A Simple and Pure Devotion

I. The Fear of the Faithful

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II. Other Lovers:

A. A Different Spirit

B. A Different Gospel

C. The Battle for Belief

III. A Simple and Pure Devotion

A. Simple = sincerity (in other translations) = sense of “the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech (the absence of affectation and pretense).

B. Pure= noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; especially lacking a firsthand knowledge of evil

C. To Christ

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Paul feels invested interest in keeping their devotion pure

The devotion was to be toward Christ

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