4Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
5For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction— conflicts on the outside, fears within.
6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
7and 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.
— 2 Corinthians 7:4-7