through glory and dishonor, through slander and praise; regarded as impostors, and yet true;

in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the All-Powerful Lord.

Therefore “come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord, “and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,

as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet – see! – we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed;

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?

Indeed, the signs of an apostle were performed among you with great perseverance by signs and wonders and powerful deeds.

Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.

because some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”

Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

And his affection for you is much greater when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us – by me and Silvanus and Timothy – was not “Yes” and “No,” but it has always been “Yes” in him.

and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.

And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.

And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, “I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”