But I call upon God as a witness against my soul, that it was to spare you that I came no more to Corinth;

shall not the ministration of the Spirit be much more glorious?

For if that which was to be done away was glorious, much more glorious is that which endureth.

and not by his coming only, but by the comfort with which he was comforted in regard to you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal in my behalf; so that I rejoiced the more.

Therefore we have been comforted; but in our comfort we rejoiced still more on account of the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all;

and his affection is more abundant toward you, while he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often in many things proved to be zealous, but now much more zealous through the great confidence which he hath in you.

For even if I should boast still more highly of our authority, which the Lord gave us for building you up, and not pulling you down, I should not be put to shame;

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more I love you, the less I am loved.