For I am writing to you nothing different from what you read aloud and very well recognize, and I hope will continue to recognize to the very end,

And for this very reason I wrote you, that I might not come only to be grieved by those who ought to give me joy; and because I trusted in you all, that my joy is the joy of all of you.

For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart, through many tears; not to pain you, but to convince you of my love, my abundant love for you.

For this very purpose also I wrote you (before), that I might test you, to see if you were obedient in every respect.

You are my letter, written on my heart, known and read by all men.

Yes, to this very day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies on their hearts;

So then, even if I did write to you, it was not for the sake of the wrong-doer, or of him who had been wronged, but to make clear to yourselves in the sight of God your earnest care for me.

It is indeed unnecessary for me to write you in regard to the ministration to the saints at Jerusalem,