(For He says, "In an acceptable time I heard you, and in a day of salvation, I helped you;" Behold, now is the accepted time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.)

Therefore come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing. And I will receive you

and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

I say this lest perhaps Macedonians should come with me and find you unprepared. We (not to say you) would then be put to shame in this confident boasting.

But I say this, He who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully.

For indeed they say, the letters are weighty and powerful, but the bodily presence is weak, and his speech is contemptible.

Again I say, Let no one think me foolish. If otherwise, yet receive me as foolish, so that I may also boast a little.

I told you before, and I say beforehand, as being present the second time and being absent now. I write to those who sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare.