And I wrote this same epistle unto you, lest if I came, I should take heaviness of them, of whom I ought to rejoice. Certainly this confidence have I in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but took my leave of them and went away into Macedonia.

Wherefore, "Come out from among them, and separate yourselves," saith the Lord, "and touch none unclean thing: so will I receive you,

Behold what diligence this godly sorrow that ye took hath wrought in you: yea it caused you to clear yourselves. It caused indignation, it caused fear, it caused desire, it caused a fervent mind, it caused punishment. For in all things ye have showed yourselves that ye were clear in that matter.

and are ready to take vengeance on all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

I robbed other congregations, and took wages of them, to do you service withal.

I say again, lest any man think that I am foolish: or else even now take me as a fool, that I may boast myself a little.

For ye suffer even if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour, if a man take, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

But be it that I grieved you not: nevertheless I was crafty and took you with guile.