1. Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2. Make room for us in your hearts; we wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we took advantage of no one.
3. I do not speak to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together.
4. Great is my confidence in you; great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.
5. For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts without, fears within.
6. But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus;