Chapters 10 through 13 of this text may represent part or all of the (*) "letter of tears.
Theories regarding the composition of this text divide it into anywhere from one to five fragments, all written on separate occasions. The author of this text describes being given a thorn in his flesh to keep him from being too elated, leading him to "boast all the more gladly of [his] weaknesses" when that thorn was not taken away. In the sixth chapter of this text, the author exhorts against being "unequally yoked" with nonbelievers. The author of this text claims his addressees "suffer fools gladly, seeing [they themselves] are wise." Chapters 10 through 13 of this text may represent part or all of the (*) "letter of tears." In the eleventh chapter of this text, the author describes having received a stoning, being beaten with rods, and getting shipwrecked, in addition to being whipped five times by the Jews and being in danger from the Gentiles. For 10 points, name this Pauline epistle that is addressed to the same church as an earlier text containing the line "love is patient, love is kind."
Theories regarding the composition of this text divide it into anywhere from one to five fragments, all written on separate occasions.
Second Epistle to the  Corinthians [accept  2 Corinthians; do not accept "First Corinthians"]