I, Paul,am writingthis with my ownhand,I will repayit (not to mentionto you that you oweto me evenyour own selfas well).
"I myselfwill be suretyfor him; you may holdme responsiblefor him. IfI do not bringhim [back] to you and sethim beforeyou, then let me bearthe blamebefore you forever.
I, Tertius,who writethisletter,greetyou in the Lord.
For ifyou were to havecountlesstutorsin Christ,yet[you would] not [have] manyfathers,for in ChristJesusI became your fatherthroughthe gospel.
NowI, Paul,myselfurgeyou by the meeknessand gentlenessof Christ--I whoam meekwhen face to facewith you, but boldtowardyou when absent!
You are our letter,writtenin our hearts,knownand readby allmen;
otherwiseifany Macedonianscomewith me and findyou unprepared,we-- not to speakof you-- will be put to shameby thisconfidence.
BeholdI, Paul,sayto you that ifyou receive circumcision,Christwill be of nobenefitto you.
Seewith what largelettersI am writingto you with my ownhand.
To Timothy,[my] true childin [the] faith:Grace,mercy[and] peacefrom Godthe Fatherand ChristJesusour Lord.
To Titus,my true childin a commonfaith:Graceand peacefrom Godthe Fatherand ChristJesusour Savior.
But ifhe has wrongedyou in any wayorowesyou anything,charge that to my account;