how will not the ministry of the spirit be more in glory?

For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, how much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory.

For if that which was to be done away was through glory, much more is that which abides in glory.

So that we from now know no man after the flesh: if indeed we have known Christ after the flesh, but we now know him no more.

and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was comforted by you, proclaiming unto us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced the more.

Therefore we have been comforted. But we rejoiced the more exceedingly in our consolation over the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all:

And the affections of him, remembering the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling, are the more abundantly towards you.

because he indeed accepted our exhortation; and being the more enthusiastic, came unto you of his own accord.

And we sent our brother along with him to them, whom we have tried, being frequently zealous in many things, but now much more zealous, with great confidence towards you.

For if I shall in any thing the more abundantly boast concerning our power which the Lord gave us for your edification, and not for your destruction, I will not be ashamed:

Are they the ministers of Christ? (I speak as a mad man,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes more abundantly, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;

And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most delightfully I will glory the more in my infirmities, in order that the power of Christ may abide on me.

But I will most delightfully spend and be spent for your souls. If the more abundantly I love you am I loved the less?