¹² We are not ^(A)again commending ourselves to you but are giving you an ^(B)occasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart.

⁴ Great is my ^(A)confidence ^[a]in you; great is my ^(B)boasting on your behalf. I am filled with ^(C)comfort; I am overflowing with ^(D)joy in all our affliction.

¹⁶ holding ^[a]fast the word of life, so that in ^(A)the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not ^(B)run in vain nor ^(C)toil in vain.