yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:

I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

For even when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

and this , not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

as it is written, He that gathered much had nothing over; and he that gathered little had no lack.

I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.