It was with this confidence that I planned at first to visit you, so that you might receive twice a token of grace;

I have done this so that we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.

I have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding Titus my brother, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to Macedonia;

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?

Now if the ministration of death which was in writing, and engraven on stones, was so glorious that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly on the face of Moses, because of the lustre of his countenance, which was to be taken away:

For if that, which was to be taken away, came with glory, much more that which abideth is glorious.

But their minds were made hard: for to this very day at the reading of the old agreement the same veil is still unlifted; though it is taken away in Christ.

Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

For we know that if this poor tent, our earthly house, is taken down, we have in Heaven a building which God has provided, a house not built by human hands, but eternal.

if indeed, even [after we] have taken [it] off, we will not be found naked.

Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have cheated no one.

As it says in the Writings, He who had taken up much had nothing over and he who had little had enough.

other assemblies I did rob, having taken wages, for your ministration;

If the truth of Christ be in me, this rejoicing shall not be taken from me in the regions of Achaia.

Five times I have taken thirty-nine lashes from the Jews,

I have knowledge of a man in Christ, fourteen years back (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only), who was taken up to the third heaven.

How he was taken up into Paradise, and words came to his ears which may not be said, and which man is not able to say.

And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me.

I have not taken advantage of you {through anyone whom I sent to you}, [have I]?

I called for Titus, and sent with a brother. Has Titus taken advantage of you? walked we not in the same spirit? not in the same steps??