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For Him who knew not sin, on our account hath he made sin, that we might be in him the righteousness of Aloha.

For he hath said, In the time acceptable I have heard thee, And in the day of salvation I have helped thee. Behold, Now is the time acceptable; behold, Now is the day of salvation.

by the doctrine of truth, by the power of Aloha, by the arms of righteousness for the right hand and for the left,

And be not sons of the yoke with them who believe not. For what participation hath righteousness with iniquity ? Or what commixture hath the light with darkness ?

Or what union hath the temple of Aloha with (that) of demons? For you are the temple of Aloha the living; as it is written, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; And I will be their God, And they shall be to me a people.

And I will be to you a Father, And you shall be to me for sons and daughters, Saith the Lord, who holdeth all.

I speak not to your condemnation; for I have said already, that you are laid up in our hearts to die together and to live.

When, also, we had come into Makedunia, no repose had we for our body, but in every thing were we afflicted; without fighting, and within, fear.

and not only by his coming, but also by his refreshment wherewith he had been refreshed among you. For he told us of your love toward us, and of your lamentation and your zeal on our behalf. And when I heard, my joy was great.

For though I grieved you in an epistle, I repent me not, though I did repent. For I perceive how that epistle, though for an hour, did make you sorry;

but now I exercise joy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow hath brought you to repentance. For you were sorry towards Aloha; so that in nothing will you suffer loss from us.

10 For the sorrow that is for the sake of Aloha worketh soul-penitence, [fn] which turneth not and converteth, unto salvation; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

11 For, behold, (in) this very (case) that you were made contrite for the sake of Aloha; what carefulness it wrought in you, and vindication, and displeasure, and fear, and love, and zeal, and punishment ! And [fn] by every thing have you shown yourselves to be [fn] pure in this matter.

12 But, it was for this we wrote to you; not on account of the injurer, nor on account of the injured one [fn] , but that you may know before Aloha our carefulness over you.

For this cause we were consoled, and with our consolation more abundantly did we rejoice in the joy of Titos; because his spirit had been refreshed with you all.

For I testify, that according to their power, and more than their power, in the willingness of their soul,

they besought of us, with much supplication, that they might participate in the beneficence of the ministry for the saints.

For we would request of Titos, that as he had begun, so he would carry into accomplishment this beneficence among you also.

FOR you know the beneficence of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, that for your sake he became poor, though he was rich, that you through his poverty might be enriched.

For if there be the will, according to what one hath, so is (he) accepted, and not according to what he hath not.