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as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
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I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea.
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But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
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For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.”
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set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
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For if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved?
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I wrote as I did, so that when I came I would not be distressed by those who should have made me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would all share my joy.
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Forgiveness for the Offender
If anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you to some extent—not to put it too severely.
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Ministers of the New Covenant
Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me,
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Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.
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And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
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Present Weakness and Resurrection Life
Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.
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Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,
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Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
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that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
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Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
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and not only by his coming but also by the comfort you had given him. He told us about your longing for me, your deep sorrow, your ardent concern for me, so that my joy was greater than ever.
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I had boasted to him about you, and you have not embarrassed me. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting about you to Titus has proved to be true as well.
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Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.
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Therefore show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you, so that the churches can see it.
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There is no need for me to write to you about this service to the Lord’s people.
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For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to say anything about you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.
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I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.
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We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.
