knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise up me also by Jesus, and shall present me with you:

for the light affliction, which I at present suffer, will be infinitely over-ballanced by an eternal weight of glory;

) in this assurance, I say, I think it best to be quit of this body, and be present with the Lord.

that as your present sufficiency supplies their wants, their sufficiency may supply your occasions another way: and thus there will be an equality.

when I am present, which I think to exercise against some, who censure me, as if I was actuated by worldly views.

contemptible) let such a one depend upon this, that the same authority which appear'd in my letters, when I was absent, will appear in fact, when I am present.

for I am jealous over you with religious jealousy: since I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

when I was present among you, and in want, I was chargeable to no man: for the brethren which came from Macedonia, supplied my necessities: and as I have, so I always shall keep myself from being burdensome to you.