For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so.

But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be.

Final Warnings

This will be my third visit to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”