## By this we are encouraged ##

AT: "We are encouraged because of this positive attitude that you have for God and for us."

## For if I have boasted to him about you, ##

"I boasted to him about you,"

## I was not put to shame.  ##

<b>I was not put to shame. <b>- AT: "and you didn't disappoint me."

## proved to be true. ##

"showed to be true."