how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be?

For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory!

For if what was made ineffective came with glory, how much more has what remains come in glory!

And his affection for you is much greater when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

as it is written: "The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little."

And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.