so that death indeed is working in us, but the life in you.
“But I do not count my life of any value to me, so that I might accomplish my mission with joy, and the service which I received from the Master יהושע, to bear witness to the Good News of the favour of Elohim.
We are fools for the sake of Messiah, but you are wise in Messiah! We are weak, but you are strong! You are in esteem, but we are not appreciated!
And I shall most gladly spend and be spent for your lives. If I love you more and more, am I to be loved less?
For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray for: your perfection.
For we, the living, are always delivered to death for the sake of יהושע, that the life of יהושע might also be manifested in our mortal flesh,
But having the same spirit of belief, according to what has been written, “I believed, therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak,
In fact, even if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the offering and service of your belief, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
because for the work of Messiah he was near death, risking his life, to fill up what was lacking in your service toward me.
By this we have known love, because He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.