he has put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

But if any one has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measurenot to put it too severelyto all of you.

We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of the radiance that was fading away.

We put no stumbling block in anyone's path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.

For if I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame; but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus has proved true.

But thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

For even if I boast somewhat further about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I shall not be put to shame.

For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the one we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

For you put up with fools gladly, being so wise yourselves!

For you put up with anyone if he makes slaves of you, or preys upon you, or takes advantage of you, or exalts himself, or strikes you in the face.