God has thought us fit to be intrusted with the good news, and so we tell it, making no effort to please men, but to please God, who tests our hearts.

We never used flattery, as you know, or found pretexts for making money, as God is our witness.

We never sought praise from men, either from you or anyone else, though as Christ's apostles we might have stood on our dignity.

We for our part constantly thank God for another reason too??ecause when you received God's message from our lips, you welcomed it not as the message of men but as the message of God, as it really is, which does its work in the hearts of you believers.

May the Lord make your love for one another and for all men wide and full like my love for you,

So whoever disregards this is not disregarding man, but God, who gives you his holy Spirit.

So we must not sleep like other men, but we must be vigilant and composed.