Now I would like you to know about the distress which befell me in Asia, brothers. I was crushed, crushed far more than I could stand, so much so that I despaired even of life;

If there was glory in the administration that condemned, then the administration that acquits abounds far more in glory

It is all in your interests, so that the more grace abounds, the more thanksgiving may rise and redound to the glory of God.

Yes, and by more than his arrival, by the comfort which you had been to him; for he gave me such a report of how you longed for me, how sorry you were, and how eagerly you took my part, that it added to my delight.

His own heart goes out to you all the more when he remembers how you all obeyed him, and how you received him with reverence and trembling.

They have done more than I expected; they gave themselves to the Lord, to begin with, and then (for so God willed it) they put themselves at my disposal.

for the service rendered by this fund does more than supply the wants of the saints, it overflows with many a cry of thanks to God.

(If I did care to boast of other things, I would be no 'fool,' for I would have a true tale to tell; however, I abstain from that ??I want no one to take me for more than he can see in me or make out from me.)

And for your souls I will gladly spend my all and be spent myself. Am I to be loved the less because I love you more than others?