We are hard pressed, yet never in absolute distress; perplexed, yet never utterly baffled;

I do not urge you to give in order that others may have relief while you are unduly pressed,

For there is no undue stretch of authority on our part, as though it did not extend to you. We pressed on even to Corinth, and were the first to proclaim to you the Good News of the Christ.

And besides other things, which I pass over, there is that which presses on me daily--my anxiety for all the Churches.