paul always starts with the foundation, and built on it until the spiritual house of God's stays standing on Christ Jesus alone through God's gift of grace, or undeserved kindness too us. Without this understanding in humility, love, which is the identifying mark of Christian's; cannot transform knowledge into truth. Jesus Christ is God's truth for us, we become truth when we walk in love, and conform all that we do into Christ-like personalities.

1 John 4:17 In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.