if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked.

for we live by faith, not by sight.

For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards,

Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

I urged Titus to visit you and I sent our brother along with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not behave in the same way?

so that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.

We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;

Our affection for you is not restricted, but you are restricted in your affections for us.

For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men.

And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the sake of the truth.

Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I? Or do I make my plans according to mere human standards so that I would be saying both “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?

For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.

But as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

For indeed, what had been glorious now has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it.

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.

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.