who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we might be able to comfort those who are in all tribulation, by the consolation with which we ourselves are comforted of God.

And in this confidence I was intending to come unto you a second time, that ye might receive a second blessing;

And I have written unto you for this very purpose, that I might not, when I come to you, have sorrow from those in whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears, not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly towards you.

And [act] not as Moses who spread a veil over his face, in order that the children of Israel might not look stedfastly to the end of that which should be abolished.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the transcendent excellence of the power might be of God, and not of us.

For he hath made him, who knew no sin, to be a sin offering for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

Now I rejoice, not that ye have been made sorrowful, but that ye have sorrowed unto repentance; for ye have been made sorry in a godly manner, that ye might receive damage from us in nothing.

And indeed though I wrote unto you, I did it not [merely] for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause who had suffered the injury, but that our diligent attention for you might be more abundantly manifested to you in the presence of God.

But I have sent the brethren, that our glorying in you might not be vain in this matter; that as I have said, ye may be prepared.

for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God for the casting down the strong holds [of corruption];

For if he indeed that cometh preach another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not embraced, ye might well bear with him.

Am I chargeable with a fault (humbling myself that you might be exalted), that I preached to you the gospel of God freely?

And that I might not be lifted up above measure by the transcendent greatness of the revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, the angel Satan, to buffet me, that I might not be lifted up above measure.

For this thrice I besought the Lord, that he might depart from me.

The signs indeed of an apostle have been wrought among you in all patience, in miracles, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

since ye demand a proof that Christ speaketh in me, who to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.