²⁴ and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,

⁷ `But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;

²⁹ for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,

³⁰ and of your own selves there shall arise men, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

³¹ `Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;

²² And if to live in the flesh `is' to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not;

²⁵ and of this being persuaded, I have known that I shall remain and continue with you all, to your advancement and joy of the faith,

²⁶ that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence again to you.