There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: