For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

What then is my reward? Just this: that in my preaching I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my right in the gospel.

just as I try to please all men in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as he wills.

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so it is with Christ.

But now God has arranged the members in the body, each one of them, just as he desired.

Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

For I do not want to see you now just in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you with nothing to fear, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.