yea, we ourselves had within ourselves the sentence of death, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead;

Now when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, and a door had been opened to me by the Lord,

I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

For if the ministration of condemnation had glory, much greater is the glory of the ministration of righteousness.

For indeed when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorrowful, but that your sorrow produced repentance. For the sorrow which ye felt had respect to God, that ye might in nothing receive injury from me.

For behold this very thing, that your sorrow had respect to God; what earnestness it wrought in you; yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what longing desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what readiness to punish! In every thing ye showed yourselves to be pure in the matter.

so that we urged Titus, that, as he had already made a beginning, so he would also finish among you this bounty also.

as it is written: "He that gathered much, had nothing over; and he that gathered little, had no lack."