¹⁷ Those false teachers try very much to please you. But they do not really want what is good for you. They want to make you turn away from me. Then you will only want to listen to them. ¹⁸ It is good for someone to try to please other people if they really want to help them. That is true all the time, not only when I am there with you. ¹⁹ My children, I feel like a mother who is giving birth to you again. I will continue to feel that kind of pain until you become more completely like Christ.