according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross.

For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to compensate for your absence in your service to me.

that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;