And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward:
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:
For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.
But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place.
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to God-ward, and bring thou the causes unto God: