⁵ For when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side: without were fightings, within were fears.

⁶ Nevertheless God, who comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

⁷ and not by his coming only, but also by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me, so that I rejoiced the more.