12. So then even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, or on account of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your concern for us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.
13. For this reason we are encouraged.And besides our encouragement, we rejoice even more because of the joy of Titus, since his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
14. For if I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame. No, just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus proved to be the truth.
15. And his heart goes out to you all the more, as he remembers the obedience of all of you, when you received him with fear and trembling.
16. I rejoice, because I have confidence in you in every respect.