If there is any question ¹  about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; if there is any question about our brothers, they are messengers ²  of the churches, a glory to Christ.

But ¹  he said to me, “My grace is enough ²  for you, for my ³  power is made perfect ⁴  in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly ⁵  about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in ⁶  me.

who made us adequate ¹  to be servants of a new covenant ²  not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

For see what this very thing, this sadness ¹  as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, ²  what indignation, ³  what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, ⁴  what punishment! ⁵  In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling ¹  the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard ²  me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,

We were encouraged ¹  not only by his arrival, but also by the encouragement ²  you gave ³  him, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, ⁴  your deep concern ⁵  for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.

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.

For we do not write you anything other than what ¹  you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely ² 

I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others. ¹ 

I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you! ¹ 

But until this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds, ¹ 

I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me.

And his affection for you is much greater ¹  when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men. ¹ 

Therefore show ¹  them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you. ² 

for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, ¹  but are made powerful by God ²  for tearing down strongholds. ³  We tear down arguments ⁴ 

begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping ¹  the saints.

how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be? ¹ 

For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the sake of the truth.

Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, ¹  so that we would not trust in ourselves ²  but in God who raises the dead.