Not that we are the masters of you and your faith; we are working with you to make you happy, for in your faith you stand firm enough.

In the same spirit of faith as his who said, "I believed, and so I spoke," I too believe, and so I speak,

(for I have to guide my steps by faith, not by what is seen)??8 yet I am confident, and I prefer to leave my home in the body and make my home with the Lord.

I do not indulge in extravagant boasts over work done by others, but I do hope that as your faith increases, my influence may be immensely enlarged through you,

It is yourselves you must test, to see whether you are holding to the faith. It is yourselves you must examine. Do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you? Unless you fail to stand the test!