⁵ For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way—disputes without and fears within. ⁶ But God, who consoles the downcast, consoled us by the arrival of Titus, ⁷ and not only by his arrival but also by the consolation with which he was consoled about you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.