For Christ did not think I baptized any one else. For Christ did not send me forth to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel; and that not in philosophic words, lest the Cross of Christ should be made an empty thing.

With this in mind I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dear and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ; the manner in which I ever teach everywhere in every church.

To the rest it is I who am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has a wife who is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let him not send her away.

On my arrival I will send those whom you may accredit by letter to carry your bounty to Jerusalem.

Whenever he comes to me, send him on his way in peace, for I am expecting him with the other brothers.

All the brothers send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.