This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.

What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

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.

We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.

In addition, this brother has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help.