For we do not write to you of other things, but of what you read and acknowledge; and I hope you will also acknowledge to the end,

And I wrote the same to you that coming I might not have sorrow for those in whom I ought to have joy, having trusted in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.

For I wrote to you in much affliction and distress of mind with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have abundantly for you.

for I wrote for this purpose, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

You are our epistle, written by our hearts, known and read by all men,

but to this day when Moses is read a vail lies upon their minds;

in the word of truth, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

If therefore I wrote to you, it was not on account of him that did the wrong, nor on account of him that suffered wrong, but that our diligence in your behalf might be manifest before God.

For concerning the service for the saints it is superfluous for me to write to you;

And even if I am rude in speech, I certainly am not in knowledge, but we have been made fully manifest to you in all things.

For this reason, being absent, I write these things, that I may not use sharpness when present, with the power which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for pulling down.