Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

For since you are so wise, you put up with fools gladly.

So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.

For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you.

So I made up my own mind not to pay you another painful visit.

I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!

so that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).

Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you.

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.

But he said to me, “My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.

so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.

to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, you can also complete it according to your means.

And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,

We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble me – so that I would not become arrogant.

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

God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.

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.

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 he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.