Quotes About Integrity

Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.

Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

We hope to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this generous gift.

For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.

And we are sending along with them our brother whose earnestness has been proven many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.

Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.

Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.

Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,

For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.

Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,

Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.

Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?

I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?

Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Canít you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?

And I hope you will realize that we have not failed the test.

Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not that we will appear to have stood the test, but that you will do what is right, even if we appear to have failed.

For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.

I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.

We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.