so that you will be able to choose what is best. Then you will be free from all impurity and blame on the Day of Christ.

We are not like so many others, who handle God's message as if it were cheap merchandise; but because God has sent us, we speak with sincerity in his presence, as servants of Christ.

God in his mercy has given us this work to do, and so we do not become discouraged.

We put aside all secret and shameful deeds; we do not act with deceit, nor do we falsify the word of God. In the full light of truth we live in God's sight and try to commend ourselves to everyone's good conscience.

In trouble like this I need loyal friends--- whether I've forsaken God or not.

If you were in my place and I in yours, I could say everything you are saying. I could shake my head wisely and drown you with a flood of words.

They persecute those whom you have punished; they talk about the sufferings of those you have wounded.