For this is what we boast about: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world with pure motives and godly sincerity, without earthly wisdom but with God's grace especially toward you.

But we have this treasure in clay jars to show that its extraordinary power comes from God and not from us.

truthful speech, and divine power; through the weapons of righteousness in the right and left hands;

as sorrowful and yet always rejoicing, as poor and yet enriching many, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah. Although he was rich, for your sakes he became poor, so that you, through his poverty, might become rich.

As it is written, "He scatters everywhere and gives to the poor; his righteousness lasts forever."

For the weapons of our warfare are not those of the world. Instead, they have the power of God to demolish fortresses. We tear down arguments

I am jealous of you with God's own jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to the Messiah.

However, I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by its tricks, so your minds may somehow be lured away from sincere and pure devotion to the Messiah.

but he has told me, "My grace is all you need, because my power is perfected in weakness." Therefore, I will most happily boast about my weaknesses, so that the Messiah's power may rest on me.

since you want proof that the Messiah is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is making his power felt among you.

Though he was crucified in weakness, he lives by God's power. We are weak with him, but by God's power we will live for you.

We pray to God that you will not do anything wrong not to show that we have not failed the test, but so that you may do what is right, even if we seem to have failed.