and I went up according to revelation, and I laid before them the glad tidings which I preach among the nations, but privately to those conspicuous among them, lest in any way I run or had run in vain;

Have ye suffered so many things in vain, if indeed also in vain?

I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.

Let us not become vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.