³ For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:

² And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

¹⁷ For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

⁷ Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.

⁵ For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,

⁶ Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

¹⁶ But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.

¹⁷ Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

¹⁸ I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?

² Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,

³³ I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.

³⁴ You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

³ Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.

¹⁵ Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.

¹⁶ For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

¹¹ And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:

¹ And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.

² Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

¹¹ Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,

¹³ For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

⁵ For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.