12 So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one (A)who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God. 13 Therefore (B)we are comforted.

And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit (C)has been refreshed by you all. 14 For (D)whatever boasts I made to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you (E)was true, so also our boasting before Titus has proved true.

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