But if any one has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measurenot to put it too severelyto all of you.

I still had no rest in my mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took my leave of them and went on to Macedonia.

I repeat, let no one think me foolish; but even if you do, receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast.

To my shame, I must say that we were too weak for that! But whatever anyone else dares to boast aboutI am speaking as a foolI also dare to boast about.

And to keep me from being too elated because of the abundance of revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to harass me, to keep me from being too elated.