13. Our letters have been straightforward, and there is nothing written between the lines and nothing you can’t understand. I hope someday you will fully understand us,
14. even if you don’t understand us now. Then on the day when the Lord Jesus returns, you will be proud of us in the same way we are proud of you.
15. Since I was so sure of your understanding and trust, I wanted to give you a double blessing by visiting you twice—
16. first on my way to Macedonia and again when I returned from Macedonia. Then you could send me on my way to Judea.