But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no.

For we are not like the many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.

but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in trickery nor distorting the word of God, but by the open proclamation of the truth commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in the sight of God.

namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their wrongdoings against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

in the word of truth, and in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,

Have such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when absent, such persons we are also in deed when present.

was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak.