1Chapter 8 — Be ye favourable to me.
2I no longer wish to live after the manner of men, and my desire shall be fulfilled if ye consent.
3Be ye willing, then, that ye also may have your desires fulfilled.
4I entreat you in this brief letter; do ye give credit to me.
5Jesus Christ will reveal these things to you, so that ye shall know that I speak truly.
6He is the mouth altogether free from falsehood, by which the Father has truly spoken.
7Pray ye for me, that I may attain the object of my desire.
8I have not written to you according to the flesh, but according to the will of God.
9If I shall suffer, ye have wished well to me; but if I am rejected, ye have hated me.
10I no longer wish to live after the manner of men, and my desire shall be fulfilled if ye consent.
11"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet no longer I, since Christ liveth in me".
12I entreat you in this brief letter: do not refuse me; believe me that I love Jesus, who was delivered to death for my sake.
13"What shall I render to the Lord for all His benefits towards me?" Now God, even the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, shall reveal these things to you, so that ye shall know that I speak truly.
14And do ye pray along with me, that I may attain my aim in the Holy Spirit.
15I have not written to you according to the flesh, but according to the will of God.
16If I shall suffer, ye have loved me; but if I am rejected, ye have hated me.