Because as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so through Christ aboundeth also our consolation.

because ye are manifestly seen to be the letter of Christ, of which we have been the secretaries, written not with ink, but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tables of stone, but on the fleshly tables of the heart.

For if the ministry of death in letters graven on stone, was attended with glory, so that the children of Israel could not keep their eyes fixed upon the countenance of Moses, because of the glory of his countenance, though [soon] evanescent;

For that which was glorious hath no glory, comparatively, because of the glory which excelleth.

For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we judge thus, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

Therefore we were comforted in your consolation; and exceeding abundantly the more rejoiced we in the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

I speak not by commandment, but because of the forwardness of others, and to prove the genuineness of your love.

Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth.