24 So give proof before the churches of your love and of ^kour boasting about you to these men.

2 for I know your readiness, ⁿof which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready ^osince last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them.

8 For even if I boast a little too much of ^your authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed.

4 Therefore ^cwe ourselves boast about you ^din the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith ^ein all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.