So deadly was the peril from which he saved me, as he will save me again! It is on him that I have set my hope that he will save me again.

The Son of God, Christ Jesus, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus, Timothy, and I, you have not found wavering between "Yes" and "No." With him it has always been "Yes,"

for to all the promises of God he supplies the "Yes" that confirms them. That is why we utter the "Amen" through him, when we give glory to God.

and so you must now turn around and forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by his remorse.

So I beg you to restore him to his place in your affections.

When you forgive a man, I forgive him too. For anything I had to forgive has been forgiven on your account, and as in the very presence of Christ,

But thank God! he always leads me in his triumphal train, through Christ, and spreads the perfume of knowledge of him everywhere through me as his censer-bearer.

and he has qualified me to serve him in the interests of a new agreement, not in writing but of spirit. For what is written kills, but the Spirit gives life.

And all of us, reflecting the splendor of the Lord in our unveiled faces, are being changed into likeness to him, from one degree of splendor to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

So whether I am at home or away from it, it is my ambition to please him.

and he died for all that those who live might no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and rose again.

He made him who knew nothing of sin to be sin, for our sake, so that through union with him we might become God's uprightness.

and not only by his coming, but by the comfort you had given him, for he told me how you longed to see me, how sorry you were, and how you took my part, which made me happier still.

If I did express some pride in you to him, I have had no reason to be ashamed of it, but just as all I said to you was true, my boasting before Titus has also proved true.

His heart goes out all the more to you, as he recalls how you all obeyed him, and with what reverence and trembling you received him.

I am sending with him his brother, who is famous in all the churches for his work in spreading the good news.

You look at things externally. If anyone is sure he belongs to Christ, let him think again and understand that I belong to Christ just as much as he.

I asked Titus to go and I sent his brother with him. Did Titus make anything out of you? Did not he and I act in the same spirit, and take the very same steps?