And this is the certain faith which we have in God through Christ:
Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:
But praise be to God who makes us strong to overcome in Christ, and makes clear through us in every place the value of the knowledge of him.
By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him.
For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:
For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.