You yourselves are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men.

You show that you are a letter from Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of carnal hearts.

Since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak,

As it is written, "He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack."

As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."