²⁶ For he longs for all of you^(A) and is distressed because you heard he was ill.

²⁷ Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

³⁰ because he almost died for the work of Christ. He risked his life to make up for the help you yourselves could not give me.^(A)