For the Son of God, Jesus Christ who was proclaimed among you by us (by me and Silvanus and Timothy) became not, yes and no, but in him has become, yes.

being seen that ye are a letter of Christ, administered by us, written not in ink, but in the Spirit of the living God, not in stony tablets, but in fleshly tablets, in hearts.

while we look not at things seen, but at things not seen. For things seen are temporal, but things not seen are eternal.

Having seen therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. But we have been manifested to God, and I hope also to have been manifested in your consciences.

For the man who knew no sin was made sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

Or did I commit a sin lowering myself so that ye might be lifted up, because I preached to you the good-news of God freely?