2 Corinthians 2:12-17 - Triumphant Ministry In Christ

¹² When an opportunity was given me by the Lord to preach the gospel of Christ, upon my arrival at Troas, ¹³ I was so uneasy in my mind for not finding Titus my brother, that taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

¹⁴ but thanks be to God, who maketh me triumph, thro' Christ, and spreads his healing doctrine by me, in eevery place: ¹⁵ for God is pleased to accept my christian labours, in favour both of those who are in a saving, and of those who are in a ruinous state: ¹⁶ by the one my preaching is taken as a deadly poison, to the other it is a reviving potion. and who is so sufficient for such a commission? ¹⁷ for we are not like others, who adulterate the word of God; but we preach the pure gospel of Christ, as I receiv'd it from God, and as in the presence of God.