Therefore I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything.
You are confident that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
I wrote concerning this matter to you, so that when I came, I would not be grieved by those in whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all, that my joy is your joy.
We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you are doing and will do the things which we command you.
Being convinced of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will also do more than I say.
Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you to do that which is proper,