So then death works in us, but life in you.
But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus Christ, to testify fully the gospel of the grace of God.
We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honorable, but we are despised.
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls, even if loving you more and more, I am loved the less.
For we are glad when we are weak, and you are powerful. But we pray also for this, your perfection.
For we who live are always being delivered to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus might also be revealed in our body.
For we, having the same spirit of faith (according as it is written, "I believed, and therefore I have spoken"); we also believed and therefore speak,
Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.
because for the work of Christ he was near death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
By this we have known the love of God, because He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
