Study Desk

We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may have a reply for those who take pride in outward appearance rather than in the heart.

And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.

He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

We are not giving anyone an occasion for offense, so that the ministry will not be blamed.

So then, dear friends, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

and not only by his arrival but also by the comfort he received from you. He told us about your deep longing, your sorrow, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.

I now rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God willed, so that you didn’t experience any loss from us.

So even though I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong, or because of the one who was wronged, but in order that your devotion to us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.

For if I have made any boast to him about you, I have not been disappointed; but as I have spoken everything to you in truth, so our boasting to Titus has also turned out to be the truth.

So we urged Titus that just as he had begun, so he should also complete among you this act of grace.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

Now also finish the task, so that just as there was an eager desire, there may also be a completion, according to what you have.

At the present time your surplus is available for their need, so that their abundance may in turn meet your need, in order that there may be equality.

We are taking this precaution so that no one will criticize us about this large sum that we are administering.

But I am sending the brothers so that our boasting about you in this matter would not prove empty, and so that you would be ready just as I said.

Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.

And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work.

Look at what is obvious. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, let him remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to Christ, so do we.

so that we may preach the gospel to the regions beyond you without boasting about what has already been done in someone else’s area of ministry.

So let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.