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

among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

For God, who said “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone.

Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you.

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

Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

by truthful teaching, by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left,

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.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia.

I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.

always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body.

because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God.

I have not taken advantage of you through anyone I have sent to you, have I?

just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

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