We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you.

Now as a fair exchange – I speak as to my children – open wide your hearts to us also.

Now when I arrived in Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me,

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

But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.

Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea.

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

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness,

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.