But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in some degree—in order not to say too much—to all of you.

we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

for He says,
“At the acceptable time I listened to you,
And on the day of salvation I helped you.”
Behold, now is “the acceptable time,” behold, now is “the day of salvation”—

“Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord.
“And do not touch what is unclean;
And I will welcome you.

“And I will be a father to you,
And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,”
Says the Lord Almighty.

Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.”

Again I say, let no one think me foolish; but if you do, receive me even as foolish, so that I also may boast a little.

To my shame I must say that we have been weak by comparison.But in whatever respect anyone else is bold—I speak in foolishness—I am just as bold myself.

I have previously said when present the second time, and though now absent I say in advance to those who have sinned in the past and to all the rest as well, that if I come again I will not spare anyone,