You also must help us by your prayers, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

For as many as are the promises of God, in him they are Yes. And so through him we speak our Amen to the glory of God.

For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

For we are not, like so many, peddling the word of God; but as men of sincerity, as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

And with them we are sending our brother whom we have often proved diligent in many matters, but who is now more diligent than ever because of his great confidence in you.

For the ministry of this service is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing through many thanksgivings to God.

Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast.

I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will have to mourn over many of those who sinned before and have not repented of the impurity, immorality, and lewdness which they have practiced.