And I wrote this same thing to you, so that when I came, I would not have sadness from whom I ought to rejoice, having been confident toward you all, because my joy is of all of you.

Now having come to Troas for the good-news of the Christ, and a door having been opened to me in Lord,

For also that which has been glorified, has not been glorified in this regard, because of the glory that transcends.

Having seen therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. But we have been manifested to God, and I hope also to have been manifested in your consciences.

O Corinthians, our mouth has been opened to you, our heart has been enlarged.

Great is my boldness toward you, great is my pride for you. I have been filled with encouragement. I over-abound with joy in all our affliction.

Because of this we have been encouraged. And from your encouragement, we rejoiced to a greater degree more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

And, brothers, we declare to you the grace of God that has been given in the congregations of Macedonia,

I have become foolish, boasting. Ye compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I came short in nothing of those, superlative apostles, even though I am nothing.