Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹¹ Therefore knowing the fear^[a] of the Lord, we are persuading^[b] people.

Now Our Heart Has Been Made Known To God, And I Hope To You. Boast In Us

Now^[c] we have been made known to God. And I hope that we also have been made known in your consciences. ¹² We are not again commending ourselves to you, but are giving you an opportunity for a boast about us, in order that you may have an answer for the ones boasting in appearance and not in heart. ¹³ For if we lost-our-senses, it is for God! If we are sound-minded, it is for you!

For The Love of Christ Controls Us As We Live a New Life For Him

¹⁴ For the love of ^[d] Christ controls^[e] us, we having determined this— that One died for all, therefore all died. ¹⁵ And He died for all so that the ones living might no longer be living for themselves, but for the One having died and been raised for them. ¹⁶ So then from now on, we regard^[f] no one based-on^[g] the flesh^[h]. Even though we have known Christ based on the flesh, nevertheless now we no longer are knowing Him thus. ¹⁷ So then if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation^[i]. The old things passed-away; behold, new things have come-into-being^[j].