For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, of the tribulation which came to us in Asia, that above measure we have been burdened beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life:

But when I came to Troas to preach the Gospel of Christ, though a door was opened unto me by the Lord,

For if that which was abolished came in a glorious manner, much more is that which remaineth glorious.

And when I was with you, and in want, I was burdensome to no man; for my want the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied; and on every occasion I have kept myself from being burdensome, and will keep myself.