For they have started out for His name's sake and so accept nothing from the heathen,

So we ought to show hospitality to such men, to prove that we cooperate with them for the truth.

So, if I come, I will remind you of what he is doing, how with malicious insinuations he is talking about me. Not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers himself, he interferes with those who want to do so, and tries to put them out of the church.

Dearly beloved, do not follow bad examples but good ones. Whoever practices doing right is God's child; whoever practices doing wrong has never seen God.

I have much to say to you, but I do not want to write it with pen and ink.

I hope to see you very soon and will talk it over face to face. Goodbye. Our friends wish to be remembered to you. Remember me to our friends individually.