1:12 For our reason for confidence ¹  is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives ²  and sincerity which are from God ³  – not by human wisdom ⁴  but by the grace of God – we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more ⁵  toward you. 1:13 For we do not write you anything other than what ⁶  you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely ⁷  1:14 just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours ⁸  in the day of the Lord Jesus. ⁹