Indeed, we personally had a death sentence within ourselves, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silvanus and Timothy—did not become “Yes and no”; on the contrary, a final “Yes” has come in Him.

I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.

I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus, but I said good-bye to them and left for Macedonia.

He made the One who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

For even if I grieved you with my letter, I do not regret it—even though I did regret it since I saw that the letter grieved you, yet only for a little while.

So even though I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong, or because of the one who was wronged, but in order that your diligence for us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.

As it has been written:

The person who gathered much
did not have too much,
and the person who gathered little
did not have too little.

For if a person comes and preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or you receive a different spirit, which you had not received, or a different gospel, which you had not accepted, you put up with it splendidly!

Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

When I was present with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have kept myself, and will keep myself, from burdening you in any way.

So in what way were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I personally did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!

Did I take advantage of you by anyone I sent you?

I urged Titus to come, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Didn’t we walk in the same spirit and in the same footsteps?