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Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear; because he is doing the Lord's work, even as I am:

But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;

I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia.

For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:

For the glory of the first no longer seems to be glory, because of the greater glory of that which comes after.

For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.

For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

Because we are certain that he who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead, will do the same for us, and will give us a place in his glory with you.

For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.

For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

So though I sent you a letter, it was not only because of the man who did the wrong, or because of him to whom the wrong was done, but so that your true care for us might be made clear in the eyes of God.

So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.

And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.

While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.

For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.

Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?

Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.