For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.

Will not the operation of the Spirit have a much greater glory?

For if the operation of the law, producing punishment, had its glory, how much greater will be the operation of the Spirit causing righteousness?

For if the order which was for a time had its glory, much more will the eternal order have its glory.

For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

As it says in the Writings, He who had taken up much had nothing over and he who had little had enough.

For this work of giving not only takes care of the needs of the saints, but is the cause of much praise to God;

Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is.