For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.

Will not the operation of the Spirit have a much greater glory?

For if the operation of the law, producing punishment, had its glory, how much greater will be the operation of the Spirit causing righteousness?

For the glory of the first no longer seems to be glory, because of the greater glory of that which comes after.

For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.

How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble, and were in the greatest need, they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others.