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11 as you join in helping us with your prayers for us. Then many people will thank God for the gracious gift given to us through many prayers.

Paul Explains a Change in Plans

12 Indeed, this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world with God-given holiness[a] and sincerity, not with the wisdom of the flesh, but rather in God’s grace—especially toward you. 13 In fact, we are not writing you anything other than what you read or also understand. And I hope you will understand completely—

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:12 Some witnesses to the text read honesty. (“Witnesses to the text” mentioned in footnotes may include Greek manuscripts, lectionaries, translations, and quotations in the church fathers.)