9. Our only goal is to always please the Lord, whether we are living here in this body or there with him.
10. We must all stand before Christ to be judged. Everyone will get what they should. They will be paid for whatever they did—good or bad—when they lived in this earthly body.
11. We know what it means to fear the Lord, so we try to help people accept the truth. God knows what we really are, and I hope that in your hearts you know us too.
12. We are not trying to prove ourselves to you again. But we are telling you about ourselves. We are giving you reasons to be proud of us. Then you will have an answer for those who are proud about what can be seen. They don’t care about what is in a person’s heart.
13. If we are crazy, it is for God. If we have our right mind, it is for you.
14. The love of Christ controls us, because we know that one person died for everyone. So all have died.