6. But I hope you know that we ourselves are not reprobates.
7. Now we pray to God that you shall do nothing evil, not so that we may seem to be approved, but so that you may do what is good, even if we seem like reprobates.
8. For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.
9. For we rejoice that we are weak, while you are strong. This is also what we pray for: your perfection.
10. Therefore, I write these things while absent, so that, when present, I may not have to act more harshly, according to the authority which the Lord has given to me, for edification and not for destruction.
11. As to the rest, brothers, rejoice, be perfect, be encouraged, have the same mind, have peace. And so the God of peace and love will be with you.