Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.
Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God, and bring their cases to God;
But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
in whom we have boldness and confidence of access through our faith in him.
And I am sure that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.