⁵ For even when^[a] we arrived in Macedonia, our body had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way—quarrels outside, fears within. ⁶ But God, who comforts the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus, ⁷ and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted among you, because he^[b] reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.