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.

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?

We are not again commending ourselves to you, but are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you may have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart.

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.

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.

I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will have to mourn over many of those who sinned before and have not repented of the impurity, immorality, and lewdness which they have practiced.

I warned those who sinned in the past and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present the second time, that if I come again I will not spare them