Sometimes people respect us as important. Sometimes they think that we are worth nothing. People may insult us, or they may praise us. We only say true things, but some people still think that we deceive others. Some people do not want to know us. Other people accept us as God’s servants. It seems like we are dying, but look! We are still alive! People punish us, but they do not kill us. We seem to be sad, but really we are always happy. We seem to be poor, but we make many people rich. We seem to have nothing, but really we have everything. 2 Corinthians 6:8-10
榮耀、羞辱，惡名、美名；似乎是誘惑人的，卻是誠實的； 似乎不為人所知，卻是人所共知的；似乎要死，卻是活着的；似乎受責罰，卻是不致喪命的； 似乎憂愁，卻是常常快樂的；似乎貧窮，卻是叫許多人富足的；似乎一無所有，卻是樣樣都有的。 哥林多後書 6:8-10