He delivered us from so deadly a peril, and he will deliver us; on him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.

For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by usby me and Silvanus and Timothywas not Yes and No, but in him it has always been Yes.

For as many as are the promises of God, in him they are Yes. And so through him we speak our Amen to the glory of God.

so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him.

But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.

So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a fleshly point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a fleshly point of view, we regard him thus no longer.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Working together with him, then, we urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

For if I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame; but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus has proved true.

And his affection goes out all the more to you, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling.

And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his preaching of the gospel;

You look at things as they are outwardly. If anyone is confident in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again within himself, that just as he is Christ's, so also are we.

But, "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."

I urged Titus to go, and I sent the brother with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? Did we not act in the same spirit and walk in the same steps?

For he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God for you.