Because he indeed accepted the exhortation, but his own will being more zealous, he went forth to you.

Wherefore, we also make it our aim??hether being at home or being from home??o be well-pleasing to Him.

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 whether we are pressed, for your comfort and salvation, being well wrought in endurance of the same sufferings which we also suffer: whether we are comforted, for your comfort and salvation.