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For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why we utter the Amen through him, to the glory of God.

Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.

For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit.

For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?

And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.

For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough;

So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him.

For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.

Any one whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,

to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs.

When I came to Tro'as to preach the gospel of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord;

For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,

to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word; but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not in a written code but in the Spirit; for the written code kills, but the Spirit gives life.

For if there was splendor in the dispensation of condemnation, the dispensation of righteousness must far exceed it in splendor.

For if what faded away came with splendor, what is permanent must have much more splendor.

But their minds were hardened; for to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.