When I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or do I make my plans in a fleshly manner so that in the same breath I say, "Yes, Yes" and "No, No"?

1 So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you.

For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?

So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

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

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, so that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may have an abundance for every good work.

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ,

For you put up with anyone if he makes slaves of you, or preys upon you, or takes advantage of you, or exalts himself, or strikes you in the face.