For, out of much tribulation and anguish of heart, wrote I unto you, through many tears, - not that ye might be grieved, but that, the love, ye might know, which I have very abundantly unto you.

Wherefore, I beseech you, assure him, of love;

For, the love of the Christ, constraineth us; -

in love unfeigned, in discourse of truth, in power of God; through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and left,

But, just as, in everything, ye superabound, - in faith, and discourse, and knowledge, and all earnestness, and in the love among you which proceedeth from us, in order that, in this favour also, ye would superabound.

Not by way of injunction, do I speak, but through, others', earnestness, and, the genuineness of your own love, putting to the test.

The proof of your love, therefore, and of our boasting in your behalf, shew ye, unto them, in the face of the assemblies.

Wherefore? Because I love you not? God, knoweth!

And, I, most gladly, will spend, and be fully spent, for your souls: - If I, exceedingly, love you, am I, the less, loved?

Finally, brethren, farewell! Be getting restored, be taking encouragement, be of one mind, live in peace, - and, the God of love and peace, will be with you.

The favour of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.