And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.

For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.

Make a test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; make certain of yourselves. Or are you not conscious in yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are truly Christ's?