This is the very reason I wrote you, so that when I did come I might not be made sad by those who should have made me happy. For I had confidence that all of you would share the joy that I have.

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we speak very boldly,

as unknown and yet well-known, as dying and yet as you see very much alive, as punished and yet not killed,

I have great confidence in you. I am very proud of you. I am very much encouraged. I am overjoyed in all our troubles.

I will be very glad to spend my money and myself for you. Do you love me less because I love you so much?

I encouraged Titus to visit you, and I sent along with him the brother you know so well. Titus didn't take advantage of you, did he? We conducted ourselves with the same spirit, didn't we? We took the very same steps, didn't we?