² You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

⁸ First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

¹ Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren't you my work in the Lord?

² If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

⁸ For from you has sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone forth; so that we need not to say anything.

¹⁰ According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

³ I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.

¹¹ Why? Because I don't love you? God knows.

¹⁵ I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

⁷ It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.