8. Already ye are having been filled, already ye were rich, apart from us ye did reign, and I would also ye did reign, that we also with you may reign together,
9. for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last--as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;
10. we [are] fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we [are] ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;
11. unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,
12. and labour, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;
13. being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become--of all things an offscouring--till now.
14. Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,
15. for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I--I did beget you;
16. I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;
17. because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.
18. And as if I were not coming unto you certain were puffed up;
19. but I will come quickly unto you, if the Lord may will, and I will know not the word of those puffed up, but the power;
20. for not in word is the reign of God, but in power?
21. what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?