1 Corinthians 1:30
So you owe it all to Him through union with Christ Jesus, whom God has made our wisdom, our means of right standing, our consecration, and our redemption,
2 Corinthians 1:8
For I do not want you to be uninformed about the sorrow that I suffered in Asia, because I was so crushed beyond any power to endure that I was in dire despair of life itself.
2 Corinthians 1:10
He saved me from a death so horrible, and He will save me again! He it is on whom I have set my hope that He will still save me,
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
So I am an envoy to represent Christ, because it is through me that God is making His appeal. As one representing Christ I beg you, be reconciled to God.