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\h 2 CORINTHIANS 
\toc1 2 Corinthians 
\toc2 2 Corinthians 
\toc3 2Co 
\mt2 This book is one of the letters that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Corinth. We call this book  
\mt1 2 Corinthians  
\c 1  
\s1 2 Corinthians 1:1-2  
\s1 Paul and Timothy greet the Christians who are in Corinth.  
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\v 1  \add I\add*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add write this letter to you\add*, \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* apostle \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* chose \w me|strong="G1223"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Timothy, our\add* fellow believer, \add is with me. I am sending this letter\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* congregations \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Corinth|strong="G2882"\w* \add city. I want\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add other places\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Achaia \add province to also read this letter\add*.  
\v 2  \add We(exc) desire\add* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add experience\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add acting\add* kindly toward \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* causing \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add inner\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*.   
\s1 We thank God that he encourages us in all our troubles so that we are able to encourage you when you suffer. We suffered so much in Asia province that we were sure that we were going to die, but we learned to trust in God. He saved us from death and he will continue to save us from death.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 1:3-11  
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\v 3  \add We should\add* praise \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* pities \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* helps \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add because he is like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add and we are like his children\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* encourages \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add (inc)\add*.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add (exc)\add* whenever \w we|strong="G2249"\w* suffered hardships. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w encourage|strong="G3870"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* whenever \w they|strong="G3588"\w* suffer hardships, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w*/\w just|strong="G3588"\w* like \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add (exc)\add*.  
\v 5 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* suffered, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add who serve him\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w continually|strong="G1223"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* \add because we belong to him\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add belong to\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* greatly strengthens \w us|strong="G1519"\w* ◄\w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w*/\w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w*► \add God strengthened him\add*.  
\v 6 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, whenever \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* experience \w sufferings|strong="G3804"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add learn how to encourage\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add when you experience sufferings. As a result, you will become more and more the kind of people God\add* wants \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w*. Whenever \add God\add* strengthens \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc) when we are suffering, he\add* does \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add may see how he makes us strong when we are suffering. Then, as God\add* encourages \add you in that way\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* learn \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* patiently \add trusting him\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 7 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* result, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \add (exc)\add* strongly expect \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w*/\w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w*, \add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* encourage \w you|strong="G4771"\w* ◄\w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w*/\w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w*► \add he\add* encourages us.   
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\v 8  \add Our\add* fellow believers, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* [LIT] \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* suffered \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \add province\add*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* much \w more|strong="G5228"\w* \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* endure. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w result|strong="G5620"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* thought \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* die.  
\v 9 \w Indeed|strong="G1510"\w*, \w we|strong="G2192"\w* \w felt|strong="G2192"\w* \add like a person feels when he has heard a judge say\add*, “\w I|strong="G2443"\w* condemn \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*/\w be|strong="G1510"\w* executed [MET].” \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \add God allowed us to think that we were going to die\add* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2192"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* ◄\w rely|strong="G3982"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w*/\w trust|strong="G3982"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w*► \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \add strength. He wanted us\add* instead \add to rely\add* \w only|strong="G1438"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \add strength, because he\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add has power even to make\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w* \w live|strong="G2192"\w* \add again\add*.  
\v 10 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add even though\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \add in terrible danger and were\add* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w rescued|strong="G4506"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w rescue|strong="G4506"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add whenever we are in trouble\add*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* confidently \w expect|strong="G1679"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w rescue|strong="G4506"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add time after time\add*.  
\v 11  \add And we are also relying on\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* praying \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add (exc)\add*. \add If many people pray for us\add*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4383"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w thank|strong="G2168"\w* \add God\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add he\add* kindly answers \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w prayers|strong="G1162"\w* \add and delivers us from danger\add*.   
\s1 You can trust what I tell you. I did not visit you, because I wanted to give you the opportunity to obey the instructions that I wrote to you. Now that you have punished enough the man who caused those problems, I urge you to forgive him and to encourage him.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 1:12—2:11  
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\v 12 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* happy \add to say\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* behaved \w toward|strong="G4314"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* [MTY] \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* honest \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sincere \w way|strong="G1722"\w*. \w My|strong="G1722"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* assures \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add that this is true\add*. \w Especially|strong="G4056"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* behaved \w toward|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add honestly and sincerely because that is what\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* done \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \add my thoughts\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* thoughts \w that|strong="G3754"\w* unbelieving \w people|strong="G1510"\w* [MTY] \add think are\add* \w wise|strong="G3756"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add I have behaved toward people only as God wants me to, depending on\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* help \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* ways \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* deserve.  
\v 13  \add I say that\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add in all my letters to you\add* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* always \w written|strong="G1125"\w* [LIT] clearly \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w easily|strong="G3756"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w completely|strong="G2193"\w* \w understand|strong="G1921"\w* \add when you\add* \w read|strong="G1125"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w*.  
\v 14  \add Previously some of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w have|strong="G2532"\w* completely \w understood|strong="G1921"\w* \add that I am always honest and sincere with you\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* confidently expect \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add soon\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w fully|strong="G1921"\w* convinced \add about that\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* [MTY] \add returns, you will all be able to say that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add be able to say that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
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\v 15-16 It was because I felt sure \add that all of you were pleased with me\add* that I was planning to visit you on my way from \add here\add* to Macedonia \add province\add*. I also planned to visit you again on my way back from there, so that I could \add spend time with you\add* twice, and be able to help you more, and I was hoping that you would \add give me things that I needed\add* [EUP] for my journey to Judea \add province\add*.  
\v 17 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add changed my mind later and did not do what\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add first\add* \w planned|strong="G1011"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*, \add it was not because I did not have an important reason for changing my plans\add*. \w Surely|strong="G3385"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add really think\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* decide \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* know \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*! [RHQ] \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add not like that\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add a person who\add* says \add to people\add*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \add certainly I will do that\add*,” \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \add for no good reason changes his mind and says\add*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \add I will not do it\add*.”  
\v 18 \w Just|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w surely|strong="G3483"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* always \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3056"\w* \add he will do, it is true that I have never said\add*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \add I will do this\add*” \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add really meant\add* “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*.”  
\v 19  \add I follow the example of\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* Silas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w*, taught \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add about Christ\add*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add someone who said that he\add* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \add something\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add then\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add do it\add*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \add said to anyone\add*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \add I will do what you desire\add*,” \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add then did\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add do it\add*.  
\v 20  \add We(inc) know that is true\add*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w everything|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add for his people\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* done completely \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \add sending\add* Christ \add to save us\add*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w say|strong="G1223"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*! \add God has done everything that he promised to do\add*!” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w praise|strong="G1391"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*!  
\v 21 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* causes \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add (exc)\add*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \add believing\add* strongly \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* chose \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add (inc) to belong to him and to have a close relationship\add* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.  
\v 22 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G4151"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add (inc)\add* lives \w to|strong="G2532"\w* mark \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* belonging \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w himself|strong="G2588"\w* [MET]. \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, since \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G4151"\w* \w sent|strong="G4151"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \add (inc)\add*, \add he wants us to know by this that\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* guarantees [MET] \add to give us every other\add* ◄\add blessing/good thing\add*► \add that he has promised\add*.   
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\v 23 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \add I will tell you why I changed my mind and did not visit you as I intended to do\add*: \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* knows \add that what I am telling you is true\add*. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* reason \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* return \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Corinth|strong="G2882"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w might|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add speak to you severely about the wrong that you had done\add*.  
\v 24 \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* Silas, Timothy \w and|strong="G4102"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* want \w to|strong="G3756"\w* boss \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add and tell you that you must\add* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* say. \add Not at all\add*! \w On|strong="G2476"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* contrary, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* working \w as|strong="G1063"\w* partners \add with you\add* \w in|strong="G4102"\w* order \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w make|strong="G2476"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* happy. \add We do not try to force you to believe everything that we believe, because we are sure that you are continuing to\add* trust \add the Lord Jesus Christ\add* \w and|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* remaining firmly committed \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 2  
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\v 1 Anyway, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* definitely \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G2064"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \add now. If I had come, I would have spoken severely to you again, and\add* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G2064"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* unhappy \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w last|strong="G3778"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \add I visited you\add*.  
\v 2  \add And\add* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w make|strong="G3076"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* unhappy, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3076"\w* unhappy \add the only people who can cheer me up\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w none|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* cheer \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w*!/\w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* cheer \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 3 \w So|strong="G2443"\w*, \add instead of going to visit you at that time\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w letter|strong="G1125"\w* \add and sent it to you\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add you would know what you should do. Then\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* unhappy \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* causing \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w quite|strong="G3956"\w* \w sure|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add would do what I told you to do in that letter, and because of that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* happy, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 4 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add the way I did\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w felt|strong="G1097"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* troubled \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w distressed|strong="G3076"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* crying \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*. \add My purpose in writing was\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G3076"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* feel bad, \w but|strong="G2532"\w*, instead, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w how|strong="G1097"\w* deeply/\w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* love \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
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\v 5  \add Now I want to write about the man who\add* \w caused|strong="G3076"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w this|strong="G1161"\w* anguish. \add What he did was very wrong, but\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* know \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G5100"\w* \w caused|strong="G3076"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w much|strong="G1912"\w* \w more|strong="G3756"\w* \w sorrow|strong="G3076"\w* \w than|strong="G3361"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G5100"\w* \w caused|strong="G3076"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \add what he did\add* \w has|strong="G5100"\w* \add affected\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to some extent. I say\add*, “\w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* extent,” \add because I do not want to say that he has\add* \w done|strong="G3361"\w* \w more|strong="G3756"\w* harm \add than he really has done\add*.  
\v 6  \add Since he has now stopped sinning in that way\add*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w punishment|strong="G2009"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* nearly \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w you|strong="G3778"\w* \add decided was right for him\add* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* continued \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w enough|strong="G2425"\w*.  
\v 7 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w instead|strong="G3123"\w* \add of punishing him any longer\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* need \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w forgive|strong="G5483"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* deal kindly \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add If you do not forgive him\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G3361"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* sad \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* begin \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add think that you will never forgive him\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \add believing in Christ\add*).   
\p
\v 8 \w For|strong="G1519"\w* those reasons, \w I|strong="G1352"\w* \w beg|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add forgive him and accept him into your group again, and by doing that\add* assure \w him|strong="G3870"\w* \w that|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* truly love \w him|strong="G3870"\w*.  
\v 9  \add I feel sure that you will do as I ask\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \add severely\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add before\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w test|strong="G1382"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w finding|strong="G1063"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w whether|strong="G1487"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* really \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \add that I, as your apostle, asked you to do\add*.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add since you obeyed what I told you before, I feel sure that now you will obey what I am writing in this letter\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w forgive|strong="G5483"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* done, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w indeed|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w forgiven|strong="G5483"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* wrong \w thing|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* needed \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w forgive|strong="G5483"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w forgiven|strong="G5483"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* knows \add that I have forgiven him sincerely. I have done that mainly\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add so that you and I will again have fellowship with each other, and that you will accept him into your group again\add*.  
\v 11  \add I want you to forgive him\add* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* will \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* able \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w take|strong="G4122"\w* \w advantage|strong="G4122"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \add the problems among\add* us \add and make the situation worse\add*. \w We|strong="G1063"\w* know \w very|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G1063"\w* [LIT] \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* always planning \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \add cause problems among us\add*.   
\s1 I did not find Titus in Troas, so I went on to Macedonia province. Everywhere we go, God causes people to know Christ through our teaching. We do not teach in order to get money; we teach with sincere motives.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 2:12-17  
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\v 12  \add I will continue by telling you what I did after I wrote to you from Ephesus city\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add tell people\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* message \add about\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \add When I arrived there\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w found|strong="G2532"\w* \add many people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* prepared \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* [MET] \add to listen to what I told them about him\add*.  
\v 13 \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w because|strong="G2192"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* fellow believer \w Titus|strong="G5103"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add arrived with a report from you\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* still \w felt|strong="G2192"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* anxious \w and|strong="G4151"\w* concerned \add about you\add*. \w So|strong="G1519"\w*, \add after spending only a short time at Troas\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G4151"\w* goodbye \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add the believers who were there\add* \w and|strong="G4151"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \add here\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \add province to find Titus\add*.  
\v 14 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \add before I tell you any more about that\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add want to\add* \w thank|strong="G5485"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add for what he is doing. As a great leader of fighting men causes all his prisoners to take part in his victory parade\add* [MET], \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w leads|strong="G2358"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add who are his workers\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* victorious \add over Satan because of our(exc) close relationship with Christ. God causes people to come to\add* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \add (exc) teaching his message. That message is like\add* [MET] \w the|strong="G1722"\w* smell \w of|strong="G1223"\w* perfume.  
\v 15  \add When we(exc) tell God’s message\add* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add spreads out among people\add* like \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w smell|strong="G2175"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* perfume. \add Those who believe the message that we tell them\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\add Jesus Christ\add* \w saves|strong="G4982"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \add from the guilt of their sin. But those who reject that message\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* separated \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add forever\add*.  
\v 16 \w To|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add are on the way to hell, our message is like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="G2532"\w* foul smell \add because it is about dying\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* separated \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \add on the way to heaven, the message that we teach is like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* pure \w fragrant|strong="G3744"\w* smell, \add because we tell them\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add forever with God. As we think about that, we think\add* ◄\w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w able|strong="G2425"\w* \add to do\add* \w such|strong="G3778"\w* important work \add for God!\add*/\w how|strong="G5101"\w* can \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G2425"\w* \add to do\add* \w such|strong="G3778"\w* important work \add for God\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 17  \add But perhaps God considers us(exc) able\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w work|strong="G3056"\w*/act \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w so|strong="G5613"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add others whom you know\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add they think people will like, and they think that\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* pay \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w*. \w We|strong="G1063"\w* \add (exc) certainly do not do that\add*. \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w contrary|strong="G2316"\w*, \add as servants of\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* knowing \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* watching \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \add (exc)\add*, \w we|strong="G1063"\w* teach sincerely \add the message that\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* proclaim.   
\c 3  
\s1 The way you now live proves that we teach the truth about Jesus Christ.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 3:1-6  
\p
\v 1  \add As I write these things about myself\add*, \w I|strong="G5613"\w* am [RHQ] \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add doing it\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* boast \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w how|strong="G5613"\w* good \w I|strong="G5613"\w* am, \add as some of you say I do\add*. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* always carry \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* tell \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w well|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G5613"\w* work, \add that other people\add* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \add written\add*. \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w I|strong="G5613"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* [RHQ] \w need|strong="G5535"\w* \add to bring\add* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \add when I come to you\add*. \w Nor|strong="G2228"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w I|strong="G5613"\w* \w need|strong="G5535"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* ask \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to write\add* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \add for me when I go to other congregations\add*.  
\v 2 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* [MET] \add like a\add* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* recommends \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w work|strong="G3956"\w* \add for God to everyone\add*. \w People|strong="G3956"\w* \w see|strong="G1097"\w* \add how Christ changed\add* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add lives when you believed the message that I taught you\add*. \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \add who knows you\add* can \w see|strong="G1097"\w* \add the result of my work for God\add*.  
\v 3 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* [MET] \add like\add* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w himself|strong="G2588"\w* \add has written\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* says \w good|strong="G3756"\w* \w things|strong="G3748"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \add my work for God in your lives\add*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w show|strong="G5319"\w* \add people by the way you now conduct your lives that God has changed your lives\add* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* result \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* work \add among you. People did\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add find out about you by\add* reading \add a letter that was written to them on paper\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \add pen and\add* \w ink|strong="G3188"\w*. Instead, \add they saw how\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* all-powerful \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add has changed your lives\add*. \w Nor|strong="G3756"\w* \add did people find out about you by reading\add* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* carved \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w stone|strong="G3035"\w* slabs \add like the stone slabs that God gave to Moses\add*. Instead, \add it was the change that God’s Spirit made in\add* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w* [MET] \add that they saw\add*.   
\p
\v 4 \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \add can very\add* confidently \add write these things about the work that Silas, Timothy, and I did among you, because God knows that what I write is true. We(exc) are true workers\add* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add because of what\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add has done for us\add*.  
\v 5 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add*, \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w*, \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* ability \add to do this work\add*. \w None|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add apostles\add* can \w say|strong="G1473"\w*, “\add I have changed the lives of these people\add*.” \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \add who has given us this ability\add*.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* enables \w us|strong="G2427"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* messengers. \add He has enabled us to tell people the message\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* agreement \add that he is making with them\add*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add message about obeying all the\add* \w written|strong="G1121"\w* laws \add of his old agreement that he made with the Jewish people\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add it is a message about God giving us his\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \add Previously, God condemned people to be\add* separated \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* forever \add if they did not obey his laws\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \add God’s new agreement\add* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* enables \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add eternally\add*.   
\s1 Our work of teaching people about God’s New Agreement is much greater than the work of teaching people about his Old Agreement.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 3:7-11  
\p
\v 7  \add Moses\add* taught \add the people that if they did not obey God’s laws completely they would be\add* separated \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. \add God \add* \w wrote|strong="G1121"\w* \add his laws\add* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \add slabs. Then he gave them to Moses to teach them to the people. Although God’s laws condemned the people \add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*, \add when Moses brought those laws down from Sinai Mountain, God caused Moses’ face to shine\add* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*’ \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* shine radiantly \add to show the people that these laws were God’s laws. It shone\add*. \w so|strong="G1161"\w* brightly \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G4383"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* looking \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*’ \w face|strong="G4383"\w*. \add They had to look away\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w brightness|strong="G1391"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* slowly \w fading|strong="G2673"\w* \w away|strong="G2673"\w*.  
\v 8  \add So\add*, \add since God showed in such a wonderful way that those laws that condemned the people to die were from him\add*, surely \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G1510"\w* \add (exc)\add* teach \add people about how God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add change their lives\add*, \add God will show\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G1722"\w* \w even|strong="G3123"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* wonderful \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \add that\add* \w it|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add his message.\add* [RHQ]  
\v 9 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* message \add that Moses taught them was wonderful, but when people heard\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* message, \add they realized that they were sinners and that God\add* would punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s message \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \add (exc) teach is a\add* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* wonderful message. \w We|strong="G1063"\w* teach \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* ◄erase \w the|strong="G3588"\w* record \w of|strong="G1391"\w*/declare \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w no|strong="G1487"\w* \w longer|strong="G4183"\w* guilty \w for|strong="G1063"\w*► \add the sinful things that they have done\add*.  
\v 10  \add The truth is that, although the work of teaching the people to obey God’s laws\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* once important, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* important \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add the work of teaching people that God will forgive them and\add* enable \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* please \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* important.  
\v 11 \w Furthermore|strong="G1063"\w*, \add the message that Moses taught was not a lasting message, just like\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w brightness|strong="G1391"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* face \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* \w lasting|strong="G3306"\w* \w and|strong="G1391"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* faded \w away|strong="G2673"\w*. \w But|strong="G1487"\w* \add when God gives his Spirit to people\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* wonderful work \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God’s Spirit does in their lives\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w greater|strong="G4183"\w* \add because\add* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* lasts \w forever|strong="G1223"\w*.   
\s1 We teach a message that transforms people’s lives. So we teach it with great confidence.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 3:12-18  
\p
\v 12 \w We|strong="G2192"\w* \add (exc)\add* know \w that|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2192"\w* message \w that|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2192"\w* teach \w is|strong="G3767"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \add much more wonderful message than the message that Moses taught\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2192"\w* \add can preach\add* \w boldly|strong="G3954"\w*.  
\v 13 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add need to put a veil over our faces when we teach people\add*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w veil|strong="G2571"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Israelites \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* see \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* radiance \add on his face\add* \w soon|strong="G3361"\w* faded \w away|strong="G2673"\w*. \add Similarly, the glory of the old agreement has also faded away\add*.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Israelis stubbornly refused \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \add understand that the old agreement would end\add*. \w Even|strong="G1063"\w* \w now|strong="G1722"\w*, \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* read \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* agreement, \add they still do not realize that it has ended. It is as if\add* [MET] \w that|strong="G3754"\w* same \w veil|strong="G2571"\w* \add that Moses put on his face\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G1722"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* \add minds, keeping them from understanding God’s true message\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \add understand that message\add* only \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \add they come to trust\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1063"\w* \add it will be as though God\add* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* \w removed|strong="G2673"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w veil|strong="G2571"\w*.  
\v 15  \add Throughout all these years\add*, \w even|strong="G2193"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* now, \w when|strong="G2259"\w* \add the Israelis\add* read \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \add write, it is as though\add* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w veil|strong="G2571"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* covering \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w minds|strong="G2588"\w*.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w any|strong="G1437"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* believes \w in|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*, \add God\add* removes \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w veil|strong="G2571"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 17  \add It is by the power of his\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add works in our lives\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* set us free \add from trying to obey all the rules and rituals that God gave Moses\add*.  
\v 18  \add It is as though God\add* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* removed \w the|strong="G1519"\w* veil \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G3956"\w* \w faces|strong="G4383"\w* [MET]. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* realize \w how|strong="G1161"\w* awesome \w Jesus|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* realize \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w continually|strong="G1519"\w* \w being|strong="G1161"\w* \w changed|strong="G3339"\w* {\add the Holy Spirit is\add* \w continually|strong="G1519"\w* changing \w us|strong="G1519"\w*} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \w more|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w more|strong="G3956"\w* \w like|strong="G2509"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2962"\w*, \add so that people can see\add*, \w more|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w more|strong="G3956"\w*, \w how|strong="G1161"\w* awesome \add Jesus is\add*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* does \add this\add*.   
\c 4  
\s1 We are servants of Jesus. It is Jesus who has shown us how great God is.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 4:1-6  
\p
\v 1 \w So|strong="G1223"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* acted \w so|strong="G1223"\w* kindly \add toward me\add*, enabling \add me to teach\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* \add message to people\add*, \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \add so\add* discouraged \add that I stop teaching it\add*.  
\v 2 \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w I|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* determined \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1722"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* honest [LIT] \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1722"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w*. \w We|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add do anything that would cause\add* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* ashamed \add if people found out about it\add*. \w We|strong="G1722"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* try \w to|strong="G4314"\w* deceive \add you with clever arguments, as some other people do\add*. \w We|strong="G1722"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \add try to deceive you\add* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* changing \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \add as those same people do\add*. Instead, \w we|strong="G1722"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* teach \add people only\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* truth \add about Christ\add*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G1722"\w* teach \w it|strong="G3588"\w* clearly. Knowing \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* watching \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1722"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w*, \w we|strong="G1722"\w* \add teach his message in an honest way, with the result that\add* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* can \add accuse\add* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \add (exc) of being deceitful\add*.  
\v 3 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w*, \add as some of you say, some people are\add* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* understand \w the|strong="G1722"\w* message \add that we teach about Christ, it is not because we do not teach it clearly\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add do not want to believe it\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* perish eternally.  
\v 4  \add Satan, who is\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \add who rules\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* world, controls \w the|strong="G1722"\w* thoughts \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* unbelievers. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* prevents \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* understanding \w the|strong="G1722"\w* message \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w how|strong="G1722"\w* wonderful \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*. \add They are not able to understand that\add* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add in every way\add*.  
\v 5 \w That|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G5547"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w*, \add when we(exc) teach people\add*, \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* boast \w about|strong="G2424"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w*, \add as some people say that we do\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add we teach you\add* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G5547"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w are|strong="G5547"\w* \add only\add* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*. \add We want to honor and obey\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 6 \w When|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add created the world\add*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* commanded \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w shine|strong="G2989"\w* \add where there was nothing but\add* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \add made his message about Jesus to be like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* shining \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w minds|strong="G2588"\w*. \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* done \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add for all of us who believe in Jesus. He has done that so that we will understand that when people saw\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* saw \w how|strong="G3754"\w* awesome \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w himself|strong="G2588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 As Jesus’ servants we suffer, but through our suffering many people will receive eternal life and thank and praise God.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 4:7-15  
\p
\v 7  \add This work that God has given to\add* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* [MET] \add like\add* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* valuable \w treasure|strong="G2344"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w treasure|strong="G2344"\w* \add are as weak as fragile\add* [MET] \w clay|strong="G3749"\w* pots. \add God has planned it like that\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \add that changes lives\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* own.  
\v 8 \w We|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* continually oppressed {\add People\add* continually oppress \w us|strong="G1722"\w*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* ways, but \add we have\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w been|strong="G3756"\w* prevented {\add God has\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add allowed them to\add* prevent \w us|strong="G1722"\w*} \add from teaching the message about Jesus Christ\add*. \w We|strong="G1722"\w* often \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \add in difficult situations\add*, but \w we|strong="G1722"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w say|strong="G3956"\w*, “God has abandoned \w us|strong="G1722"\w*.”  
\v 9  \add We are frequently\add* \w persecuted|strong="G1377"\w* {\add People frequently\add* cause \w us|strong="G1377"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* suffer}, but \add God\add* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* abandons \w us|strong="G1377"\w*. \add Sometimes we are\add* badly wounded {\add people\add* badly wound \w us|strong="G1377"\w*}, but \add God does\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add allow\add* \w us|strong="G1377"\w* \add to\add* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* killed {\add them to\add* kill \w us|strong="G1377"\w*}.  
\v 10  \add Wherever we(exc) go\add*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* continually \add realize that because people killed\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add people may\add* kill \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add for teaching his message. But we are willing to go on living this way\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add that he is directing\add* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* [SYN].  
\v 11  \add So, although\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add still\add* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w always|strong="G1223"\w* realize \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* killed {\w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add people some day\add* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w us|strong="G1519"\w*} \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add we teach about\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \add God allows us to suffer\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* see \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add strengthening\add* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* bodies \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \add I conclude that although\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add apostles\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* constantly \add suffering and may soon\add* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*, \add the result of that is that all of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add have now received eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.   
\p
\v 13 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* discouraged. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \add the person who\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \add in the Scriptures\add*, “\add God\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* trusted \add in you\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \add your message\add*.” \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \add in God\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \add his message\add*.  
\v 14  \add We do this\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add although people might kill us, God\add*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* caused \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \add after we die. God will do this because we belong to\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \add And then God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G3936"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add*, \w together|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15  \add So I say that\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \add that we(exc) suffer\add* \w happen|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \add We have suffered all this\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \add as a result of hearing that God will\add* kindly/\w freely|strong="G4183"\w* \add forgive their sins\add*, \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w thank|strong="G5485"\w* \add him and praise him. Then\add* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w greatly|strong="G4183"\w* \w honor|strong="G1391"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add and worship him\add*.   
\s1 As our bodies get weaker, God continually makes our inner lives stronger. He will reward us for all that we have suffered.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 4:16-18  
\p
\v 16 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \add because we know that as a result of our suffering many people will honor God\add*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* discouraged \add that we stop teaching his message\add*. \w Although|strong="G1487"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* bodies \w are|strong="G3588"\w* getting weaker, \add God\add* encourages \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w every|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* strengthens \w us|strong="G2249"\w* spiritually.  
\v 17  \add I know that\add* \w all|strong="G2596"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w troubles|strong="G2347"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add happen to us in this life are\add* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* significant \w and|strong="G1391"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* last \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. \add When we think of\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w glorious|strong="G1391"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that God is preparing\add* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add to enjoy\add* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w* \add in heaven\add*, \w all|strong="G2596"\w* \add our suffering now\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* important.  
\v 18 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w why|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* continue thinking \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \add all the suffering that we\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* experiencing \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \w Even|strong="G1161"\w* \w though|strong="G1161"\w* \add we\add* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* \w see|strong="G4648"\w* \add all the things that God has prepared for us in heaven\add*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* thinking \w about|strong="G3588"\w*.” \add That is how we should think\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add all these troubles\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add we(exc)\add* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \add now\add* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* last only \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w* time. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add we will have in heaven\add*, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add we\add* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* \w see|strong="G4648"\w* \add now\add*, \w will|strong="G1473"\w* last forever.   
\c 5  
\s1 God will give all of us new heavenly bodies, and he will reward us according to what we did while we were living in our earthly bodies.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 5:1-10  
\p
\v 1 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add these bodies\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w live|strong="G2192"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add here in this world are like\add* [MET] tents. \add They are like temporary living/dwelling places\add*. \add So we should not be concerned about what happens to our bodies\add*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* killed {\w if|strong="G1437"\w* \add someone\add* kills \w us|strong="G2249"\w*}, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add permanent living places. Those permanent living places\add* [MET] \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \add will be new bodies in which we will live forever\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.  
\v 2  \add While we are here on earth, we suffer\add*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* often \w groan|strong="G4727"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w desire|strong="G1971"\w* \add to go\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \add where God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* new \add bodies\add* [MET].  
\v 3 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \add God gives us(inc) our new bodies\add* [MET], \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add spirits will have\add* [LIT, MET] bodies \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \add that will last forever\add*.   
\p
\v 4  \add It is true that\add* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* still \w living|strong="G2222"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* bodies [MET] \add that do not last forever\add*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* often \w groan|strong="G4727"\w* [DOU] \add because we desire to be free from them\add*. \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* longing \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* body. Instead, \add we groan because\add* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w desire|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* receive \w our|strong="G2532"\w* new bodies [MET] \w in|strong="G1722"\w* heaven. \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w long|strong="G1909"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* bodies \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* die \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* suddenly \w be|strong="G1510"\w* changed \add into bodies\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add forever\add*.  
\v 5 \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2716"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add receive\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \add new bodies\add*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* guaranteed/assured \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w happen|strong="G1519"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* guaranteed \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* sending \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add to live inside us now\add*.   
\p
\v 6 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \add because God’s Spirit lives in us\add*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w confident|strong="G2292"\w* \add that God will give us new bodies\add*. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* long \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \add earth\add*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \add living together\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus in heaven\add*.  
\v 7 \w While|strong="G4043"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \add here, we\add* \w do|strong="G1223"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G3756"\w* \w our|strong="G1223"\w* \add new bodies, but we are\add* trusting \add that God will give them to us\add*.  
\v 8  \add As I said\add*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w confident|strong="G2292"\w* \add that he will give us new bodies\add*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w much|strong="G3123"\w* \w prefer|strong="G2106"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* leave \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \add which we have now\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus in our\add* \w home|strong="G1736"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \add heaven\add*.  
\v 9 \w Because|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* always want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w please|strong="G2101"\w* \add Jesus in everything that we do\add*. \w Whether|strong="G1535"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add still living\add* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \add in these\add* bodies \w or|strong="G1535"\w* \w whether|strong="G1535"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add left\add* \w them|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* living \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w home|strong="G1736"\w* \add in heaven\add*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w please|strong="G2101"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 10  \add And we need to try hard to do that\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add believers\add* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* stand \w before|strong="G1715"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add to be\add* judged \add by him\add* {\add when he will\add* judge \add his people\add*}. \add At that time\add* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \add reward each one of\add* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w according|strong="G1538"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \add while we lived in this world\add* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3956"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w*. \add He will reward us according to\add* \w whether|strong="G1535"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w or|strong="G1535"\w* \w whether|strong="G1535"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w evil|strong="G5337"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*.   
\s1 Christ has shown me how much he loves people. That is why I teach his message with all the strength that I have. Therefore, I plead with you to believe that God will forgive you because of what Christ did for you.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 5:11—6:2  
\p
\v 11 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* makes me \w fearful|strong="G5401"\w* \add to think that some day I will stand before the Lord for him to judge me\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add do everything that I can to\add* convince \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \add that they should believe\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add that I teach\add* sincerely) \add God’s message\add*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \add how I conduct my life and what I teach\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* really \w believe|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Once|strong="G3825"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \add I say, as I write this\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \add trying to\add* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G2192"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*/highly \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \add as some people will probably say that I am\add*. Instead, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \add telling you in this letter why you have\add* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w reason|strong="G2745"\w* \add to tell those who criticize me\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G2192"\w* highly \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \add I am telling you this\add* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add teachers of false doctrine among you\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w proud|strong="G2745"\w* \add of what they have done\add*, instead \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add making sure that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add are right with God and being pleased with that\add*.  
\v 13  \add Some of them say that after God has enabled me to see visions\add*, \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \add talk like\add* \w a|strong="G1063"\w* crazy person. \w If|strong="G1535"\w* \add that is so, I want you to realize that I talk that way in order to please\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w On|strong="G1535"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* other hand, \w if|strong="G1535"\w* \add you think that\add* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \add speak and act\add* wisely, \add that is good. I want you to know that I do\add* \w speak|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* act wisely \w in|strong="G2316"\w* order \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \add help\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 14  \add I speak and act the way I do\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* love \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add has for people\add* influences \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add in everything that I say and do\add*. \w When|strong="G2919"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \add he suffered the punishment\add* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \add the sins of\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w So|strong="G1063"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add think of ourselves as having\add* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4912"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \add being as unresponsive to sinful desires as\add* [MET] \w a|strong="G1520"\w* corpse \w is|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \add Christ\add* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add we believers who are alive now\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3371"\w* conduct \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \add please ourselves\add*. Instead, \add we should conduct our lives in a way that will please\add* \w Christ|strong="G1520"\w*, \add because\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w us|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* back \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w life|strong="G2198"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w*} \w again|strong="G1453"\w*.   
\p
\v 16 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \add because I realize how much Christ loves everyone\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* think \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* believe \add in Christ\add* think \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \add them\add*. \w Before|strong="G2596"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add was a believer\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* thought \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3762"\w* non-believers \w did|strong="G1492"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* think \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w*.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* fact \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* makes \w every|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \add of us\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add trusts\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* completely different \add than we were before\add*. \w Our|strong="G5547"\w* old \add way of conducting our lives\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* gone. \w We|strong="G1487"\w* \w now|strong="G2400"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \add completely\add* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \add conducting our lives\add*.  
\v 18 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \add complete change in our lives\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* something \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add does\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* possible \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* peaceful relationship \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add He was able to do that\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add did for us\add*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add has sent\add* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add who work\add* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \add people that they\add* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* peaceful relationship \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 19 \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \add he sent us(exc) to tell them that\add* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add died\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add making it possible for everyone\add* [MTY] \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* peaceful relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w longer|strong="G1510"\w* keeps \w a|strong="G5613"\w* record \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sinful \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add we believers\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G3361"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w given|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add to tell people is how we can have a\add* peaceful relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 20 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*’s representatives \add in this world. When we tell people the message about Christ\add*, \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* himself \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w pleading|strong="G3870"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w means|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add say\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* representatives \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w plead|strong="G3870"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G3767"\w*: \add Believe God’s true message about Christ in order that you may\add* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w reconciled|strong="G2644"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* {\w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* peaceful relationship \w with|strong="G1223"\w*} \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 21  \add You must believe that even though\add* \w Jesus|strong="G4160"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* sinned, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add punished him for all the\add* sinful \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that people do, just\add* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \add if Jesus had done those sinful things himself\add*. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* Christ, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* erased \w the|strong="G1722"\w* record \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sins/declared \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w longer|strong="G3361"\w* \w guilty|strong="G1096"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sins.   
\c 6  
\p
\v 1  \add Therefore\add*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w working|strong="G4903"\w* \w together|strong="G4903"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add himself\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* strongly: \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \add already\add* kindly \add forgiven you because Christ died for you\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \add say\add* “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G1209"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* matter \add if I live just to please myself\add*.”  
\v 2 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add long ago in the Scriptures\add*:  
\pi1 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w right|strong="G2540"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \add for me\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \add you will ask me to help you\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add send\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Savior \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\p \add So listen to what\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*: \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \add has sent\add* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* Savior, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add God is ready to\add* save \add people from the guilt of their sins\add*.   
\s1 In spite of much suffering, we have lived as servants of God should live.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 6:3-10  
\p
\v 3 \w Neither|strong="G3361"\w* \w I|strong="G2443"\w* \w nor|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \add working\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w would|strong="G1722"\w* hinder \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Christ, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2443"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* accused {\w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G3367"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* accuse \add us\add*} \add of not\add* \w serving|strong="G1248"\w* \add God properly\add*.  
\v 4 Instead, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \add that we(exc) say and do\add*, \w we|strong="G5613"\w* show \add people\add* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G5613"\w* serve \w God|strong="G2316"\w* faithfully. \w We|strong="G5613"\w* patiently endure \add all the things that happen to us. People cause us\add* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w troubles|strong="G2347"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* result, \w we|strong="G5613"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* anxious \add and often do not know what to do\add*.  
\v 5 Sometimes \w we|strong="G1722"\w* have been \w beaten|strong="G4127"\w* \add and bound\add* {People have \w beaten|strong="G4127"\w* \add us and tied us\add*} \add with\add* chains \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. \add Angry mobs\add* have attacked \w us|strong="G1722"\w*, \add wanting to kill us\add*. \w We|strong="G1722"\w* have continued working \add for God until we had no more strength to work\add*. \w We|strong="G1722"\w* have \w had|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* sleepless nights, \w and|strong="G2873"\w* \w we|strong="G1722"\w* have \add often been without food\add*.  
\v 6  \add All that we think about and all that we do is\add* pure \add in God’s sight\add*. \w Knowing|strong="G1108"\w* \add how God wants us to conduct our lives, we do what pleases him\add*. \w We|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G4151"\w* patient \add with those who oppose us\add*. \w We|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G4151"\w* kind \add to everyone. We depend on\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add to help us\add*. \w We|strong="G1722"\w* love people sincerely \add as God wants us to love them\add*.  
\v 7 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* faithfully teach \add the true\add* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add about Christ\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add gives us\add* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \add as we teach it. Like soldiers\add* using \w weapons|strong="G3696"\w* [MET] \add in a battle\add*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w*, \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \add living\add* \w righteously|strong="G1343"\w*, \add defend God’s message and refute those who attack it\add*.  
\v 8  \add We serve God faithfully\add*, \w whether|strong="G2532"\w* \add people\add* \w praise|strong="G1391"\w* us \add (exc)\add* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \add whether they\add* despise us, \w whether|strong="G2532"\w* \add people say\add* bad things \add about us(exc)\add* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \add whether they say\add* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* things \add about us. We keep teaching\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth, \add even though some people say that\add* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* deceiving \add people\add*.  
\v 9  \add Some people\add* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \add well that we are true servants of God, and yet others\add*, \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w us|strong="G3708"\w*, refuse \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add believe that. People have often tried to\add* kill \w us|strong="G3708"\w* \add (inc)\add*, \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* still \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add often\add* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* beaten, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w killed|strong="G2289"\w* {\add People have often\add* beaten \w us|strong="G3708"\w* \add (exc)\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \add they\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w killed|strong="G2289"\w* \w us|strong="G3708"\w*}.  
\v 10 \w Although|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w often|strong="G4183"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w sad|strong="G3076"\w* \add because people have rejected our message\add*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* joyful \add because of all that God has done for us\add*. \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G3076"\w* \add it possible for\add* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \add spiritually\add* \w rich|strong="G4148"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3956"\w* true \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \add in this world\add* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w* \add valuable\add* [HYP], \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \add because we belong to God’s family\add*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add that God has\add* belongs \w to|strong="G2532"\w* us.   
\s1 I ask you to accept us and love us as we love you.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 6:11-13  
\p
\v 11 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add fellow believers\add* \w in|strong="G4314"\w* Corinth, \add I have been\add* completely honest \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \add I have told you exactly how we(exc) feel about you, that\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* love \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* much [IDM].  
\v 12 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add treating you as though we do not\add* love \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add treating us as though you do\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* love \w us|strong="G2249"\w*.  
\v 13 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* return \add for our loving you, will you not\add* love \add us\add* [IDM] \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \add much as we love you?\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* writing \add to you\add* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G3004"\w* own \w children|strong="G5043"\w*.   
\s1 Do not get involved with people who do not honor God.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 6:14—7:1  
\p
\v 14 \w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* ◄team \w up|strong="G2532"\w*/\w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* close relationship► \w with|strong="G4314"\w* anyone \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* trust \add in Christ. I say this\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \add trust in Christ and do\add* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* [RHQ] \add want to do things\add* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* wicked \w people|strong="G3361"\w*. \w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \add to say it in another way\add*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w together|strong="G2086"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \add those who belong to Christ and those who belong to Satan should never join together\add* [RHQ].  
\v 15 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w no|strong="G1161"\w* [RHQ] \w agreement|strong="G4857"\w* \w of|strong="G2228"\w* \w any|strong="G4314"\w* kind \w between|strong="G4314"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Satan. \add So\add*, \w believers|strong="G4103"\w* \w have|strong="G5101"\w* \w no|strong="G1161"\w* [RHQ] \w common|strong="G3310"\w* \add spiritual\add* interests \w with|strong="G3326"\w* unbelievers.  
\v 16  \add Just\add* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \add dare to bring\add* \w idols|strong="G1497"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add*, believers \w should|strong="G2316"\w* never [RHQ] \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* worship \w idols|strong="G1497"\w*. \add I say that\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* [MET] \add the Holy Spirit is in us, and so\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* all-powerful \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \add It is\add* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* himself \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add in the Scriptures\add*:  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add my people\add*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* always \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w*/\w helping|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\q1 \add They will say to me\add*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*,” \w and|strong="G2532"\w*  
\q1 \add I will say to them\add*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.”   
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\v 17  \add In another place in the Scriptures we read that\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*:  
\q1 \w Get|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3004"\w*;  
\q1 \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* separated \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\q1 \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \add nothing sinful that would make you\add* unacceptable \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\q1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w welcome|strong="G1523"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add as members of my family\add*.   
\p
\v 18  \add The Lord also said\add*:  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add care for you\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="G2532"\w* loving \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \add cares for his children\add*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add it will be as though\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* own \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w daughters|strong="G2364"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* all-powerful \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G1519"\w* \add to you\add*.   
\c 7  
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\v 1 \w My|strong="G1722"\w* friends, \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* love, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \add to accept us(inc) as his children\add*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* stop doing \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* sinful. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* sinful \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* bodies, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \add think\add* sinful thoughts. \add Because\add* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* greatly revere \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* strive \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add live\add* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* completely pure \w life|strong="G4561"\w*. \w By|strong="G1722"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w become|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w kind|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 I love you all and I have great confidence in you.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 7:2-4  
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\v 2 So, \w as|strong="G1473"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* just wrote, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want you \w to|strong="G3762"\w* love \w me|strong="G1473"\w* (OR, \w us|strong="G2249"\w* [IDM] \add who are true apostles of Christ\add*). \w I|strong="G1473"\w*/\w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w never|strong="G3762"\w* done \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* wrong \w to|strong="G3762"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G3762"\w* you. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*/\w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* done \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w to|strong="G3762"\w* harm \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G3762"\w* you spiritually or financially. \w And|strong="G1473"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*/\w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* tried \w to|strong="G3762"\w* get money from \add you\add* ◄\w for|strong="G3762"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w*/\w for|strong="G3762"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G2249"\w*►.  
\v 3  \add It is true that some people among you have said that I have done such things. Nevertheless\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* feel ashamed \w because|strong="G3754"\w*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* wrote \w before|strong="G4314"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* love \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* much [IDM], \w whether|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w live|strong="G4800"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G4880"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w confident|strong="G1722"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*.  
\v 4 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w greatly|strong="G4183"\w* encouraged \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* now \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* spite \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* hardships \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* endured.   
\s1 Titus told me that my letter caused you to repent, and so now I am very happy.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 7:5-16  
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\v 5 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \add I will write more about what I was saying about Titus\add*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add left Troas and\add* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add here to\add* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \add province\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w rest|strong="G2192"\w*. Everywhere \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w went|strong="G2064"\w*, \add people were constantly\add* causing \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2346"\w*. \add And not only were\add* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add constantly causing us\add* \w trouble|strong="G2346"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* greatly concerned \add about you all\add*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* always encourages \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* discouraged, \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add sending\add* \w Titus|strong="G5103"\w* back \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*.  
\v 7 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add seeing\add* Titus, \add but when I heard how\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w much|strong="G3123"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* wanted \add to see me. He told me\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sorry \add that you had made me so unhappy. He also told me\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* eager \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to continue to serve as your apostle. When Titus told me those things\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w*, \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy.   
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\v 8 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G1487"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add I wrote\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w* ◄\w distressed|strong="G3076"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*/\w made|strong="G3076"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w sad|strong="G3076"\w*►, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w sorry|strong="G3076"\w* \add that I wrote it\add*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sorry|strong="G3076"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \add because I knew that it would distress you\add*. \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \add Titus has also told\add* \w me|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* distress \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add when you read it\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w distressed|strong="G3076"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G5610"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w*.  
\v 9  \add So now\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* happy \add that I wrote it\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* happy \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G3748"\w* \w distressed|strong="G3076"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add I\add* \w distressed|strong="G3076"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*}, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \add I am happy\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w*, \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w became|strong="G3076"\w* \w distressed|strong="G3076"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* felt \w sorry|strong="G3076"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w what|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* done \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \add you asked God to forgive you. What I mean is that you felt sorry in the way that God wanted you to feel sorry, so my making\add* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* feel \w sorry|strong="G3076"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* harm \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 10  \add The fact is that\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* causes \add us to feel\add* \w truly|strong="G1161"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w having|strong="G2316"\w* sinned \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* turn \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sinful behavior, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* saves \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add and will not punish us for the sinful things that we have done\add*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w no|strong="G1063"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w* sorry \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \add However\add*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2038"\w* not trust \add in God\add* [MTY] \w may|strong="G2889"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* sorry \add for the sinful things that they have done\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add if they do not turn from their sinful behavior and ask God to forgive them\add*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* remain separated \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \add think about what happened when you read my letter\add*: \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w caused|strong="G3076"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w truly|strong="G1722"\w* \w sorry|strong="G3076"\w* \add for what you had done\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* eagerly \add wanted to do what was right\add*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2596"\w* show \add God\add* (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \add me\add*) \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w done|strong="G2716"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* right \w thing|strong="G3956"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* angry \add about what had happened\add*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* worried \add that God would punish you if the situation continued\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w also|strong="G2316"\w* wanted \w me|strong="G3708"\w* \add to visit you to encourage and help you\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* wanted \w me|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \add that you really do accept me as your apostle, and that you punished the man who had sinned, as I told you to do. By doing\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* shown \add me\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w done|strong="G2716"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* right \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w matter|strong="G4229"\w*.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add severe\add* \w letter|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add write it just\add* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you would punish\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* done \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* wrong. \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add did not write it\add* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* benefit \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* person \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add he\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* wronged. Instead, \add I wrote it\add* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add read the letter\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* realize how much \w you|strong="G5210"\w* really \w do|strong="G2532"\w* respect \add my authority\add*.  
\v 13 \w So|strong="G1161"\w*, \add because you listened to me and did what I asked you to do\add*, ◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*/\w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*► \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w*. \w Not|strong="G1223"\w* only ◄\w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*/\w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w*► \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* ◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*/\w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w*► \add also\add* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* happy \w to|strong="G1909"\w* see \w how|strong="G3754"\w* happy \w Titus|strong="G5103"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add when he arrived here. He told me/us that\add* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* need \w to|strong="G1909"\w* worry \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add he saw\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add had a good attitude toward me\add*.  
\v 14 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w Titus|strong="G5103"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* pleased \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w need|strong="G1487"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w ashamed|strong="G2617"\w* \add for feeling that way about you, because you did what I knew that you would do\add*. \w Just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* taught \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add and written to you\add* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* truth, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w Titus|strong="G5103"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* happily remembers \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add were willing to\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add what I asked you to do\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add also happy about the way you\add* treated \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w respect|strong="G1519"\w*. \add When he thinks about those things\add*, \add it makes\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* love \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \add than he did when he was with you\add*.  
\v 16  \add As for me\add*, \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w am|strong="G5463"\w* \w very|strong="G4771"\w* happy \add because now\add* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w am|strong="G5463"\w* certain \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* can depend \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to do what you know God wants you to do\add*.   
\c 8  
\s1 The believers in Macedonia have already collected the money that they are going to send to the believers in Jerusalem. You should also finish collecting the money that you are preparing to send, and have it ready to send to Jerusalem soon.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 8:1-15  
\p
\v 1 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* fellow believers, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* want \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w tell|strong="G1107"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add what happened because of\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \add acting\add* kindly \add in the lives\add* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \add the believers in\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* congregations \add here\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \add province\add*.  
\v 2 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \add the non-believers here\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* causing \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* \w severely|strong="G4183"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w are|strong="G3588"\w* always \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w*. \add Although they\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* poor, \add they gave\add* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* generously \add to help other believers\add*.  
\v 3  \add I know that this is true\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* seen \w for|strong="G3754"\w* myself \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \add money\add* [EUP] \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* able \add to give\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \add so much money that they did\add* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* keep enough \add to buy what they needed for themselves\add*. \w Without|strong="G2532"\w* anyone telling \w them|strong="G2532"\w* \add to share their possessions\add*,  
\v 4 \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1519"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* requesting \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* participate \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add other believers\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* doing \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add sending a gift of money to\add* [EUP] \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \add in Judea province\add*.  
\v 5 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* thought \add that they would give only a little of their money, but\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* much \add more than that\add*. \w First|strong="G4413"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add what pleases him. After that, they told\add* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add whatever I thought was good for them to do, because they were sure that\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add wanted them to do\add*.  
\v 6 \w So|strong="G3779"\w*, \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w Titus|strong="G5103"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add helped you to\add* \w begin|strong="G4278"\w* \add gathering the money\add* [EUP, MTY] \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w gift|strong="G5485"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w urged|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add help you\add* \w finish|strong="G2005"\w* \add collecting the rest of\add* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* generous \w and|strong="G2532"\w* loving \w gift|strong="G5485"\w*.  
\v 7 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* doing \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \add other\add* ways. \add God’s Spirit enables you to\add* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add do miracles. His Spirit has given you the ability to\add* tell \add God’s message to others. His Spirit makes you able to\add* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* reveals \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* eagerly \add want to help people\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* love \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* much. \add So now\add*, try \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* getting \w your|strong="G2532"\w* generous \add gift of money\add* [EUP] \add ready to send to the believers in Judea province\add*.   
\p
\v 8 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* commanding \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add to do this\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add because I have seen how believers in\add* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \add places\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w eager|strong="G4710"\w* \add to help other believers who do not have\add* ◄\add what they need/enough to live on\add*►, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w you|strong="G3004"\w* similarly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* love \w others|strong="G2087"\w* sincerely.  
\v 9 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* already \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \add how much\add* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add did for you\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* deserve. Everything \add in heaven\add* \w belonged|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w in|strong="G1223"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w benefit|strong="G5485"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \add he left all of those things behind and became a human being. Here on earth he had\add* \w very|strong="G1565"\w* \w few|strong="G1223"\w* possessions \add of his own\add*. \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w became|strong="G4433"\w* \w poor|strong="G4433"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add able to cause\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \add spiritually\add* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w*.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \add as you think of our Lord’s example, I will tell you\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* matter \add of giving money. As you know\add*, \w last|strong="G3778"\w* \w year|strong="G4070"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w desired|strong="G2309"\w* \add to give money to help God’s people in Judea province\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* began \add collecting money\add* [EUP].  
\v 11 \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3779"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w finish|strong="G2005"\w* \add collecting\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* money [EUP] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3779"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \add to gather\add*. \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*, \add everyone will know that you are just\add* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* ready \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w finish|strong="G2005"\w* \add collecting this gift\add* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3779"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* begin collecting \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Give|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3779"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 12  \add Keep in mind that\add* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* really want \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \add give something to help others\add*, \w whatever|strong="G1437"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add able to give\add* \w will|strong="G2192"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* pleasing \add to God. God does not expect his people to give more\add* \w than|strong="G3756"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* afford \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G2192"\w*.  
\v 13 \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* mean \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add you should give so much to help others that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w need|strong="G5303"\w*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w want|strong="G5303"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add both you and others\add* \w will|strong="G2540"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add you need\add*.  
\v 14 \w Right|strong="G2540"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w more|strong="G2532"\w* \add than you need/\add*plenty► \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add the believers in Judea\add* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* ◄enough/\w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w need|strong="G5303"\w*►, \add with your gift you will enable them to have enough. Maybe some day\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* ◄enough/\w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w need|strong="G5303"\w*► \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w need|strong="G5303"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add be able to\add* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* everyone \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* enough (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* share alike).  
\v 15  \add If that happens, the result will be like it is written\add* {\add like someone/Moses\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in the Scriptures about the time when God provided manna for his people\add*,  
\pi1 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* someone gathered \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \add of manna\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* still \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* needed, \add because he gave some to someone who did not have enough\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* gathered \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G3641"\w* \add manna\add* still \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* needed [LIT], \add because others who gathered more than they needed gave some manna to them\add*.   
\s1 I am sending Titus to you, along with two other believers, to help you get your gift ready. They are all well respected and trustworthy men, so treat them well. It will be good if you have your gift ready to send to Judea province by the time I arrive in Corinth.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 8:16—9:5  
\p
\v 16  \add So now I am sending Titus to visit you again\add*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w caused|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w eager|strong="G4710"\w* \add to help you prepare your gift\add* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w thank|strong="G5485"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 17  \add He is going there\add*, \w not|strong="G5225"\w* \w only|strong="G3303"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* urged \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* himself \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* eager \add to visit you again\add*.  
\v 18 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* sending \w with|strong="G3326"\w* Titus \w another|strong="G3739"\w* believer \add whom you know well\add*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* groups \w of|strong="G1223"\w* believers \add in this area\add* think highly \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \add faithfully taught\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* message \add about Christ\add*.  
\v 19 \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="G5500"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* congregations \add in this area\add* {\w the|strong="G2532"\w* congregations \add in this area\add* \w appointed|strong="G5500"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add go\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Jerusalem \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add will go\add* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add when we take\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* generous \w gift|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* money [EUP] \add to the believers in Jerusalem. We are taking this\add* \w gift|strong="G5485"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w honor|strong="G1391"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* show \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \add very much\add* want \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add help them\add*.   
\p
\v 20  \add The believers have\add* \w given|strong="G1247"\w* money [EUP] generously. \w So|strong="G3361"\w*, \add by sending that fellow believer along with Titus\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w take|strong="G1247"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* money \add to Jerusalem\add*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w make|strong="G3361"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* able \w to|strong="G1722"\w* accuse \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc) of taking some of the money for ourselves\add*.  
\v 21  \add I say that\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \add (exc)\add* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* sure \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* see \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2962"\w* \w right|strong="G2570"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* people \w will|strong="G2532"\w* see \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Furthermore|strong="G1161"\w*, \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* believer \add here\add* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* sending \add to you along with the two\add* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \add whom I have just mentioned\add*. \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* seen \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* work \add for the Lord\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* eager \add to serve the Lord\add*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* knows \w for|strong="G1519"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add want to give this gift the same as other believers do\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* eager \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \add to go with the two other men\add*.  
\v 23 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Titus|strong="G5103"\w*, \add I have chosen him because\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G5547"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w partner|strong="G2844"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* worked faithfully \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to help you\add*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* other two men, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* congregations \add in this area\add* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* sending \w them|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* messengers. \w These|strong="G2532"\w* two men \w honor|strong="G1391"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add by everything they do\add*.  
\v 24 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w show|strong="G1731"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* truly love \add others\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add in that way\add* help \w other|strong="G1438"\w* congregations \w to|strong="G1519"\w* understand \add why\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* always saying \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G5228"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
\c 9  
\s1 You and I will be ashamed if your gift is not ready when I arrive.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 9:1-5  
\p
\v 1 \w Now|strong="G1510"\w* \add I want to write\add* \w more|strong="G4053"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* gift \add of money\add* [EUP] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you and other believers are preparing to send\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* believers \add in Judea province\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add really\add* need \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add continue writing to you about it\add*,  
\v 2 \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* already \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* really want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w fact|strong="G3754"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w boasting|strong="G2744"\w* \add about you\add*, telling \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add believers here in\add* \w Macedonia|strong="G3110"\w* \add province\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add you people in\add* Achaia \add province\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w ready|strong="G3903"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help, \w since|strong="G3754"\w* \w last|strong="G4070"\w* \w year|strong="G4070"\w*. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* eager \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \add the believers in Judea province\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* made \w most|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add the believers here in Macedonia province also want\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* give \add a gift\add*.  
\v 3 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w sending|strong="G3992"\w* Titus \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* two believers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add they will be able to help you finish collecting the money. Then when I and others arrive later, the people with me will see for themselves that\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w boasting|strong="G2745"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* [LIT]. \add I want\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to have your gift\add* \w ready|strong="G3903"\w* \add for us(exc) to take to Jerusalem\add*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w ready|strong="G3903"\w*.  
\v 4 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w any|strong="G1437"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add the believers from\add* \w Macedonia|strong="G3110"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \add I do not want them to find that your gift is\add* [MTY, EUP] \w not|strong="G3361"\w* ready. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \add to happen\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w ashamed|strong="G2617"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w ashamed|strong="G2617"\w*.  
\v 5 \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w why|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w felt|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w necessary|strong="G3767"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w urge|strong="G3870"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \add three\add* believers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4281"\w* \add and visit\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add come. In that way, they would be able to help you finish\add* collecting \w the|strong="G2532"\w* generous \w gift|strong="G2129"\w* [EUP] \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w promised|strong="G4279"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* {\w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* give}. \add If you do that, not only will\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gift|strong="G2129"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w* \add by the time that we arrive, but everyone will see that you have given because you really want to give, and\add* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* anyone \w has|strong="G3778"\w* forced \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* give.   
\s1 If you give generously and willingly, God will always continue to bless you so that you will have enough to continue giving generously, and your generosity will cause many other people to praise and honor God.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 9:6-15  
\p
\v 6 \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* forget \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: “\add A farmer\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sows|strong="G4687"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* few \add seeds\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* gather/\w reap|strong="G2325"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* large \add harvest\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sows|strong="G4687"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \add of seeds\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* gather/\w reap|strong="G2325"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* large \add harvest\add* [MET].” \add Similarly, if you give just a little to help others, God will give you only a few blessings. But if you give willingly and cheerfully to help people, you will receive in return many blessings from God\add*.  
\v 7 \w Each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G1537"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* decide \w how|strong="G2531"\w* much \w you|strong="G1537"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* give, \add and then give that amount\add*. \w You|strong="G1537"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add be thinking to yourself\add*, “\add I really\add* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* want \w to|strong="G3361"\w* give \w this|strong="G3588"\w* money.” \add And you(sg) should\add* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* give \add just\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* someone tells \add you to give. Instead, you should give willingly and cheerfully\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* loves \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* give cheerfully.  
\v 8 \w Moreover|strong="G1161"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* can enable \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add give to others cheerfully. If you give that way\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add in return\add* \w give|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w many|strong="G2192"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* blessings. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w times|strong="G3842"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w need|strong="G2192"\w*. \w Indeed|strong="G1161"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w more|strong="G2192"\w* \add than you need. As a result, you will be able to do\add* \w many|strong="G2192"\w* \w more|strong="G2192"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \add to help others\add*.  
\v 9  \add Those who give willingly and cheerfully will be rewarded like the man about whom\add* \w it|strong="G2531"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\add about whom\add* ◄someone/\w the|strong="G1519"\w* Psalmist► \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Scriptures,  
\q1 \w He|strong="G3588"\w* generously \add helps others\add*,  
\q1 \add he gives to those\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w poor|strong="G3993"\w*.  
\q1 \add God will remember\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1325"\w*,  
\q1 \add and reward him with\add* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*.   
\p
\v 10  \add God always\add* gives \w seeds|strong="G4690"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* farmers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* plant, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* gives \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w food|strong="G1035"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* eat. \add So, similarly, God will\add* always \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* possible \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* enough money [MET], \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* able \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* generously \add help those who are needy\add*.  
\v 11  \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add give you\add* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* blessings \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* different ways \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* generously \add helping others\add*. Furthermore, \add the\add* generous \add gift that you are getting ready for\add* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add (exc) to take to the believers in Judea province\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w cause|strong="G1223"\w* \add many people\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* thank \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\p
\v 12  \add Also remember that\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* give money \w to|strong="G2532"\w* [EUP] help \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* give \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w need|strong="G5303"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*, \add because of that\add*, \add many people will\add* thank \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \add for you and for what you have done\add*.  
\v 13 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* giving \add money to help others\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w praise|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w not|strong="G1223"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* message \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add generously given some of your possessions\add* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \add believers will all have\add* ◄\add enough/their needs supplied\add*►.  
\v 14 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G1162"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \add asking God to bless you, they will remember how grateful they are\add* [IDM] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add caused you to give\add* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* willingly \w and|strong="G2532"\w* cheerfully.  
\v 15  \add Finally, we should all\add* \w thank|strong="G5485"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add because he gave us the greatest gift of all when he sent his Son to save/rescue us(inc)\add* ◄\add from the guilt of our sin/from being punished for our sin\add*►. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* too wonderful \w for|strong="G1909"\w* anyone \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* able \w to|strong="G1909"\w* tell \w about|strong="G1909"\w* completely!   
\c 10  
\s1 I Paul say to you, “Do not listen to those who say that I am afraid to rebuke you when I am with you and that I behave like people do who are not believers.”  
\sr 2 Corinthians 10:1-6  
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w appeal|strong="G3870"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* gentle \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w humble|strong="G5011"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w*, \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add would. Certain people among you have falsely accused me by saying\add*, “\w When|strong="G1161"\w* \add Paul\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w humble|strong="G5011"\w* \add and speaks gently\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \add in the letters he writes to you\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* threatens \add to punish\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.” \add Those people claim that I do not have authority over you as an apostle\add*.  
\v 2 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* strongly plead \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*, “\add Please do not listen to people who say things like that!\add*” \add I strongly plead with you not to listen to them\add*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \add with you\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add need to\add* \w speak|strong="G1161"\w* severely \add to you\add* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* severe \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add plan to\add* \w speak|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w think|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w behave|strong="G4043"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* believers.  
\v 3  \add Remember that\add* \w although|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* am \add human like everyone else\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* world, \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w do|strong="G4043"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w fight|strong="G4754"\w* \add against those who oppose me\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w* \w who|strong="G3756"\w* \w are|strong="G4561"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* believers \w fight|strong="G4754"\w* \w those|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3756"\w* oppose \w them|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 4  \add I will tell you what I mean by that: Just like soldiers use\add* various \w weapons|strong="G3696"\w* \add to fight their enemies\add* [MET], \add I\add* ◄\add fight against/oppose\add*► \add those who\add* oppose \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s message, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G3756"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G3756"\w* different way. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G3756"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add use human arguments and clever/sweet talk\add*, \w like|strong="G4314"\w* unbelievers \w do|strong="G3756"\w*. Instead, \add I fight against my opponents\add* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1415"\w* means \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add has given me\add*. \w With|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1415"\w* \add I destroy their arguments against God’s message and against me, just like soldiers destroy\add* [MET] \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w fortresses|strong="G3794"\w* \add of their enemies\add*.  
\v 5  \add Specifically\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* show \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add human\add* arguments \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* deceive \add people are completely wrong\add*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add proudly say things that\add* keep \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w knowing|strong="G1108"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \add I show them that they are completely wrong. I also enable people to\add* change \w their|strong="G2532"\w* ways \w of|strong="G2316"\w* thinking \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* think \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add wants them to think\add*.  
\v 6 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* discipline \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \add among you\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* obeyed \add the things that Christ taught. I will do this\add* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add who truly want to obey Christ show me that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add going to\add* \w obey|strong="G5218"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* completely.   
\s1 Those who teach what is false must come to realize that I also belong to Christ and that God has given me authority over you. I worry that they will deceive you and that you will stop being faithful to Christ alone.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 10:7—11:6  
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\v 7  \add I want you to understand what is\add* happening \w among|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* \add people there who are telling you that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* know \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w sure|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*’s \add representatives and that I am not\add*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4383"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w realize|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add represent\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* much \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 8  \add I say that\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \add as his apostle\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w help|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* become mature believers, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w cause|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* stop \add trusting in Christ\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add already done\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, proudly talk \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add already talked\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \add as his apostle\add*), \add no one would be able to make me\add* ashamed \add by proving that Jesus has not given me that authority\add*.  
\v 9 \w I|strong="G5613"\w* \w do|strong="G1380"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* intend \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w make|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* afraid \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w me|strong="G1380"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G5613"\w* \add write to you\add*.  
\v 10  \add I say that\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3056"\w*, “\add When Paul writes\add* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G5346"\w* \w severe|strong="G2478"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add in order to make you obey him\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* here \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*, \add people look at him and say\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* weak, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3303"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* skillful \w speaker|strong="G3056"\w*.”  
\v 11 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add people who say\add* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w think|strong="G3049"\w* carefully \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w kind|strong="G3634"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \add severe\add* \w person|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add you think\add* \w me|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* read \w my|strong="G3754"\w* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* exactly \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w kind|strong="G3634"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w person|strong="G5108"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w*. \add I will do what I wrote that I would do\add*.   
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\v 12  \add Those who oppose me\add* tell \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G4920"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w*. \add If they really were superior to me\add* [IRO], \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w bold|strong="G5111"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add was equal to them, or\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w compare|strong="G4793"\w* myself \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add But they are not superior to me\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G5111"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* standards \add about what God’s servants should be like\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G2228"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \add conduct\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* decide \add whether or not they meet those standards. By doing that, they show that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w foolish|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \add working among people living in\add* areas outside \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* areas \add that God sent/assigned me to work in\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add it is right for\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add I have worked\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* areas \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w assigned|strong="G3307"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \add And since those areas\add* include \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 14  \add when I talk about working among you\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* boasting \add about working in an area where God did not give me the right to work. What those who oppose me say about my not having authority as an apostle to you might be true\add* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* already \w come|strong="G5348"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* area. \add But that is not true\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G1438"\w* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* message \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \add I came to Corinth before they did\add*!   
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\v 15 \w Also|strong="G1161"\w*, \add my opponents\add* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w work|strong="G2873"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* done \add as if it were their own work\add*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* improper \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* confidently expect \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* trust \w more|strong="G2192"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w more|strong="G2192"\w* \add in the gospel that I preach\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w more|strong="G2192"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w more|strong="G2192"\w* \add agree that God has given me the right to\add* \w work|strong="G2873"\w* \add as Christ’s representative\add* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2744"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* places \w beyond|strong="G1519"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add are\add*. \w I|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2744"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message \w about|strong="G1722"\w* Christ \add to people in areas where no one has yet gone to tell that message\add*. \w And|strong="G3588"\w* \add I will be able to talk about the work I myself have done in that area\add*, instead \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w boasting|strong="G2744"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* work \w that|strong="G3588"\w* someone else \w has|strong="G1519"\w* already done \add as if it were my work\add*.  
\v 17  \add I try to do according to what someone/Jeremiah wrote in the Scriptures\add*,  
\q1 \w If|strong="G1161"\w* anyone wants \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \add about something\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \add only\add* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God has done\add*.   
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\v 18  \add You can realize, then, that\add* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* ◄praise \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*/tell \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* done►, \add as my opponents do\add*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* accept \add as apostles\add*. Instead, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \add should accept as true apostles only\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w commends|strong="G4921"\w*.   
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\v 1  \add But now, because my opponents are saying that Christ sent them to you as his representatives and that he did not send me\add*, please \w be|strong="G2532"\w* patient \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \add while I say a\add* \w few|strong="G5100"\w* \w things|strong="G5100"\w* \add that may sound as if\add* [IRO] \add I am praising myself, like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w foolish|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w* \add would do. You have been\add* ◄\add putting up with/tolerating\add*► \add those who teach what is false;\add* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w*, ◄\w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w*/tolerate► \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add too\add*.  
\v 2 \w I|strong="G1063"\w* really \w do|strong="G3588"\w* care \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \add what happens to\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* cares \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \add what happens to you. Just like a father wants his daughter to be sexually pure when he presents her to the man she will marry\add* [MET], \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \add want you to belong\add* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add alone and to no other\add*. \w I|strong="G1063"\w* want \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w present|strong="G3936"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to him\add* \w as|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* remain faithful \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add only, and who have not believed the deceitful message of those who are teaching what is false\add*.  
\v 3 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \add Satan, when he\add* cunningly \add appeared as a\add* \w snake|strong="G3789"\w*, \w deceived|strong="G1818"\w* \w Eve|strong="G2096"\w* \add and caused her to disobey the Lord God\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* concerned \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add those teachers\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* think wrongly \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w longer|strong="G3361"\w* \add be faithful to\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* alone.  
\v 4  \add I say that\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2983"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w among|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* teaching \add their own thoughts about\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \add are saying about him\add* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add entirely\add* \w different|strong="G2087"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* taught \w you|strong="G3739"\w*. \add They are urging\add* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \add powerful\add* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add would come to live in you\add*, \w but|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \add Spirit\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \add from God when you believed in Christ\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \add what they call\add* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w good|strong="G2573"\w* message, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w accept|strong="G2983"\w* \add their message, even though it is not the same as the good message about Christ that you heard from me. And\add* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2983"\w* gladly \w accepted|strong="G1209"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* message!  
\v 5 \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w consider|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* [LIT] \w none|strong="G3367"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add men, even though they think of themselves as being\add* [IRO] extra-special apostles, \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1063"\w* \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w way|strong="G3367"\w* greater than \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 6  \add I admit that\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* eloquent \w speaker|strong="G3056"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \add God’s message\add*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G5319"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w clear|strong="G5319"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \add that I have done among you and by everything that I have taught you\add*.   
\s1 You are mistaken if you think that I do not love you because I refused to accept money from you for my teaching. I will go on doing that to prevent those false apostles among you from boasting that they work just as I do.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 11:7-15  
\p
\v 7  \add I refused to accept money\add* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w as|strong="G2316"\w* pay \w for|strong="G3754"\w* teaching \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s message \w about|strong="G3588"\w* Christ. ◄\w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* ridiculous \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* think \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* wrong!/\w Was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* wrong?► [RHQ] \add I know that by teaching you without pay\add*, \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w* seem [IRO] unimportant \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \add But I did it\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* honor \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 8  \add Some people might say that it was as though\add* [IRO] \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* robbing \w other|strong="G3762"\w* congregations \w because|strong="G4314"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w accepted|strong="G2983"\w* money \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* work \w among|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add there\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \add money to buy the things that I needed\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \add of you\add* ◄\add to have difficulties by my depending on you/by asking you for money/support\add*►, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add (inc)\add* fellow believers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \add here in\add* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \add province\add* \w brought|strong="G2064"\w* enough \add money for me to buy everything\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* needed. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* caused \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* difficulty \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add by asking you for money\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* never \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add ask you for money\add* [EUP].  
\v 10  \add And\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \add sure as you know that\add* everything \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* says \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \add you can be sure that what\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \add to you now is true. Wherever I go\add* \w there|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Achaia \add province\add*, \add I do not let you believers pay me for doing God’s work among you\add*. \w And|strong="G5547"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* prevent \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w boasting|strong="G2746"\w* \add about that\add*.  
\v 11 \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* wrongly [RHQ] think \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* love \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add I do not take pay from you\add*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \add that you truly/really are very dear to me\add*.   
\p
\v 12 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add some men there among you\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* boastfully \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add work among you\add* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* impossible [IDM] \add for them to say that\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add refused to accept pay from you\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w continue|strong="G4160"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G5108"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* lying \add when they say that they are\add* \w apostles|strong="G5570"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* work deceitfully. \add Even though they say that they work for God, they are working only for themselves\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* try \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G5108"\w* think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add sent them\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w apostles|strong="G5570"\w*, \add but they do not truly represent him\add*.  
\v 14 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* surprised \add that they act like that\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* causes \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* think \add that he has come\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* shining messenger \add from God\add*.  
\v 15 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* surprise \add you\add* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G3173"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add really\add* serve \add Satan, do good things in order\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* think \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add serve God\add*. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add punish them\add* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* deserve \w because|strong="G2596"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add evil\add* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 You seem to listen to those who boast, so I too will boast. I will boast about being a Jew (as those others do), and I will boast about having suffered greatly for Christ, and about an extraordinary vision that God gave me. Although God caused me to suffer an affliction, he promised that he would help me and strengthen me.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 11:16—12:10  
\p
\v 16 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*: \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* want \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \add boasting about myself\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* foolish \add people\add* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \add thinks that I am boasting about myself like a foolish person boasts, listen to\add* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add have to say anyway, just like you listen to those false apostles\add*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* really \add speak\add* foolishly! Listen \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w while|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w*.  
\v 17 \w About|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* \add going to tell you\add*, \w boasting|strong="G2746"\w* confidently \add about myself, surely you know that they are not the kind of things\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w would|strong="G2962"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w*. Instead, \add I will speak\add* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* foolish \add person would speak\add*.  
\v 18 \w Because|strong="G1893"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w among|strong="G2596"\w* \w you|strong="G1893"\w* \w are|strong="G4183"\w* \w boasting|strong="G2744"\w* \add about their own work\add*, \w as|strong="G2596"\w* unbelievers \w do|strong="G2744"\w*, \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w also|strong="G2504"\w* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \add about myself and my work\add* [MTY, IRO].  
\v 19  \add I am sure that you, who think that you are so wise, will accept what I say\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w gladly|strong="G2234"\w* \add accept the\add* false teachers \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* foolish \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that they say\add*.  
\v 20 \w When|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G4383"\w* \add treat\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G1063"\w* \w were|strong="G5100"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* bosses, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* gladly \w submit|strong="G5210"\w* \add to them. You think that it is all right when others\add* force \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* provide \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* needs. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G5100"\w* \w all|strong="G1063"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \add when people\add* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* control \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w when|strong="G5100"\w* \w they|strong="G1063"\w* boast \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1519"\w*, \add or when they insult you by\add* slapping \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w*.  
\v 21 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* agree \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w bold|strong="G5111"\w* enough \w to|strong="G2596"\w* treat \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w such|strong="G5100"\w* ways. \add Ha! Do you think that\add* [IRO] \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* feel ashamed \add because I did not do that?\add*  
\p \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* sense, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w boldly|strong="G5111"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \add some things about myself, just like those false apostles tell you things about themselves\add*.  
\v 22 \w Do|strong="G1510"\w* \add they tell you\add* \w that|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w Hebrews|strong="G1445"\w* \add and can speak the Hebrew language?\add* Well, \w I|strong="G2504"\w* can say \w the|strong="G1510"\w* same \w thing|strong="G2504"\w* \add about myself\add*. \w Do|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G1510"\w* \add tell you that they\add* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \add to God’s people\add*, \w the|strong="G1510"\w* nation \w of|strong="G4690"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w*? Well, \w I|strong="G2504"\w* can say \w the|strong="G1510"\w* same \w thing|strong="G2504"\w* \add about myself\add*. \add Do they tell you that\add* \w they|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w of|strong="G4690"\w* \add our great\add* ancestor Abraham? Well, \w he|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* my ancestor, too.  
\v 23  \add Do they tell you how much\add* \w work|strong="G2873"\w* \w they|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* done \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*? \w Now|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* like \w a|strong="G1722"\w* crazy person talks [EUP]. \w Well|strong="G1722"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w work|strong="G2873"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* much \w more|strong="G5228"\w* \add than they do. I have been\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w many|strong="G4178"\w* \w more|strong="G5228"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w* \add than they have. Many times I\add* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w beaten|strong="G4127"\w* {\add people\add* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w beaten|strong="G4127"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*} \w very|strong="G5228"\w* severely \add because I believe in and obey Christ\add*. \w Many|strong="G4178"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* almost \w died|strong="G2288"\w* \add because of serving Christ\add*.  
\v 24 \w On|strong="G5259"\w* \w five|strong="G3999"\w* occasions \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add religious leaders\add* beat \w me|strong="G2983"\w* 39 \w times|strong="G3999"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* whip.  
\v 25 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* occasions \w I|strong="G1722"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w beaten|strong="G4463"\w* {\add Roman\add* officials \w beat|strong="G4463"\w* \w me|strong="G4160"\w*} \w with|strong="G1722"\w* wooden sticks. \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* occasion \add a large crowd of people\add* threw stones \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G4160"\w* \add to kill me\add*. \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* occasions \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ship \add that I was traveling on\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* wrecked \add and sank. On one of those occasions\add* \w I|strong="G1722"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add floating\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* water \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w night|strong="G3574"\w* \w and|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G3574"\w* \add before I was rescued\add*.  
\v 26 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G1484"\w* \w often|strong="G4178"\w* traveled \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* places, \add I have often risked losing my life. For example\add*, sometimes \w I|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G1484"\w* \w been|strong="G4178"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w danger|strong="G2794"\w* \add crossing\add* \w rivers|strong="G4215"\w*. \add I have been\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w danger|strong="G2794"\w* \add traveling in places\add* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w were|strong="G1484"\w* bandits. \add At times I have been in\add* \w danger|strong="G2794"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* own \w nation|strong="G1484"\w*, \add the Jews\add*, \w and|strong="G4172"\w* \add at other times I been in\add* \w danger|strong="G2794"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G1484"\w* \w are|strong="G1484"\w* \w not|strong="G1484"\w* Jews. \add I have been\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w danger|strong="G2794"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w*, \w and|strong="G4172"\w* \w I|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G1484"\w* \w been|strong="G4178"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* dangerous situations \w in|strong="G1722"\w* barren areas. \w I|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G1484"\w* \w been|strong="G4178"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* dangerous situations \add when I was traveling in ships\add*. \add I have been in\add* \w danger|strong="G2794"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w who|strong="G1484"\w* falsely \add claim to be\add* fellow believers.  
\v 27 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* worked \w very|strong="G2532"\w* hard [DOU] \add to earn\add* ◄\add a living/what I need\add*►, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w often|strong="G4178"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* sleep. \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* hungry \w and|strong="G2532"\w* thirsty, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* enough \w time|strong="G4178"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat. Sometimes \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w cold|strong="G5592"\w* \add because\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* enough clothes \add to wear\add*.  
\v 28 \w In|strong="G2596"\w* addition \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* constantly \w and|strong="G2250"\w* deeply concerned \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* congregations \add that I have helped to begin\add*.  
\v 29  \add Every time that I hear about fellow believers\add* [RHQ] \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \add spiritually\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* sympathize \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G2532"\w* \add and try to help them. Every time that I learn about a fellow believer\add* [RHQ] \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w causes|strong="G4624"\w* \add another believer\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* wrong, \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w makes|strong="G4624"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* angry.   
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\v 30 Because \add it seems that\add* \w it|strong="G1487"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w for|strong="G1210"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* \add continue\add* \w boasting|strong="G2744"\w* \add about myself\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add caused some people to think of me\add* \w as|strong="G1473"\w* being weak.  
\v 31 \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \add whom we should\add* praise \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*, \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w lying|strong="G5574"\w* \add about this\add*.  
\v 32  \add One time when I was\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \add city\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w governor|strong="G1481"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* Aretas \add had appointed\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* rule \add part of his area, told his soldiers\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w guard|strong="G5432"\w* \add the gates of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w so|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w seize|strong="G4084"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add if I tried to leave the city\add*.  
\v 33 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add my friends\add* helped \w me|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w escape|strong="G1628"\w* \add by\add* \w putting|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1223"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* large \w basket|strong="G4553"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* lowering \w me|strong="G1223"\w* \add to the ground by a rope\add* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* opening \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add city\add* \w wall|strong="G5038"\w*. \add That was really humiliating\add*!   
\c 12  
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\v 1  \add It seems that\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w boasting|strong="G2744"\w* \add about myself\add*. \w Although|strong="G1161"\w* \add I do\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add think that my telling you about\add* \w this|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* help \add you to accept me as Christ’s representative to you\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add will say this anyway\add*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w visions|strong="G3701"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add gave a certain man\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* things \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add supernaturally\add* revealed \add to that man. I will tell you this because some of the people among you boast that it was in visions that they received the things that they teach\add*.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2193"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w tell|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G5108"\w* \add who believes\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w Fourteen|strong="G1180"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w ago|strong="G4253"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* taken {\add Christ\add* took \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \add the highest heaven, the place where God is\add*. \w I|strong="G2193"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w whether|strong="G1535"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \add in his physical body\add* \w or|strong="G1535"\w* \w whether|strong="G1535"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1622"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \add at that time and only his spirit went\add*. \w Only|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* really \w knows|strong="G1492"\w*.  
\v 3-4 But he was \add suddenly\add* taken {\add Christ suddenly\add* took him} up to \add a place called\add* Paradise, \add that wonderful place where God lives. I repeat that\add* I do not know whether his body \add went there\add* or only his spirit. Only God knows \add that. While he was there, God\add* told him some things that he does not allow \add human beings\add* to tell \add others about\add*.  
\v 5 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* proudly talk \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5108"\w*. \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w boasting|strong="G2744"\w* \add as\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add am the one who saw and heard those wonderful things\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* talk \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add cause others to think of\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* weak \add human being like everyone else\add*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* choose \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \add to you about such wonderful things that happened to me\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add speaking like\add* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* fool, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* truth. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add talk proudly about such things\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w think|strong="G3049"\w* highly \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add because of the things that have happened to me\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add I want you to decide what kind of person I am by the way you see\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add acting\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* hear \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w teach|strong="G5100"\w*.  
\v 7 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w become|strong="G3361"\w* proud \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* many wonderful \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that Christ\add* revealed \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \add God permitted\add* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* send \w a|strong="G2532"\w* messenger \add to humble me\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \add make me sick\add*). \add What that messenger did to me was painful, like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w thorn|strong="G4647"\w* pricking \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Three|strong="G5151"\w* \w times|strong="G5151"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w prayed|strong="G3870"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w about|strong="G5228"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w*, \w begging|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w take|strong="G2443"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* away \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, “\add No, I will not take this away from you. Instead\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kindly help \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* need, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add when you are\add* weak \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add can\add* best \add work\add* powerfully \add to help you\add*.” \w So|strong="G2443"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add what the Lord said to me\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w gladly|strong="G2236"\w* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \add the things that make\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add seem\add* weak, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add people may realize\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w gives|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \add to serve him\add*.  
\v 10 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w reason|strong="G1352"\w*, \add whenever I am\add* weak, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \add when people\add* insult me, \add or when I have to endure\add* hardships, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \add when I am persecuted\add* {\add people\add* \w cause|strong="G1352"\w* me \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w*}, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \add when I am in situations that\add* \w distress|strong="G4730"\w* me, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w content|strong="G2106"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add I am serving\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \add I can say that\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w any|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* myself \w am|strong="G1510"\w* weak, \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add very\add* \w time|strong="G5119"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \add Christ\add* powerfully \add helps me\add*.   
\s1 When I was with you, I did things that showed you that I am truly Christ’s representative. But I still will not take pay from you when I come to visit you again. And those people are wrong who say that I tricked you by sending Titus to get money for myself from you.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 12:11-18  
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\v 11 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w foolish|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to talk about myself like this\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* forced \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. Truly \add if the Lord would not help me\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w worthless|strong="G3762"\w*, \add as my opponents say that I am\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add wrongfully think\add* [IRO] \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w greater|strong="G4771"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* way \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* right/proper \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 12  \add You should have done that, because\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add I\add* repeatedly \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* showed \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add I am truly\add* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* apostle, \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* performing \w many|strong="G1722"\w* [DOU] \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w*.  
\v 13 \w And|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \add certainly treated\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w as|strong="G3739"\w* \w well|strong="G1063"\w* \w as|strong="G3739"\w* \add I treated\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* congregations \add that I helped to start. Or do you think that\add* \w by|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* asking \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to pay me for my work\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* treating \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w as|strong="G3739"\w* \w well|strong="G1063"\w* \w as|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w treated|strong="G2274"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* congregations? ◄\w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* foolish \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \add think that\add* [IRO] \add it\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* wrong \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add to ask for pay from you for my work, and therefore I should ask\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w forgive|strong="G5483"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*!/\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add think that it\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* wrong \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add to ask for pay from you for my work, and therefore I should ask\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w forgive|strong="G5483"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*?► [RHQ]   
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\v 14 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w listen|strong="G2400"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G2192"\w*! \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5154"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \add visit. When I come\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add still\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* insist \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add pay me for my work\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2212"\w* \add any of\add* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \add money\add* [EUP]! \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2212"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [MTY] \add to love and appreciate me\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add normally the duty of\add* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w save|strong="G2343"\w* \add money to provide for the needs of\add* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w*. Instead, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add is the duty of\add* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add provide\add* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*]. \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G3778"\w*, \add it is not your duty to provide for me. Instead, it is my duty to provide spiritual help for you because you are my spiritual children\add*.  
\v 15 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w part|strong="G1473"\w*, \add as a good parent would do\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* everything \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* possibly can, \add in order to help you\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* much, ◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* disappointed \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \add you\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* love \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little bit, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*./\w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add you\add* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* love \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little bit, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*?► [RHQ]   
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\v 16  \add You all\add* know \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* depend \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to provide for my needs\add*. \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \add there are some who accuse me, saying that\add* [IRO] \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G4771"\w* clever \w and|strong="G1161"\w* got money \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G3756"\w* tricking \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 17 \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w did|strong="G3361"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w ever|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*? \w No|strong="G3361"\w*! \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* [RHQ] asked \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* sent \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to get money\add* \w from|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add and bring it to me\add*  
\v 18 \w Titus|strong="G5103"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \add and visited you because\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w urged|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G4882"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* believer, \add whom you know\add*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4151"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Titus|strong="G5103"\w*. \add You know that\add* \w Titus|strong="G5103"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* [RHQ] trick \add you in order to get money from you. And you certainly know that\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* always [RHQ] acted \w in|strong="G2532"\w* exactly \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \add honest\add* way \add towards you\add*.   
\s1 I am worried that when I visit you I will find that many of you are still sinning. I pray that God will help you turn from your sinful behavior, so that I will not have to discipline you when I come.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 12:19—13:10  
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\v 19 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \add you have been reading this letter, if\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w been|strong="G5547"\w* \w thinking|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \add just\add* \w been|strong="G5547"\w* \add saying these things to\add* defend myself \add against those who accuse me, you are wrong\add*. \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w been|strong="G5547"\w* \w saying|strong="G2980"\w* \add these things honestly, knowing\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* listening \add to me. I also speak as one who has a close relationship\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w Everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G1380"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \add everything that I say is\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \add help you\add* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* love ◄\w to|strong="G1722"\w* grow \add spiritually/\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \add spiritually\add* mature►.  
\v 20  \add I have written this way to you\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* worry \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w when|strong="G2064"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \add to visit you\add*, \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* see \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \add some of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G2309"\w* \add not conducting your lives the way\add* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to\add*. \w If|strong="G2309"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w is|strong="G3756"\w* \w so|strong="G2504"\w*, \add when I get there\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* see \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w have|strong="G2309"\w* \add to act\add* \w in|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2147"\w* \add very severe way toward you, and I am sure\add* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G5399"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w*. Specifically, \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w am|strong="G2309"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \add some of you\add* \w may|strong="G2064"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* quarreling, \w or|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G2309"\w* \w being|strong="G3361"\w* jealous \add of each other\add*, \w or|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* quickly \w get|strong="G2147"\w* \w very|strong="G4771"\w* \w angry|strong="G2372"\w* \add with them\add*, \w or|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G2309"\w* acting \w selfishly|strong="G2052"\w*, \w or|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \add some of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G2309"\w* saying bad things \w about|strong="G3361"\w* others, \w or|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G2309"\w* ◄spreading \w false|strong="G2147"\w* rumors/saying \w false|strong="G2147"\w* things► \w about|strong="G3361"\w* each \w other|strong="G3756"\w*, \w or|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G2309"\w* acting proudly, \w or|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G2309"\w* \add doing things\add* \w in|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2147"\w* disorderly manner.  
\v 21  \add I\add* ◄\add feel anxious/am concerned\add*► \add about you. I worry that\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add serve\add*, \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* feel ashamed \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add when I see that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add still are not conducting your lives as believers should\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* feel \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sad \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \add some of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* sinning previously \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* stopped \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior. \add Some of you\add* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* impure \add thoughts. Some of you\add* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w sexual|strong="G4202"\w* intercourse \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* married. \add And some of you\add* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w doing|strong="G4238"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* shameful \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 13  
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\v 1  \add In the Scriptures it is stated that when one person\add* accuses \add another of wrongdoing, you must not believe his\add* \w accusation|strong="G4487"\w* \add right away\add*. \add First, you must listen to at least\add* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3956"\w* \w actually|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w what|strong="G2532"\w* happened. \add So keep in mind that\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w time|strong="G5154"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*!  
\v 2 \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* visited \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* warned \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \add that I was going to punish all the wrongdoers among you\add*. \add And now\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \add warning you\add* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w while|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w still|strong="G3062"\w* away \add from you\add*. \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* third \w time|strong="G1208"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* sinning \add at the time when I visited you\add* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \add and who are still sinning\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add punish\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3062"\w* \add who have been sinning since then, if they have not stopped their sinful behavior\add*.  
\v 3 \w Because|strong="G1893"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* demanded \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* prove \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \add to you when\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add speak to you, I will show you that I speak to you as his apostle. Christ\add* \w does|strong="G2980"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* approve \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* sinful behavior. \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* contrary, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* powerfully \add discipline you\add*.  
\v 4  \add It is true that\add* Christ \add seemed to be\add* weak \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w* {\w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add people\add* killed \w him|strong="G1722"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* nailing \w him|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* cross}. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add it is also true that\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add now\add* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add worked\add* powerfully \add to bring him back to life. Similarly\add*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add serve\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* weak human \add being as Christ was\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add have a close relationship with\add* Christ \add who is now alive again\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \add authority\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* use \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \add to discipline\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Each|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* ask \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w*: “\add Do I\add* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \add God’s message about Christ?\add*” \w Each|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \add examine yourselves to\add* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w truly|strong="G1722"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \add believe\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add and so truly belong to him\add*, \w and|strong="G2424"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add his Spirit lives\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add*. \w When|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w examine|strong="G1381"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \add in that way\add*, \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* [RHQ] say \add to me\add*, “Yes, \w of|strong="G1722"\w* course \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \add belong to\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.”  
\v 6 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add also\add* certain \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add belong to Christ, just like you do\add*.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add because I do not want to have to punish you\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* praying \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \add that would cause me to have to punish you. I pray this\add*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add who say that I am not your apostle\add* realize \add that my ministry among you has been very successful, they will have to agree\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* authority \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5613"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add I pray this because I want\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G2570"\w*, \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w might|strong="G2316"\w* \w mean|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add my opponents would think\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* authority \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5613"\w*, \add since I would not have an opportunity to show my authority to discipline you\add*.  
\v 8  \add If you do what is right, I will not discipline you\add*, \add because it would\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add be right for me to do that if you are conducting your lives the way you should, like\add* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \add message says that you should. What God asks me to do is to help people to know and obey his\add* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \add message\add*.  
\v 9 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* happy \add whenever\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* strongly \add trusting and obeying Christ, and because of that I do not have to use my authority to discipline you. It does not matter to me if that makes people think that I do not have any authority\add*. \w Truly|strong="G1161"\w*, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* praying \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add help\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* completely change \w your|strong="G2532"\w* conduct.  
\v 10 \w That|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w writing|strong="G1125"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w while|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* still away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*. \add What I want is that\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* visit \w you|strong="G3739"\w*, \add you will already be conducting your lives as God wants you to\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add discipline you\add* severely, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Lord Jesus Christ gave me\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w become|strong="G3361"\w* \add spiritually\add* mature believers, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w cause|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \add trusting in him\add*.   
\s1 I finish my letter with some advice. All of us here send you our greetings, and I pray that God will bless you.  
\sr 2 Corinthians 13:11-14  
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\v 11 \w Finally|strong="G3063"\w*, \w my|strong="G3326"\w* fellow believers, \add I say to you\add*, \w be|strong="G1510"\w* joyful. Completely \add change how you conduct your lives\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w urged|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to do\add*. \w Be|strong="G1510"\w* united \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G5426"\w* \add about the matters about which I have written to you\add*. \w Live|strong="G2532"\w* peacefully \add with each other. If you do those things\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add enables you to\add* love \add each other\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* peaceful, \w will|strong="G2316"\w* bless [MTY] \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 12 Greet each \w other|strong="G1722"\w* affectionately \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \add fellow members\add* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s family \add should\add*.  
\v 13 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add here\add* send \w you|strong="G5210"\w* greetings.  
\v 14  \add I pray that\add* the Lord Jesus Christ will act kindly \add toward\add* all of you, in ways that you do not deserve, that God will \add show all of you how much he\add* loves you, and that the Holy Spirit \add will cause you to have good\add* fellowship \add with him and with each other\add*.