misbehave at your meetings, some of you are sick and some have even died” (1 Cor. 11:30). A sick apostle was not a good advertisement for the cause. This was especially painful in Corinth, where Paul came up against the “sunshine” apostles (2 Cor. 11:5 and 12:11) and missionaries who had weighty letters of recommendation about their powers of health and healing (2 Cor. 3:1). It bothered him that they could describe him as pitiful in appearance, even though they had to admit that he sounded strong