but it is more vital for your sake that I remain in the body.

– though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more:

Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer:

For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials