14. and though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as though I were an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus himself!
15. Where then is your sense of happiness now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me!
16. So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17. They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly.