1 Corinthians 2:3

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1 Corinthians 2:3

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

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We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are prudent in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are distinguished, but we are without honor.

Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

And when they had come to him, he said to them,“You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time,

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,

but in everything commending ourselves as

servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts without, fears within.

Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent!

Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led into sin without my intense concern?

On behalf of such a man I will boast; but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses.

For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, yet we will live with Him because of the power of God directed toward you.

but you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the first time;