But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;

For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.

Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,

So though I sent you a letter, it was not only because of the man who did the wrong, or because of him to whom the wrong was done, but so that your true care for us might be made clear in the eyes of God.

In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;

In Damascus, the ruler under Aretas the king kept watch over the town of the people of Damascus, in order to take me:

And being let down in a basket from the wall through a window, I got free from his hands.

Truly the signs of an Apostle were done among you in quiet strength, with wonders and acts of power.

And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.

I said before, and still say it before I come, as being present for the second time, though I am still away from you, to those who have done wrong before, and to all the others, that if I come again I will not have pity;