indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

I had no rest for my spirit, not finding Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went on to Macedonia.

For indeed what had glory, in this case has no glory because of the glory that surpasses it.

For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts without, fears within.

and this, not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

So we urged Titus that as he had previously made a beginning, so he would also complete in you this gracious work as well.

as it is written, “He who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little had no lack.”