Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.

But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.

Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one.

but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

as it is written: “The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”

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!

So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf before God.

For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad but the one I caused to be sad?

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

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

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

Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.

I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.

For every one of God’s promises are “Yes” in him; therefore also through him the “Amen” is spoken, to the glory we give to God.

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.

Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

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.