For he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

He certainly was sick and close to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

Stop acting from motives of selfish strife or petty ambition, but in humility practice treating one another as your superiors.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and honourably treat those that are such:

Treat one another with the same spirit as you experience in Christ Jesus.