Apart from other things, ¹  there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern ²  for all the churches.

For I consider myself not at all inferior to those “super-apostles.” ¹ 

For since you are so wise, you put up with ¹  fools gladly.

by truthful ¹  teaching, ²  by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left, ³ 

And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in ¹  our sufferings, so also you will share in ²  our comfort.

This punishment on such an individual by the majority is enough for him,

I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,

And we are sending ¹  along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in spreading the gospel. ² 

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

Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! ¹  If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

Blessed is ¹  the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including ¹  more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase ²  to the glory of God.

because the service of this ministry is not only providing for ¹  the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God.

And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals ¹  in the things they boast about.

even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, ¹  so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble ²  me – so that I would not become arrogant. ³ 

I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison ¹  to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

But if we are afflicted, ¹  it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe ¹  so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel ²  of Christ, ³  who is the image of God.

In addition, ¹  this brother ²  has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift ³  to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help. ⁴ 

For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding. ¹