But thanks be to God! For in union with Christ we are always led by God as prisoners in Christ's victory procession. God uses us to make the knowledge about Christ spread everywhere like a sweet fragrance.

And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus.

Now let me give you some good advice, and God will be with you. It is right for you to represent the people before God and bring their disputes to him.

For not only did the message about the Lord go out from you throughout Macedonia and Achaia, but the news about your faith in God has gone everywhere. There is nothing, then, that we need to say.