1 Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.
2 Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.
3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you.
4 I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.
5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way – struggles from the outside, fears from within.
6 But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.