I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ (Christou | Χριστοῦ | gen sg masc) and are turning to a different gospel —
Examine yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize about yourselves, that Jesus Christ (Christos | Χριστός | nom sg masc) is in you? — unless, of course, you fail the test!
Have you been thinking all along that we are defending ourselves to you? We are speaking before God as those in Christ (Christō | Χριστῷ | dat sg masc); and all that we do, dear friends, is for your upbuilding.
For this reason I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with hardships, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ (Christou | Χριστοῦ | gen sg masc); for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is fulfilled in weakness.” Therefore I will most gladly boast in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ (Christou | Χριστοῦ | gen sg masc) may dwell in me.
I know a man in Christ (Christō | Χριστῷ | dat sg masc) who fourteen years ago — whether in the body I do not know or apart from the body I do not know, only God knows — such a man was caught up to the third heaven.