Paul’s Change of Plans

¹² Now this is our boast: Our conscience^(A) testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity^[a](B) and godly sincerity.^(C) We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom^(D) but on God’s grace. ¹³ For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that, ¹⁴ as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.^(E)

¹⁵ Because I was confident of this, I wanted to visit you^(F) first so that you might benefit twice.^{(G) 16} I wanted to visit you on my way^(H) to Macedonia^(I) and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way^(J) to Judea.^(K)