Therefore, cherishing such a hope, I use great freedom of speech.

Great is my faith in you; great is my cheerful assurance in you. I am filled with comfort; in spite of all my troubles, my heart is overflowing with joy.

because I am on my guard in this, that no one should blame me, in respect to this bounty which I am administering.

With them I am sending our brother of whose zeal I have often had proof in many ways, and who is now zealous because of his great confidence in you.

It is no great marvel, then, if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their end will be according to their works.

In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the King, kept guard over the city of the Damascus, to arrest me;