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

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

Just as it is written, “He has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever.”

for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to arrest me,

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

For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you.

But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.

because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

But I am sending these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready just as I kept telling them.

and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.

because some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”

But we will not boast beyond certain limits, but will confine our boasting according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, that reaches even as far as you.

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying.

And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

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

Now we have such confidence in God through Christ.

how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be?

For if what was made ineffective came with glory, how much more has what remains come in glory!