Now I rejoice in my sufferings for y’all’s sake, and fill up on my part what is lacking of Christ’s oppressions in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church.
What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the gospel.
In everything I’ve shown y’all that it is necessary to help the weak by laboring like this, and to remember the words that the Lord Jesus himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”