13. Being slandered, we encourage. We are made as the filth of the world, and are the refuse of all things to this day.
14. I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15. For if you were to have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers. In Christ Jesus I have become a father to you through the gospel.
16. So I implore you, be followers of me.
17. Therefore I have sent Timothy to you. He is my beloved son and is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.
18. Now some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.
19. But I will come to you shortly if the Lord wills. And I will know not only what those who are arrogant are saying, but also their power.
20. For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.