Yet have I sent the brethren, so that our boasting about you would not be in vain in this respect; that, as I said, you may be ready:
For if I have boasted anything to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found to be truth.
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying over you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.
To the extent that we desired of Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey government officials, to be ready for every good work,