So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.

And I hope that you will realize that we have not failed the test!

For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.