7. for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?
8. Already ye are having been filled, already ye were rich, apart from us ye did reign, and I would also ye did reign, that we also with you may reign together,
9. for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last--as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;
10. we [are] fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we [are] ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;
11. unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,
12. and labour, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;
13. being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become--of all things an offscouring--till now.
14. Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,
15. for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I--I did beget you;
16. I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;
17. because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.