we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

I say it not to condemn you : for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.

For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed;

lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this confidence.

But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

I say again, let no man think me foolish; but if ye do , yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little.

I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;