² I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold^(A) as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.^(B)

³ For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.^(A)

¹⁸ Since many are boasting in the way the world does,^(A) I too will boast.^(B)