He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,

For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.

And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!