in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,

But as you excel in everything – in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you – make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

But as God’s servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses,

I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,

As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

I rejoice because in everything I am fully confident in you.

in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.

And even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to arrest me,

But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.

As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.

but I was let down in a rope-basket through a window in the city wall, and escaped his hands.

always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body.

Now we have such confidence in God through Christ.

so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory!

But it is God who establishes us together with you in Christ and who anointed us,

who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.