Quotes About Support

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.

For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,

Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.

I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?

I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.

Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.

So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.

I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.

Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.

For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.

But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.

I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you.

Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.

For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,

they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.