When I came to you, I was weak and very afraid and trembling all over.

我在你们那里，又软弱，又惧怕又甚战兢。

我在你们那里时，又软弱，又惧怕，又战战兢兢。

我在你们那里时，又软弱，又惧怕，又战战兢兢。

那时我在你们当中很软弱，害怕，战战兢兢。

我在你们那里的时候，又软弱又惧怕，而且战战兢兢；

并且我在你们那里的时候，又软弱又惧怕，甚至极其战兢。

我在你們那裏，又軟弱，又懼怕又甚戰兢。

我在你們那裏時，又軟弱，又懼怕，又戰戰兢兢。

我在你們那裏時，又軟弱，又懼怕，又戰戰兢兢。

那時我在你們當中很軟弱，害怕，戰戰兢兢。

我在你們那裡的時候，又軟弱又懼怕，而且戰戰兢兢；

我在你們那裏的時候、又是在軟弱、在懼怕、在大戰兢中的。

並且我在你們那裡的時候，又軟弱又懼怕，甚至極其戰兢。

我偕爾時、荏弱驚懼、戰慄不勝、

我居爾中、荏弱驚懼、戰慄不勝、

我居於爾中、荏弱畏懼、戰慄不勝、

然予在爾中、實自慚才短中心恐懼、惴惴不安；

I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling.

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

I came to you in weakness— timid and trembling.

I came to you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

I also was with you in weakness and fear, and in great trembling,

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

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

I came to you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

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

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

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

It is true that Christ was nailed to the cross because he was weak. But Christ lives by God’s power. In the same way, we share his weakness. But by God’s power we will live with Christ as we serve you.

If anyone is weak, I feel weak. If anyone is led into sin, I burn on the inside.If I have to brag, I will brag about the things that show how weak I am.

I will brag about a man like that. But I won’t brag about myself. I will brag only about how weak I am.Suppose I decide to brag. That would not make me a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I don’t brag, so that no one will think more of me than they should. People should judge me by what I do and say.God has shown me amazing and wonderful things. People should not think more of me because of it. So I wouldn’t become proud of myself, I was given a problem. This problem caused pain in my body. It is a messenger from Satan to make me suffer.Three times I begged the Lord to take it away from me.But he said to me,“ My grace is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.” So I am very happy to brag about how weak I am. Then Christ’s power can rest on me.Because of how I suffered for Christ, I’m glad that I am weak. I am glad in hard times. I am glad when people say mean things about me. I am glad when things are difficult. And I am glad when people make me suffer. When I am weak, I am strong.

Christ is humble and free of pride. Because of this, I make my appeal to you. I, Paul, am the one you call“ shy” when I am face to face with you. But when I am away from you, you think I am“ bold” toward you.

I’m glad when I am weak but you are strong. I pray that there will be no more problems among you.

When we came to Macedonia, we weren’t able to rest. We were attacked no matter where we went. We had battles on the outside and fears on the inside.

Instead, we make it clear that we serve God in every way. We serve him by standing firm in troubles, hard times and suffering.

But they couldn’t find them. So they dragged Jason and some other believers to the city officials.“ These men have caused trouble all over the world,” they shouted.“ Now they have come here.Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all disobeying Caesar’s commands. They say there is another king. He is called Jesus.”When the crowd and the city officials heard this, they became very upset.They made Jason and the others give them money. The officials did this to make sure they would return to the court. Then they let Jason and the others go.As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue.The Berean Jews were very glad to receive Paul’s message. They studied the Scriptures carefully every day. They wanted to see if what Paul said was true. So they were more noble than the Thessalonian Jews.Because of this, many of the Berean Jews believed. A number of important Greek women also became believers. And so did many Greek men.

But they opposed Paul. They treated him badly. So he shook out his clothes in protest. Then he said to them,“ God’s judgment against you will be your own fault! Don’t blame me for it! From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

So because of God’s mercy, we have work to do. He has given it to us. And we don’t give up.

We don’t give up. Our bodies are becoming weaker and weaker. But our spirits are being renewed day by day.

Treasure is kept in clay jars. In the same way, we have the treasure of the good news in these earthly bodies of ours. That shows that the mighty power of the good news comes from God. It doesn’t come from us.We are pushed hard from all sides. But we are not beaten down. We are bewildered. But that doesn’t make us lose hope.Others make us suffer. But God does not desert us. We are knocked down. But we are not knocked out.We always carry around the death of Jesus in our bodies. In that way, the life of Jesus can be shown in our bodies.We who are alive are always in danger of death because we are serving Jesus. This happens so that his life can also be shown in our earthly bodies.Death is at work in us. But life is at work in you.

When they arrived, he spoke to them.“ You know how I lived the whole time I was with you,” he said.“ From the first day I came into Asia Minor,I served the Lord with tears and without pride. I served him when I was greatly tested. I was tested by the evil plans of the Jews who disagreed with me.

Some say,“ His letters sound important. They are powerful. But in person he doesn’t seem like much. And what he says doesn’t amount to anything.”

We are fools for Christ. But you are so wise in Christ! We are weak. But you are so strong! You are honored. But we are looked down on!Up to this very hour we are hungry and thirsty. We are dressed in rags. We are being treated badly. We have no homes.We work hard with our own hands. When others curse us, we bless them. When we are attacked, we put up with it.When others say bad things about us, we answer with kind words. We have become the world’s garbage. We are everybody’s trash, right up to this moment.

Remember when I first preached the good news to you? Remember I did that because I was sick.And my sickness was hard on you. But you weren’t mean to me. You didn’t make fun of me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God. You welcomed me as if I were Christ Jesus himself.

At that time Gallio was governor of Achaia. The Jews of Corinth got together and attacked Paul. They brought him into court.

Paul and those traveling with him passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia. They came to Thessalonica. A Jewish synagogue was there.

After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.