Five times at the hands of the Jews, I have received one short of forty lashes.

And, being present with you, and having come short, I was not burdensome to anyone, - for, my deficiency, the brethren, coming from Macedonia, helped to make up; - and, in everything, without burden unto you, I kept, myself - and will keep!

For if indeed I grieved you by my letter, I do not regret [it]. Even if I did regret [it] (I see that that letter grieved you, even though for {a short time}),

According as it is written, He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little was nothing short.

For I reckon to come short in nothing of those, superlative apostles.

I have become foolish, boasting. Ye compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I came short in nothing of those, superlative apostles, even though I am nothing.

For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

We have not cut you off, but you have cut off your own feelings toward us.

I am doing and will continue to do this in order to cut away the ground from under those who wish some cause for slander; and that the ground of their boasting may appear as does mine.