Paul's Change of Plans

¹² For our boast is this, ^(A)the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity^[a] and ^(B)godly sincerity, ^(C)not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. ¹³ For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand— ¹⁴ just as you did ^(D)partially understand us—that ^(E)on the day of our Lord Jesus ^(F)you will boast of us as ^(G)we will boast of you.

¹⁹ For ^(A)the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, ^(B)Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but ^(C)in him it is always Yes. ²⁰ For ^(D)all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our ^(E)Amen to God for his glory. ²¹ And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and ^(F)has anointed us, ²² and who has also ^(G)put his seal on us and ^(H)given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.^[a]

²³ But ^(I)I call God to witness against me—it was ^(J)to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth. ²⁴ Not that we ^(K)lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm ^(L)in your faith.