I prove myself at all points a true minister of God, by great endurance, by suffering, by troubles, by calamities,

I am not issuing any orders, only using the zeal of others to prove how sterling your own love is.

At the same time I am sending these brothers just in case my pride in you should prove an empty boast in this particular instance; I want you to be "all ready," as I have been telling them that you would be,

That will prove to you that I am indeed a spokesman of Christ. It is no weak Christ you have to do with, but a Christ of power.

and I pray to God that you may not go wrong ??not to prove I am a success, that is not the point, but that you should come right, even if I seemed to be a failure.