| 11 | Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. |
| 12 | We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who pride themselves on a man's position and not on his heart. |
| 13 | For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. |
| 14 | For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. |
| 15 | And he died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. |