"Whoever for my sake receives one such young child as this, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not so much me as Him who sent me."

"Have you come out," said Jesus, "with swords and cudgels to arrest me, as if you had to fight with a robber?

I no longer deserve to be called a son of yours: treat me as one of your hired men.'

But Jesus cried aloud, "He who believes in me, believes not so much in me, as in Him who sent me;

If the world hates you, remember that it has first had me as the fixed object of its hatred.

Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'

"I am standing before Caesar's tribunal," replied Paul, "where alone I ought to be tried. The Jews have no real ground of complaint against me, as in fact you yourself are beginning to see more clearly.

But as for me, as my soul shall answer for it, I appeal to God as my witness, that it was to spare you pain that I gave up my visit to Corinth.

Now if any one has caused sorrow, it has been caused not so much to me, as in some degree--for I have no wish to exaggerate--to all of you.

To return to what I was saying. Let no one suppose that I am foolish. Or if you must, at any rate make allowance for me as being foolish, in order that I, as well as they, may boast a little.

and yet the bodily infirmity which was such a trial to you, you did not regard with contempt or loathing, but you received me as if I had been an angel of God or Christ Jesus Himself!

and that by a revelation the truth hitherto kept secret was made known to me as I have already briefly explained it to you.

so that, as Christians, you may have additional reason for glorying about me as the result of my being with you again.

But mercy was shown me in order that in me as the foremost of sinners Christ Jesus might display the fulness of His long-suffering patience as an example to encourage those who would afterwards be resting their faith on Him with a view to the Life of the Ages.

If therefore you regard me as a comrade, receive him as if he were I myself.

Yet I have this against you--that you no longer love Me as you did at first.