It is I Paul who call upon you--and I am doing it in the gentleness
and the sweet reasonableness of Christ--I, who, as you say, am a poor
creature when I am with you, but a man of courage when I am absent. It
is my prayer that, when I do come to you, I may not have to be bold
with that confidence wi... [ Continue Reading ]
Look at what lies in front of you. If anyone confidently believes that
he belongs to Christ, let him examine his own case again, because,
just as he belongs to Christ, so do we also. If I make what might look
like excessive claims about our authority--that authority which the
Lord gave us to upbuild... [ Continue Reading ]