And in this confidence I was purposing before to come to you, that ye might have a second favor;

And I wrote this very thing, that I might not, when I came, have sorrow from those of whom I ought to have joy; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

For out of much tribulation and anguish of heart I wrote to you, through many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly toward you.

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

that we might not be over-reached by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

and not as Moses, who put a veil over his face, that the sons of Israel might not look steadily to the end of that which was passing away.

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

So, although I wrote to you, it was not on account of him who did the wrong, nor of him who suffered wrong, but that your earnest care on our behalf might be manifested to you in the sight of God.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might become rich.

(for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty through God for the casting down of strongholds);

Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself, that ye might be exalted, because I proclaimed to you the Gospel of God without cost?

I robbed other assemblies, taking wages of them, that I might minister to you;

And, that I might not be exalted overmuch by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.

Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought out among you in all patience, by signs and wonders and mighty works.