But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

Then purposing this, did I indeed use lightness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose them according to the flesh, so that with me there should be yes, yes, and no, no?

I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find Titus my brother. But taking my leave of them, I went from there into Macedonia.

For even if I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret; if indeed I did regret; for I see that that letter grieved you for an hour.

Then, though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, nor on account of the one who suffered wrong, but for the sake of revealing our earnestness on your behalf, for you before God.

as it is written, "He gathering much, he had nothing left over; and he gathering little did not have less."

Let such a one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters, being absent, such we will be also in deed when we are present.

For if, indeed, the one coming proclaims another Jesus, whom we have not proclaimed, or if you receive another spirit, which you did not receive, or another gospel, which you never accepted, you might well endure these .

Or did I commit sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?

Did not even Satan marvelously transform himself into an angel of light?

For what is it in which you were inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong.

But let it be so, I did not burden you. But being crafty, I caught you with bait.

By any whom I have sent to you, did I overreach you by him?

I begged Titus and sent with him the brother. Did Titus overreach you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?