 Just want to read one verse before we pray, which is 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verses 57 and 58. Okay, 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verses 57 and 58. But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. Knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. Knowing that your labor is not vain in the Lord. Just wanted to remind us of that even before we pray. That He's given us the victory and our labor, our work, whatever we do for the Lord in the Lord is not in vain. So therefore we need to be encouraged. And here's this encouragement from His Word to be steadfast, to be consistent, to be immovable. Not shaken and always abounding, always increasing in the work of the Lord. Okay, let's pray. Father, we thank You for Your Word this morning. We thank You, Lord, that we have the victory through You, Father God. We thank You that You are victorious and You've turned around and given us the victory. And that victory is over, Lord, sin and Satan and death. And Father, we thank You that everything, it covers everything, Lord, all failures, everything God, all defeats. Your victory covers it all. And You've made us victorious in every area of our lives, Lord. And so this morning we just want to thank You for the victory that You've given us. Yes, Lord, we thank You for the exhortation to be steadfast, to be immovable, always abounding. To be established and always abounding in the work of the Lord. Yes, Father God, we thank You. We thank You. This is reminded of this, Lord, even when things happen to move us, when things happen to shake us, Lord, that we will continue to, Lord, draw near to You, draw strength from You, and be encouraged by the comfort and the strength of the Holy Spirit gives that we will always be abounding, Lord, in seasons when it seems to be challenging and difficult, Lord, especially in those seasons, I pray that we will abound even more in the work of the Lord. Lord, as we draw near to You, as we sit at Your feet, Lord, as we just wait on Your presence, God, and receive strength from You, Lord, to abound even more in the work of ministry. Father, we pray that You would bless each one of us this morning, God, touch each one of us. Yes, Lord, I pray that You will remove all fear and all anxiety and everything that seems to block, God, I pray that You will remove it, that we might be rooted, established in You, Father, God, even stronger than before, God, and in seasons when it seems to be challenging, I pray that we will be even more established in You, unshakable, immovable, and that it will be even more abounding, God, I pray that You will cause this to happen. We thank You, we give You all the praise and all the glory in Jesus' matchless name, we pray. Amen, amen. Let's continue from where we left off, 2 Corinthians, and I think we just started with chapter 7, right? We looked at chapter 5, chapter 6, and then we went on to chapter 7, and I think we looked at the first couple of verses, so let's read those verses again. So, chapter 6, Paul talks about the promise that God had given any quotes from Jeremiah, Jeremiah 32, I think, and then he goes on to say, quote that promise, a promise of the Lord, of God saying that I will dwell among them, they will be my people, I'll be the father to them, and they will be my sons and daughters, and the Lord promises that, so he reiterates, it reminds them about the promise, and in chapter 7 says, therefore we have these promises, therefore having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. I'm just going to go ahead and project the notes that we might follow through on that. So, chapter 7, verse 1 says, therefore having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. So, a couple of things that we can take away from the first verse is that Paul reminds them, and then he says, because we have these promises, now we have a responsibility. Now what is the promise? The assurance of God's presence, the change in identity, and the promise that he will be our God and he will walk among us and continue to be with us. So, therefore the call to holiness, let us cleanse ourselves, Paul writes, and he says, so the thing is, what we reminded is that it is our responsibility to cleanse ourselves of all filthiness of flesh and spirit. Yes, the Lord will forgive, the Lord will cleanse us by his precious blood, but we have a responsibility to separate ourselves from everything that contaminates, pollutes things of the flesh and spirit. Everything that contaminates, we have a responsibility to cleanse ourselves, to separate ourselves and to live in a way that is free of all these things. So, we cannot relax in this area, we need to take action. We need to be active in this area and be alert. So, it is really a call to action. And when we read Romans 8.13, we see, if you live according to the flesh, the seriousness of it is this, why should we cleanse ourselves? Why should we cleanse ourselves of all the filthiness of the flesh? Of course, God is not pleased, and the seriousness of it is that it takes us to a place of separation from God. It takes us away from that place of fellowship and takes us away from that intimacy and closeness and leads us to a place of separation. Romans 8.13, if you live, that is, if you continue to have this day in and day out every day, if you live according to the flesh, according to the flesh meaning, according to the dictates of the flesh, the desires of the flesh, the directions and invitation of the flesh, whatever the fleshly appetite is, whatever our undenured mind craves for and imagines and so on, if we live according to that, what is the end result that you will die? It is a very sober warning of the seriousness of it, that if you live according to this, you will die. But if by the Spirit, if by the Holy Spirit, with the help of the Holy Spirit, by the power of the Holy Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, instead of you living such a kind of a life according to the flesh and you coming to a place of death, if you take that responsibility and put to death the deeds of the body, you put to death the deeds of the body, then what happens is that you will live. You put to death, you bring an end, you bring a separation to the deeds of the body, then you will live. So it's by the Spirit. So we cleanse ourselves by first of all being aware of all the things that, if you're not aware that something is not good for us, then we will continue to indulge in that. We will continue to go ahead and be ignorant of this. We will continue to live that way. The Holy Spirit warns us, the Holy Spirit will alert us and we need to be aware that this is something that will defile us, something that will pollute us, contaminate us in the flesh and spirit. So to be sensitive to the leading of the Spirit is very, very important. So He will show, He will reveal things to us. Even the things that we are ignorant of, since He is the Spirit of Revelation and Wisdom, He will teach us, He will show us. And secondly, when He reveals that to us, we need to make some decisions, some choices. Some decisions saying, okay, this is not good for me. Therefore, I'm going to separate myself from this. This is not good for me. This is not helpful for me. Therefore, I'm going to make a decision. So it's up to us to make the decision. Like no one else can make the decision for us. We need to decide ourselves. God will not make it for us. He's given us free choice, free will. So we have to make that decision. And thirdly, the thing is, it's not a one-time decision. It's not one decision that we make. But it's actually that we consistently follow through, meaning we act according to those decisions. We live according to those decisions. What's good in, how can it be good if we make a decision? But if we live completely different from that choice that we made. So the thing is to make the decision and to follow through. We see that in, I'm sorry, in Ephesians chapter five as well. Fornication in all uncleanness and covetousness. Let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints. Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor co-gesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving off thanks. So what we see here is that you see the standard is saying, let it not be even be part of your conversation. These kind of things don't even talk or discuss in an encouraging manner. It's not, of course, we need to, when we need to teach someone, we need to say, okay, this is what it is and this can actually cause damage. This can take you. So he's saying that these kind of things like covetousness or uncleanness or filthiness, fornication and look at verse four of Ephesians five says, neither filthiness, foolish talking, co-gesting, which means like jokes which are not edifying, jokes which are not really godly in a manner, the content of it is not really edifying, it's not godly. It's bordering on being vulgar. So foolish talking, filthiness, co-gesting, which are not fitting, fitting for saints, which is not appropriate for you as a saint of God, one who's separate. So let it not be even be named among you, let it not be part of your conversation. So that is this kind of standard. So that's a standard of consecration that is there for all, all of us who are called to be saints. Okay, let's look at verse two onwards. So verse two, Paul again goes back and addresses this issue of the Corinthians distancing themselves or not being open to Paul. So he's saying, open your hearts to us. We have wronged no one. We have corrupted no one. We have cheated no one. I do not say this to condemn, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together. Okay, so here he lists, lists on three things. Okay, that he is not done or they have not done for the church or they have avoided living in such a manner. What does he say? He says we have wronged no one. We have corrupted no one. We have cheated no one. That's verse two. So he and his team have not done this to those who are whom they are ministering. Okay, first one he says we have not wronged. We have not been unjust. We have not acted immorally, socially, physically. We have not acted in that way towards you. We have not wronged anyone. Second one says we have not corrupted anyone. To corrupt means to destroy, to lead away from holiness. So we have not led anyone away from that, away from holiness and righteousness. We have not brought decay or corruption into their lives. We have not destroyed anyone's lives. So we have corrupted no one. Third one he says we have not cheated anyone. We have not taken advantage, but we have not said anything or done anything and to place them to take benefit of their lives. And we have not done that. We have not corrupted anyone. So he says these three things we have not done. So it's good for us to know that that's the standard. That's the standard for ministry to not wrong anyone, not to corrupt anyone, not to cheat anyone. So very, very clear. People might be simple. People might be whatever the state of the people or we or maybe they have cheated us. So we don't have to go and cheat them in return. So that's also the night. So maybe people have done anything, done something wrong. We don't have to in return retaliate and do them the wrong. So suppose there's this very clearly these three things we've not done. Let's look at verse four onwards. Great is my boldness of speech towards you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I'm filled with comfort. I'm exceedingly joyful in all our tribulations. Filled with comfort, exceedingly joyful in all our tribulations. For indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest and we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears. Nevertheless, God who comforts the downcast comforted us by the coming of Titus and not only by his coming but also by the consolation with which he was comforted in you. When he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me so that I rejoiced even more. So Paul here is making a very important statement here. Saying great is my boldness of speech towards you. Paul is always courageous, always bold, always very radical in his decisions in some things that he did. So he was bold in bringing correction as well. Like he did not hesitate. In fact, we read in Galatians that he did not hesitate to even face up to the apostle Peter. Galatians chapter 2 and verse 11 talks about that. And when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face because he was to be blamed. Let me just put the reference here. Galatians 2, he talks about how boldly he stood for the truth. Just because it was apostle Paul, someone who walked with Jesus who talked with the Lord Jesus when he was in his earthly ministry, that didn't matter because what he was doing was not right. So Paul writes and he says he withstood him because he says he was to be blamed. So he was a bold man in correcting people and he was equally bold and boasting about people when he saw that they lived a faithful life. So when they did some things which were according to faith, he would boast about them to others also. Like he says that you are our apostle written in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. So he would talk complimentary things and he would boast about others and about their faith and what God was doing in their lives as well. He was equally bold in doing that. So he says that he was filled with comfort and joy in all the tribulations. Now that's a bold statement and also it's a great testimony. He says, I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulations. Here Paul again, he goes, it's a continuation of verse 5 where he started in chapter 2 verse 13. It's a continuation of from that section. In chapter 213 he says, I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find titans and then so I moved to Macedonia. So this verse 5 onwards, it's actually a continuation of that. He's talking about that. He's continuing from describing that. So let's read. So he says, I am exceedingly joyful and filled with comfort in all tribulations for indeed when we came to Macedonia our bodies had no rest. We were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts and inside were fears. Nevertheless God comforted. How did God comfort? He comforted God who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus. So that's another thing that God sends his people, his disciples or as believers we draw comfort. It's the comfort of God. Of course God can do it sovereignly when we just be in his presence, pray, receive comfort from him because the Holy Spirit is the Paracletus. But we also know that God sends his disciples, other fellow believers to comfort because we are the body of Christ, what we see in 1 Corinthians 12. We are the body of Christ and members of one another. So each part receives strength and also gives strength to the other member. So the thing is an important thing for us is to understand that God will comfort us by or through another believer, through another disciple. So we need to be able to receive that comfort. God is sending someone in order to comfort. God is sending someone with a message in order to comfort us so we be mindful of that and receive that comfort. So let's continue with verse 5. So verse 5 he was anxious, he was atrocious and we read about that in verse 13 of chapter 2. He couldn't find Titus and there were a lot of problems, a lot of challenges. So he moves from there. So here he writes that they were outside, there were a lot of troubles, conflicts inside their fears and then he was comforted by Titus is coming. Verse 7, not only by his coming and also by the consolation with which he was comforted in you. So what happened was that Paul was comforted by his presence and also by hearing from Titus about the change of heart of the Scondian church. He's saying that when he noticed their change of heart and how they in turn how they minister to Titus, like how they help Titus and how they comfort Titus. So Titus comes and shares that with Paul. When he told you of your honest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me so that I rejoiced even more. So this was a great sense of comfort and rejoicing for Paul when he came there. So the thing is something happened, something happened in the Corinthian church when he went there on the way to Macedonia when he dropped in, he was actually preparing, planning earlier to come back and spend some time but he went there mostly unannounced and he noticed certain things in the church which were not good spiritually, morally, which were not good in the church and so he went there, he made those corrections, he seems to have spoken in a sharp manner and also written to them. So the Corinthian believers were upset and it says that they actually sorrowed, they were sorrowful in a godly manner. So let's look at verse 8. So it says, for even if I made you sorry with my letter. So he wrote to them, of course, first was his visit and then he wrote to them and he says that I did not regret it, though I did regret it for I perceived that the same episode made you sorry though only for a while. So he wrote to them and then it really upset them, they were sorrowful when they received the letter. Verse 9, now I rejoice that not that you have made sorry but your sorrow led to repentance for you were made sorry in a godly manner that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. So what is that? So it says that this is what happened, that you sorrowed in a godly manner. Which means that you can also sorrow in an ungodly manner, be sorrowful in an ungodly manner. So verse 10, godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation and it's not to be regretted but the sorrow of the world produces death. You see that just like how the things of the flesh, if you live according to the things, according to the flesh, you will die. That's what we read there. But if by the Spirit you put to death the needs of the body you will live, we read in Ephesians. So here we see that even ungodly sorrow and the sorrow of the world, if that is not checked, if that is not resisted, if you do not receive the comfort of the Spirit and continue to live according to the sorrow of the world, if you let it completely overwhelm us, that also produces death. That also causes us to separate ourselves from God. That also causes us to move away from God and it takes us to a place of separation and end. So very important. We need to understand that. So it says godly sorrow leads to repentance, leads to a change of heart, leads to a change in the way we live. It is sorrow but it's godly in nature. So what does it do? Godly sorrow leads to repentance in life, leads to conviction of sin, leads to hope and change. And when we sorrow in a godly manner, we consider what are the things that I can do to change? What are the different options that I can consider to change? Whereas the opposite of that happens when there is sorrow of the world. That leads to death, that leads to condemnation, that leads to more hopelessness and that takes us further and further into that sorrow, which is sorrow of the world, like depression or anxiety. Which is not good, which really destroys the person. So godly sorrow does not destroy the person, rather it produces repentance. So what happened because of godly sorrow? So he says, verse 11, for observe this very thing that you sorrowed in a godly manner, what diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication, in all things you proved yourself to be clear in this matter. Therefore, although I wrote to you, do not do it for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you. So we see here that several things happened because of that godly sorrow. So we see a whole thing listed there, diligence and a clearing of oneself, indignation, fear and vehement desire and wanting to prove to be clear, to clear the oneself of all those wrongdoings. So this happened because of the letter Paul wrote and because it produced godly sorrow and led the believers to a place of repentance and they wanted to just clear themselves of all this. They were armed and they reignited the fervour and the passion and the zeal. So that is what happened and you see that it's quite opposite to a soul of the world which produces condemnation and you're helpless and it's not healthy at all. So that is what we see. Okay. It's 13. Therefore, we have been comforted in your comfort and we rejoiced exceedingly more for the joy of Titus because his spirit has been refreshed by you all for if in anything I have boasted to him about you, I'm not ashamed, but as we spoke all things to you in truth, so a boasting to Titus was found true and his affections for you and his affections are greater for you as he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him. Therefore, I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything. Okay. So that's how chapter 7 concludes. So he's saying we've been comforted in your comfort and we have been exceedingly, I have rejoiced exceedingly more because of the joy of Titus, Titus was refreshed by you which means they treated him well. They also received him well, received his words, received his ministry, everything and it was after that time when Paul corrected them. So he sees that most of them have just come around, have realized that what they were doing was wrong and so on. So which was good. And so he rejoices and he says, no, I have confidence in you in everything. Okay. So some of the highlights of this chapter, all exhorting the believer to take responsibility for their actions, to cleanse themselves of all filthiness and flesh. Okay. So that is something that we see. And then he in fact invites them to not distance themselves from him and the team, but invites them and he says, you know, you just open your heart. Don't be hard hearted. And also talks about one of the key things that he says is that he testifies and he says that we have not cheated, we have not corrupted, we have not wronged. And he also talks about how he has been comforted and he's joyful, exceedingly joyful in all tribulation. Okay. That's a great testimony. And he says that he was comforted. So we learned something important about God's comfort being extended to us as believers. The Holy Spirit does that. The Holy Spirit comforts us. He sends people to comfort us. He sends his people to comfort us. So when we, you know, the important thing is this that when we do not allow people to minister to us or when we distance ourselves, then we actually distance ourselves or block whatever God wants to do in our lives through other people. So we actually stop God from doing that or we resist God, right? We quench the work of the Spirit. Okay. So Paul, you know, in this chapter we see all that and we also notice that the whole situation has been changed. He spoke to them. So we see something about Paul's life as well, how bold he was in correcting. He did not neglect correction. Okay. Sometimes he had to do it in a firm manner. Sometimes he had to take some very, very bold decisions. He had to, you know, put that person out of fellowship. That's what we see. This person who was living in a very moral lifestyle, continuing to live in that moral lifestyle, he had to take that strong measure of putting that person out. So we see something about Paul's zeal for the Lord and zeal for God's people. All these things were done not because, you know, he wanted to make people feel bad or he wanted to, you know, like, he wanted to destroy people's lives, but it was all done for a defecation, right? Knowing the nature of God, knowing the character of God. So it was all done for a defecation. Okay. Okay. So any questions here before we go on to the next chapter or anything that you want to share, anything that you noticed in chapter seven, you can do that. You can share. What is it that you noticed? What is it that you found to be helpful for your own lives? Anything that you noticed? Okay. What was highlighted for you? What did you find to be helpful? What did you notice for the first time maybe? Or what was it that was reiterated to you? Anything from chapter seven? Maintaining our responsibility. Yeah. And it's a very important thing, right? We can't... Yes, God has... It is God who has actually sanctified us. It is He who has called us, separated us, but it is our responsibility as we live our lives to live in a manner cleansing ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh now. That's our responsibility as believers, as consecrated ones. Yes. And if you notice verse one, it says, let us cleanse ourselves. Perfecting holiness. Which means it's a work. It's a process. And it's continuous. So it's a continuous thing. So that this continuous work of perfecting holiness is our responsibility as believers. As much as we go before Him and we worship Him and we spend time in His Word, are we perfecting holiness in the fear of God? Right? In our reverential fear of God, in our deep respect for God, are we perfecting holiness? Is it happening in our lives? That's the question. Are we going from one level of living a holy life to another level of holiness? That's the question to ask ourselves. Anyone else? Okay. Kiran also taking responsibility. Anything else that noticed or you wanted to share? See, one thing that we also notice here is that for being very, very open and transparent, especially when you see verse 5, he says, okay, this is the trouble that we faced. And he's quite, you know, just as he's bold, he's also very, very transparent. And he says, inside we're fierce. Meaning, hey, there were times that we were fearful. He doesn't say, I'm the apostle, I've got so many revelations and understanding. And God had this encounter. Therefore, I don't have any fear. As a human being, he experienced fear. He says, outside we're conflicts, inside we're fear. So we see that he was very, very real, very open and transparent about his life, about his ministry. So there was nothing to hide. And that, in fact, gave him even more boldness. That's something that we see. He was extremely bold. And the fact that he lived such a very transparent life that gave him even more boldness. He was right before God. And he wanted to be right before man. And he lived that kind of a life. Okay, okay. So then there's nothing, then let's move on to chapter 8. So chapter 8, he talks about something about money, about giving, about generosity, financial aspects of it. So let's read through it. Okay. Van Kornthien's 16 also, he talks about, he actually talks about something that he had instructed the churches in Galatia. So Van Kornthien 16 and verses 1 to 4. He talks about turning the collection for the saints as I have given to the churches of Galatia. So you must do also on the first day of the week, let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come. And when I come, whomever you approve by your letters, I will send to bear your gift to Jerusalem for it is fitting that I go also. But if it is fitting that I go also, go with me. So we saw that, that instruction he's giving the believers, the Kornthien church, saying on the first day, when you gather together, you put aside something and as the Lord prospers, you keep aside this. And I will send it through whomever you nominate. And he's saying whomever you approve, you recommend with your letters, I will send and to bear them, bear your gift to Jerusalem. Like they were collecting for the believers who were poor, who were undergoing some kind of financial difficulty in Jerusalem and for that they were doing this. So he addresses that aspect here in chapter 8. So that's the map which shows Kornth and the surrounding area. So you see that Macedonia, it has Berea, Thessalonica, Philippi, all these coming under the entire region of Macedonia. So chapter 8 verse 1, he says, Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. So when he says church of Macedonia, it refers to that entire region. All these cities are part of that region. So this is what he says, that the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia, that in the great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality for I bear witness according to their ability. Yes, and beyond their ability they were freely giving, imploring us with much urgency that we would receive the gift and the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. So he talked about this gift and the believers in, we read something about the believers in Macedonia. So he says that they were poor actually. It is not like they were rich, it says they were, and their deep poverty, meaning that they were really not well to do at all. He used the word poverty, meaning that they didn't have much. But the thing is they were rich in their generosity and their giving. So despite the fact that they did not have much, they gave their all, whatever they had they gave. So they were rich in that sense, in their giving and their generosity. And he says that the grace of God enabled his believers to give and it was, you know, this is how the grace of God operated, that they were, God's grace led them to be generous, even beyond their ability to give. They gave for the work of ministry. And they gave actually for the others who were poor in Jerusalem, the other believers, when they heard about it and then Paul told them about this need. So they gave beyond their ability. Verse 4 says that they actually implored, right? Imploring us, meaning begging us with much urgency that they would receive, that Paul would receive the gift. So they begged Paul and said, you know, we want to be associated, we want to have this fellowship of ministering to these saints. So, you know, you take this and give it to them. Verse 5, and not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and then to us by the will of God. So that's the thing. It was not just giving of money or giving of finances, but they gave themselves to the Lord. They gave themselves to their Lord. They gave their lives to the Lord first of all. It was not that they put something in the offering, but their lives they gave to the Lord. And that's the order. That's the correct order, right? Sometimes people think that, okay, I've given and I've done my responsibility. You know, I've given financially, I've done my responsibility. And I don't have to, you know, I can live how I want, right? Or my life need not be in surrender to the Lord. I'm giving anyway. I'm giving off my riches. I'm giving, you know, maybe, maybe as a person who's wealthy, you know, I'm giving so much. And this is what God has led me to do. So I'm giving. And, you know, I just stopped with that. I don't want to go any further or deeper. Like what happens is like spiritually we can be shallow. Like spiritually we need not be, you know, seeking the Lord or surrendering ourselves to the Lord. And just be, you know, generous in this one aspect. But we see here, it was fine, that they gave themselves to the Lord. They surrendered their lives, their agenda, their plans, everything to the Lord. And then they gave off their substance, right? They gave to, they gave financially by the will of God, by the will of God, meaning that they cons, consulted what God's desire was, what God's will was, and they chose to do that. Okay. So their life was not detached or far away from their giving. You know, both went together. Okay. So that is something that we see. And when our heart is fully surrendered, and then, when we give financially, you know, that pleases God. And it's according to the will of God, that pleases him. Okay. Right. So let's look at verse six. So we urge Titus that as he had begun, that he would also complete this grace in you as well. But as you abound in everything, in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your law for us, see that you abound in this grace also. Okay. So, you know, you see earlier that Paul mentioning that, you know, as a church, you come short in no gift. Okay. You are blessed in all utterance, in all knowledge. You know, you don't come short. You don't fall short in anything. So he says that, you know, you abound in all these things, in faith, in, you know, in knowledge, in speech, and in your love for us as well. See that you abound in this grace. Meaning this ability to give and to, you know, to give generously. See that you abound in that. You increase in that also. Okay. Okay. So we'll take a break. We'll stop here. And then we'll come back and continue. Fine.