and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are partners in our sufferings, so also you are in our comfort.

who rescued us from so great a danger of death, and will rescue us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us,

For we write nothing else to you than what you read and understand, and I hope you will understand until the end;

Therefore, having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech,

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade people, but we are well known to God; and I hope that we are also well known in your consciences.

not boasting beyond our measure, that is, in other people’s labors, but with the hope that as your faith grows, we will be, within our domain, enlarged even more by you,