For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,

For indeed, what had been glorious now has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it.

So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give,

But I am sending these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready just as I kept telling them.