Therefore I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything.
And I wrote this to you, lest when I came I should have sorrow from the ones of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
Trusting to your obedience, I wrote to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
Therefore, having much boldness in Christ to enjoin you to do the fitting thing;
And we have confidence in the Lord regarding you, that you both do and will do the things which we command you.
and persuading yourselves to be a guide of the blind, a light to those in darkness;