5:12 We are not trying to commend 1 ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, 2 so that you may be able to answer those who take pride 3 in outward appearance 4 and not in what is in the heart.
5:13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
1 tn The present tense of συνιστάνομεν (sunistanomen) has been translated as a conative present.