17. For this reason, I have sent you Timothy, who is my dearest son, and who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways, which are in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere, in every church.
18. Certain persons have become inflated in thinking that I would not return to you.
19. But I will return to you soon, if the Lord is willing. And I will consider, not the words of those who are inflated, but the virtue.