For, out of much tribulation and anguish of heart, wrote I unto you, through many tears, - not that ye might be grieved, but that, the love, ye might know, which I have very abundantly unto you.

For, if, the ministry of condemnation was glory, much rather, doth the ministry of righteousness abound with glory,

For, if that which was to be done away was brought in with glory, much more, that which is to abide, is in glory.

But, in everything, commending ourselves as God's ministers, - in much endurance, in tribulations, in necessities, in straits,

For this cause, have we received encouragement. In addition to our encouragement, however, much more abundantly, have we rejoiced over the joy of Titus, - that his spirit hath received refreshment from you all,

And, his tender affections, are, much more abundantly towards you, when he calleth to mind the obedience, of you all, - how, with fear and trembling, ye gave him welcome.

With much exhortation, entreating of us the favour and the fellowship of the ministry which was for the saints; -

Even as it is written - He that gathered the much, had not more than enough, and, he that gathered the little, had not less,

Moreover we have set forward, with them, our brother whom we have proved, in many things, ofttimes, earnest, - but, now, much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he hath towards you.