Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.