for the word of the Lord has resounded from you not only through Macedonia and Achaia ??no, your faith in God has reached every place. We never need to speak about it.

We never resorted to flattery (you know that), nor to any pretext for self-seeking (God is witness to that);

we never sought honour from men, from you or from anybody else, though as apostles of Christ we had the power of claiming to be men of weight;

We beseech you, brothers, keep a check upon loafers, encourage the faint-hearted, sustain weak souls, never lose your temper with anyone;

never give up prayer,

never quench the fire of the Spirit,

never disdain prophetic revelations