I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have made up for your absence,
I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.
And when I was with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for my needs were supplied by the brothers who came from Macedonia. So I refrained and will continue to refrain from burdening you in any way.
But God, who consoles the downcast, consoled us by the arrival of Titus,
because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for those services that you could not give me.
I wanted to keep him with me so that he might minister to me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel,