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Where then is that sense of blessing you had? For I testify about you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not listen to the Law?

But as for me, brothers and sisters, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been eliminated.

But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

From now on let no one cause trouble for me, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.

if indeed you have heard of the administration of God's grace which was given to me for you;

that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before briefly.

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace which was given to me according to the working of His power.

To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,

and pray in my behalf, that speech may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me.

the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking that they are causing me distress in my imprisonment.

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose.

so that your pride in Christ Jesus may be abundant because of me by my coming to you again.

experiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

You too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.

But you know of his proven character, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child serving his father.

Therefore I hope to send him immediately, as soon as I see how things go with me;

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.