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

你们要心地宽大收纳我们。我们未曾亏负谁，未曾败坏谁，未曾占谁的便宜。

宽宏大量地接纳我们吧！我们未曾亏负谁，未曾败坏谁，未曾占谁的便宜。

宽宏大量地接纳我们吧！我们未曾亏负谁，未曾败坏谁，未曾占谁的便宜。

请你们敞开心怀接纳我们。我们没有亏负过任何人，没有败坏过任何人，也没有占过任何人的便宜。

你们的心要容得下我们。我们没有亏负过谁，没有损害过谁，也没有占过谁的便宜。

请你们接受我们。我们没有亏负过谁，没有败坏过谁，也没有对不起谁。

你們要心地寬大收納我們。我們未曾虧負誰，未曾敗壞誰，未曾佔誰的便宜。

寬宏大量地接納我們吧！我們未曾虧負誰，未曾敗壞誰，未曾佔誰的便宜。

寬宏大量地接納我們吧！我們未曾虧負誰，未曾敗壞誰，未曾佔誰的便宜。

請你們敞開心懷接納我們。我們沒有虧負過任何人，沒有敗壞過任何人，也沒有佔過任何人的便宜。

你們的心要容得下我們。我們沒有虧負過誰，沒有損害過誰，也沒有佔過誰的便宜。

你們心裏讓地位給我們吧。我們沒有冤枉誰，沒有敗壞誰，沒有佔過誰的便宜。

請你們接受我們。我們沒有虧負過誰，沒有敗壞過誰，也沒有對不起誰。

宜容納我、我未嘗枉人、未嘗陷人、未嘗欺人、

爾惟接我、我無不公、未嘗喪人之行、取人之財、

爾當接我、我未嘗屈人、未嘗損人、未嘗取人之財、

望爾等對吾儕能推心置腹、毋稍存懷疑之意。吾儕實未負一人、未誤一人、亦未欺一人也。

Make room for us in your hearts. We haven’t done anything wrong to anyone. We haven’t caused anyone to sin. We haven’t taken advantage of anyone.

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

Please open your hearts to us. We have not done wrong to anyone, nor led anyone astray, nor taken advantage of anyone.

Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, corrupted no one, taken advantage of no one.

Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.

Open your hearts to us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have cheated no one.

Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man.

Accept us. We have wronged no one, corrupted no one, defrauded no one.

Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.

Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us.As a fair exchange— I speak as to my children— open wide your hearts also.

“ When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you.

“ Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.

I am sending him— who is my very heart— back to you.

So then, welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,

I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.

We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses;in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.

Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas.( You have received instructions about him; if he comes to you, welcome him.)

And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace.

You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed.

So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.

For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you,nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.

Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less?Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!Did I exploit you through any of the men I sent to you?I urged Titus to go to you and I sent our brother with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not walk in the same footsteps by the same Spirit?

Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord,“ Do not accept their offering. I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, nor have I wronged any of them.”

Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these things, I will make it right.”“ You have not cheated or oppressed us,” they replied.“ You have not taken anything from anyone’s hand.”

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.

For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you.On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed— God is our witness.We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority.