for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me and Sylvanus and Timothy, was not yes and no, but in him was yes.

For whatever promises of God there are, are in him yes, and in him amen, to the glory of God by us.

so that, on the other hand, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest such a one should be swallowed up in too much sorrow.

Wherefore, I exhort you to give him an assurance of your love.

For this reason we also endeavor, whether we remain in the body or depart from it, to be acceptable to him.

and he died for all, that those who live should no more live for them selves, but for him who died for them, and rose again.

So, then, we henceforth know no man according to the flesh; if, indeed, we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we no longer thus know him.

that is, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to him self, not charging their offenses to them, and he has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

for he has made him, who knew no sin, a sin-offering for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

As co-workers with him, we beseech you, that you receive not the grace of God in vain:

Therefore, though I wrote to you, it was not on account of him who did the wrong, nor on account of him who received the wrong; but that our diligent care for you, in the sight of God, might be made manifest to you.

For if I boasted of you to him, in any respect, I am not made ashamed; but as I have spoken all things to you in truth, so also has our boasting to Titus been found to be truth:

and his affection for you is the more abundant, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling.

And we have sent with him the brother whose praise in the gospel is in all the churches;

Do you look on things according to the outward appearance? If any one trusts in himself, that he is Christ s, let him again reason thus of himself: that as he is Christ s, so also are we.

But let him that boasts, boast in the Lord:

For if he that comes should preach another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or, if you receive another Spirit, which you did not receive, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you would well bear with him.

I exhorted Titus, and with him sent the brother. Did Titus overreach you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?

for though he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.