For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.

For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.

And now we give you news, brothers, about the grace of God which has been given to the churches of Macedonia;

If any question comes up about Titus, he is my brother-worker, working with me for you; or about the others, they are the representatives of the churches to the glory of Christ.

Make clear then to them, as representatives of the churches, the quality of your love, and that the things which we have said about you are true.

But there is no need for me to say anything in my letter about the giving to the saints:

But I have sent the brothers, so that the good things we said about you may be seen to be true, and that, as I said, you may be ready:

For we will not make comparison of ourselves with some of those who say good things about themselves: but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and making comparison of themselves with themselves, are not wise.

And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me.

For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority;