^{12 Ref} If, then, I also wrote to you -- not for his cause who did wrong, nor for his cause who did suffer wrong, but for our diligence in your behalf being manifested unto you before God --

^{13 Ref} because of this we have been comforted in your comfort, and more abundantly the more did we rejoice in the joy of Titus, that his spirit hath been refreshed from you all;

^{14 Ref} because if anything to him in your behalf I have boasted, I was not put to shame; but as all things in truth we did speak to you, so also our boasting before Titus became truth,

^{15 Ref} and his tender affection is more abundantly toward you, remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye did receive him;