^4 (A)but just as we have been approved by God to be ^(B)entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, ^(C)not intending to please people, but to please God, who ^[a](D)examines our hearts.

⁶ nor did we ^(A)seek honor from people, either from you or from others, though ^[a]we could have ^[b]asserted our authority as ^(B)apostles of Christ.

³⁰ He must ^[a]increase, but I must ^[b]decrease.