⁵ For even ^(A)when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—^(B)fighting without and fear within.

¹³ my spirit ^(A)was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.

^19 (A)my little children, ^(B)for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ ^(C)is formed in you! ²⁰ I wish I could be present with you now and change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

¹¹ I am afraid ^(A)I may have labored over you in vain.

²³ Are they ^(A)servants of Christ? ^(B)I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, ^(C)far more imprisonments, ^(D)with countless beatings, and ^(E)often near death. ²⁴ Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the ^(F)forty lashes less one. ²⁵ Three times I was ^(G)beaten with rods. ^(H)Once I was stoned. Three times I ^(I)was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; ²⁶ on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, ^(J)danger from my own people, ^(K)danger from Gentiles, ^(L)danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; ^27 (M)in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, ^(N)in hunger and thirst, often without food,^[a] in cold and exposure. ²⁸ And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for ^(O)all the churches. ^29 (P)Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?

^30 (Q)If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

⁸ We are ^(A)afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; ⁹ persecuted, but ^(B)not forsaken; ^(C)struck down, but not destroyed; ^10 (D)always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, ^(E)so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. ¹¹ For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. ¹² So ^(F)death is at work in us, but life in you.

⁹ For this is why I wrote, that I might ^(A)test you and know ^(B)whether you are obedient in everything.

³ And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, ^(A)for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.