2. Make room for us in your hearts. We wronged no one, ruined no one, took advantage of no one.
3. I do not say this to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts—to die together and to live together with you.
4. Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I have been filled with encouragement. I overflow with joy in all our troubles.
5. For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest. But we were hard pressed on every side—conflicts outside, fears within.
6. But God, who encourages the downcast, encouraged us with the arrival of Titus;
7. and not only by his coming, but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your deep concern for me—so that I rejoiced still more.