<p>1:14 <i>As also you did once partially acknowledge us, that we are your boasting, even as you are also ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus- </i>Paul saw his reward as proportionate to the quality of his brethren (2 Cor. 1:14; 1 Thess. 2:19,20; Phil. 2:16; 4:1). The nature or quality of his eternal life was bound up with whether or not they would be accepted at the day of judgment- and that surely was why Paul kept on keeping on with the Corinthians, and why we endure the whole dysfunctional story which is 'church'. With what measure we give to others in spiritual terms, we will be measured to at the judgment (Mk. 4:24 and context). 1 Cor. 3:9-15 likewise teaches that the spiritual &quot;work&quot; of &quot;any man&quot; with his brethren will be proportionate to his reward at the judgment.</p>