1 Therefore, dear friends, since we have such promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, completing our sanctification in the fear of God.
2 Accept us. We have wronged no one, corrupted no one, defrauded no one.
3 I don’t say this to condemn you, for I have already said that you are in our hearts, to live together and to die together.
4 I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overcome with joy in all our afflictions.