¹² So although ^(A)I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of ^(B)the offender nor for the sake of the one offended, but that your earnestness in our behalf might be made known to you in the sight of God.

¹³ Because of this, we have been ^(A)comforted.

And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even much more for the joy of ^(B)Titus, because his ^(C)spirit has been refreshed by you all.