\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 Corinthians}
{\MTB Paul’s Second Letter to the
\par }{\MT Corinthians

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Introduction
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}To
the
church
of
God
in
Corinth,
and
to
all
Christ’s
people
throughout
Greece,
from
Paul,
an apostle
of
Christ
Jesus,
by
the
will
of
God,
and
from
Timothy,
who
is
also
a follower.
\VS{2}May
God,
our
Father,
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
bless
you
and
give
you
peace.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{3}Blessed
is
the
God
and
Father
of
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord,
the all-merciful
Father,
the
God
ever
ready
to
console,
\VS{4}who
consoles
us
in
all
our
troubles,
so
that
we
may
be
able
to
console
those
who
are
in
any
trouble
with
the
consolation
that
we
ourselves
receive
from
him.
\VS{5}It
is
true
that
we
have
our
full
share
of
the
sufferings
of
the
Christ,
but
through
the
Christ
we
have
also
our
full
share
of
consolation.
\VS{6}If
we
meet
with
trouble,
it
is
for
the
sake
of
your
consolation
and
salvation;
and,
if
we
find
consolation,
it
is
for
the
sake
of
the
consolation
that
you
will
experience
when
you
are
called
to
endure
the
sufferings
that
we
ourselves
are
enduring;
\VS{7}and
our
hope
for
you
remains unshaken.
We
know
that,
as
you
are
sharing
our
sufferings,
you
will
also
share
our
consolation.
\VS{8}We
want
you,
friends,
to
know
that,
in
the
troubles
which
befell
us
in Roman
Asia,
we
were
burdened
altogether
beyond
our
strength,
so
much
so
that
we
even
despaired
of
life.
\VS{9}Indeed,
we
had
the presentiment
that
we
must
die,
so
that
we
might
rely,
not
on
ourselves,
but
on
God
who
raises
the
dead.
\VS{10}And
from
so imminent
a
death
God
delivered
us,
and
will
deliver
us
again;
for
in
him
we
have
placed
our
hopes
of
future
deliverance,
while
you,
also,
help
us
by
your
prayers.
\VS{11}And
then
many
lips
will
give
thanks
on
our
behalf
for
the
blessing
granted
us
in
answer
to
many
prayers.
\par }{\SH The Apostle’s
Relations
with
his
Converts
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Indeed,
our
main
ground
for
satisfaction
is
this –
Our
conscience
tells
us
that
our
conduct
in
the
world,
and
still
more
in
our
relations
with
you,
was
marked
by
a
purity
of
motive
and
a
sincerity
that
were
inspired
by
God,
and
was based,
not
on
worldly
policy,
but
on
the
help
of
God.
\VS{13}We
never
write
anything
to
you
other
than
what
you
will
acknowledge
to
the
very
end –
\VS{14}And,
indeed,
you
have
already
partly
acknowledged
it
about
us –
that
you
have
a
right
to
be
proud
of
us,
as
we
will
be
proud
of
you,
on
the
day
of
our
Lord
Jesus.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{15}With
this conviction
in
my
mind,
I
planned
to
come
to
see
you
first,
so
that
your
pleasure
might
be
doubled –
\VS{16}To
visit
you
both
on
my
way
to
Macedonia,
and
to
come
to
you
again
on
my
return
from
Macedonia,
and
then
to
get
you
to
send
me
on
my
way
into
Judea.
\VS{17}As
this
was
my
plan,
where,
pray,
did
I
show
any fickleness
of
purpose?
Or
do
you
think
that
my
plans
are
formed
on
mere impulse,
so
that
in
the
same
breath
I
say ‘Yes’
and ‘No’?
\VS{18}As
God
is
true,
the
message
that
we
brought
you
does
not
waver
between ‘Yes’
and ‘No’!
\VS{19}The
Son
of
God,
Christ
Jesus,
whom
we – Silas,
Timothy,
and
I –
proclaimed
among
you,
never wavered
between ‘Yes’
and ‘No.’
With
him
it
has
always
been ‘Yes.’
\VS{20}For,
many
as
were
the
promises
of
God,
in Christ
is
the ‘Yes’
that
fulfills
them.
Therefore,
through Christ
again,
let
the ‘Amen’
rise,
through
us,
to
the
glory
of
God.
\VS{21}God
who
brings
us,
with
you,
into
close
union
with
Christ,
and
who
consecrated
us,
\VS{22}also
set
his
seal
on
us,
and
gave
us
his
Spirit
in
our
hearts
as
a
pledge
of
future
blessings.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}But,
as
my
life
will
answer
for
it,
I
call
God
to
witness
that
it
was
to
spare
you
that
I
deferred
my
visit
to
Corinth.
\VS{24}I
do
not
mean
that
we
are
to dictate
to
you
with
regard
to
your
faith;
on
the
contrary,
we
work
with
you
for
your
true
happiness;
indeed,
it
is
through
your
faith
that
you
are
standing
firm.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
my
own
sake,
as
well,
I
decided
not
to
pay
you
another
painful
visit.
\VS{2}If
it
is
I
who
cause
you
pain,
why,
who
is
there
to
cheer
me,
except
the
person
whom
I
am paining?
\VS{3}So
I
wrote
as
I
did
because
I
was
afraid
that
if
I
had
come,
I
should
have
been
pained
by
those
who
ought
to
have
made
me
glad;
for
I
felt
sure
that
it
was
true
of
you
all
that
my
joy
was
in
every
case
yours
also.
\VS{4}I
wrote
to
you
in
sore
trouble
and
distress
of
heart
and
with
many
tears,
not
to
give
you
pain,
but
to
let
you
see
how
intense
a
love
I
have
for
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Now
whoever
has
caused
the
pain
has
not
so
much
pained
me,
as
he
has,
to
some
extent –
not
to
be
too
severe –
pained
every
one
of
you.
\VS{6}The
man
to
whom
I refer
has
been
sufficiently
punished
by
the
penalty
inflicted
by
the
majority
of
you;
\VS{7}so
that
now
you
must
take
the
opposite
course,
and
forgive
and
encourage
him,
or
else
he
may
be
overwhelmed
by
the intensity
of
his
pain.
\VS{8}So
I
entreat
you
to
assure
him
of
your
love.
\VS{9}I
had
this
further
object,
also,
in
what
I
wrote –
to
find
out
whether
you
might
be
relied
on
to
be
obedient
in
everything.
\VS{10}Anyone
you
forgive,
I
forgive
them,
too.
Indeed,
for
my
part,
whatever
I
have
forgiven (if
I
have
had
to
forgive
anything),
I
have
forgiven
for
your
sakes,
in
the
presence
of
Christ,
\VS{11}so
as
to
prevent
Satan
from
taking
advantage
of
us;
for
we
are
not
ignorant
of
his
devices.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}When
I
went
to
the
district
around
Troas
to
tell
the
good
news
of
the
Christ,
even
though
there
was
an
opening
for
serving
the
Master,
\VS{13}I
could
get
no
peace
of
mind
because
I
failed
to
find
Titus,
my
friend;
so
I
took
leave
of
the
people
there,
and
went
on
to
Macedonia.
\VS{14}All
thanks
to
God,
who,
through
our
union
with
the
Christ,
leads
us
in
one
continual
triumph,
and
uses
us
to
spread
the
sweet
perfume
of
the
knowledge
of
him
in
every
place.
\VS{15}For
we
are
the
fragrance
of
Christ
ascending
to
God –
both
among
those
who
are
in
the
path
of
salvation
and
among
those
who
are
in
the
path
to
ruin.
\VS{16}To
the
latter
we
are
a
stench
which
arises
from
death
and
tells
of
death;
to
the
former
a
fragrance
which
arises
from
life
and
tells
of
life.
But
who
is
equal
to
such
a
task?
\VS{17}Unlike
many
people,
we
are
not
in
the
habit
of
making
profit
out
of
God’s
message;
but
in
all
sincerity,
and
bearing
God’s
commission,
we
speak
before
him
in
union
with
Christ.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Are
we
beginning
to
commend
ourselves
again?
Or
are
we
like
some
who
need
letters
of
commendation
to
you,
or
from
you?
\VS{2}You
yourselves
are
our
letter –
a
letter
written
on
our
hearts,
and
one
which
everybody
can
read
and
understand.
\VS{3}All
can
see
that
you
are
a
letter
from
Christ
delivered
by
us,
a
letter
written,
not
with
ink,
but
with
the
Spirit
of
the
living
God,
not
on
tablets
of
stone,
but
on
tablets
of
human
hearts.
\par }{\SH The
Ministry
of
the Apostles
\par }{\PP \VS{4}This,
then,
is
the
confidence
in
regard
to
God
that
we
have
gained
through
the
Christ.
\VS{5}I
do
not
mean
that
we
are
fit
to
form
any
judgment
by
ourselves,
as
if
on
our
own
authority;
\VS{6}our fitness
comes
from
God,
who
himself
made
us
fit
to
be assistants
of
a
new
covenant,
of
which
the
substance
is,
not
a
written
Law,
but
a
Spirit.
For
the
written
Law
means
death,
but
the
Spirit
gives
life.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}If
the system
of religion
which involved
death, embodied
in
a
written
Law
and
engraved
on
stones,
began
amid
such
glory,
that
the
Israelites
were
unable
to
gaze
at
the
face
of
Moses
because
of
its
glory,
though
it
was
but
a
passing
glory,
\VS{8}will
not
the religion
that confers
the
Spirit
have
still
greater
glory?
\VS{9}For,
if
there
was
a
glory
in
the religion
that involved
condemnation,
far
greater
is
the
glory
of
the religion
that confers
righteousness!
\VS{10}Indeed,
that
which
then
had
glory
has
lost
its
glory,
because
of
the
glory
which
surpasses
it.
\VS{11}And,
if
that
which
was
to
pass
away
was
attended
with
glory,
far
more
will
that
which
is
to
endure
be
surrounded
with
glory!
\par }{\PP \VS{12}With
such
a
hope
as
this,
we
speak
with
all plainness;
\VS{13}unlike
Moses,
who
covered
his
face
with
a
veil,
to
prevent
the
Israelites
from
gazing
at
the disappearance
of
what
was
passing
away.
\VS{14}But
their
minds
were
slow
to
learn.
Indeed,
to
this
very
day,
at
the
public
reading
of
the
old
covenant,
the
same
veil
remains;
only
for
those
who
are
in
union
with
Christ
does
it
pass
away.
\VS{15}But,
even
to
this
day,
whenever
Moses
is
read,
a
veil
lies
on
their
hearts.
\VS{16}Yet,
whenever
someone
turns
to
the
Lord,
the
veil
is
removed.
\VS{17}And
the
Lord
is
the
Spirit,
and,
where
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
is,
there
is
freedom.
\VS{18}And
all
of
us,
with
faces
from
which
the
veil
is
lifted,
seeing,
as
if
reflected
in
a
mirror,
the
glory
of
the
Lord,
are
being
transformed
into
his
likeness,
from
glory
to
glory,
as
it
is
given
by
the
Lord,
the
Spirit.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Therefore,
since
it
is
by
God’s
mercy
that
we
are
engaged
in
this
ministry,
we
do
not
lose
heart.
\VS{2}No,
we
have renounced
the secrecy
prompted
by
shame,
refusing
to adopt
crafty
ways,
or
to tamper
with
God’s
message,
and
commending
ourselves
to
everyone’s
conscience,
in
the
sight
of
God,
by
our exhibition
of
the
truth.
\VS{3}And,
even
if
the
good
news
that
we
bring
is
veiled,
it
is
veiled
only
in
the
case
of
those
who
are
on
the
path
to
ruin –
\VS{4}people
whose
minds
have
been
blinded
by
the
God
of
this
age, unbelievers
as
they
are,
so
that
the
light
from
the
good
news
of
the
glory
of
the
Christ,
who
is
the incarnation
of
God,
should
not
shine
for
them.
\VS{5}(For
it
is
not
ourselves
that
we
proclaim,
but
Christ
Jesus,
as
Lord,
and
ourselves
as
your
servants
for
Jesus’
sake.)
\VS{6}Indeed,
the
same
God
who
said ‘Out
of
darkness
light
will
shine,’
has
shone
in
on
our
hearts,
so
that
we
should
bring
out
into
the
light
the
knowledge
of
the
glory
of
God,
seen
in
the
face
of
Christ.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{7}This
treasure
we
have
in
these
earthen
vessels,
so
that
its all-prevailing
power
may
be
seen
to
come
from
God,
and
not
to
be
our
own.
\VS{8}Though
hard
pressed
on
every
side,
we
are
never hemmed
in;
though
perplexed,
never
driven
to
despair;
\VS{9}though
pursued,
never
abandoned;
though
struck
down,
never
killed!
\VS{10}We
always
bear
on
our
bodies
the
marks
of
the
death
that
Jesus
died,
so
that
the
life
also
of
Jesus
may
be
exhibited
in
our
bodies.
\VS{11}Indeed,
we
who
still
live
are
continually
being
given
over
to
death
for
Jesus’
sake,
so
that
the
life
also
of
Jesus
may
be
exhibited
in
our
mortal nature.
\VS{12}And
so,
while
death
is
at
work
within
us,
life
is
at
work
within
you.
\VS{13}But,
in
the
same
spirit
of
faith
as
that
expressed
in
the
words – ‘I
believed,
and
therefore
I
spoke,’
we,
also
believe,
and
therefore
speak.
\VS{14}For
we
know
that
he
who
raised
the
Lord
Jesus
will
raise
us
also
with
him,
and
will
bring
us,
with
you,
into
his
presence.
\VS{15}For
all
this
is
for
your
sakes,
so
that
the
loving
kindness
of
God,
spreading
from
heart
to
heart,
may
cause
yet
more
hearts
to
overflow
with
thanksgiving,
to
his
glory.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Therefore,
as
I
said,
we
do
not
lose
heart.
No,
even
though outwardly
we
are
wasting
away,
yet
inwardly
we
are
being
renewed
day
by
day.
\VS{17}The
light
burden
of
our
momentary
trouble
is
preparing
for
us
a
weight
of imperishable
glory,
beyond
all
measure.
\VS{18}We,
all
the
while,
gaze
not
on
what
is
seen,
but
on
what
is unseen.
For
what
is
seen
is
transient,
but
what
is unseen
is imperishable.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
we
know
that
if
our
tent –
that
earthly
body
which
is
now
our
home –
is
taken
down,
we
have
a
house
of
God’s
building,
a
home
not
made
by
hands, imperishable,
in
heaven.
\VS{2}Even
while
in
our
present
body
we
sigh,
longing
to
put
over
it
our
heavenly
house,
\VS{3}sure
that,
when
we
have
put
it
on,
we
will
never
be
found
naked.
\VS{4}For
we
who
are
in
this
tent
sigh
under
our
burden,
unwilling
to
take
it
off,
yet
wishing
to
put
our
heavenly
body
over
it,
so
that
all
that
is
mortal
may
be absorbed
in
life.
\VS{5}And
he
who
has
prepared
us
for
this
change
is
God,
who
has
also
given
us
his
Spirit
as
a
pledge.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Therefore
we
are
always
confident,
knowing
that,
while
our
home
is
in
the
body,
we
are
absent
from
our
home
with
the
Lord.
\VS{7}For
we
guide
our
lives
by
faith,
and
not
by
what
we
see.
\VS{8}And
in
this
confidence
we
would
gladly
leave
our
home
in
the
body,
and
make
our
home
with
the
Lord.
\VS{9}Therefore,
whether
in
our
home
or
absent
from
our
home,
our
one
ambition
is
to
please
him.
\VS{10}For
at
the
court
of
the
Christ
we
must
all
appear
in
our
true characters,
so
that
each
may
reap
the
results
of
the
life
which
he
has
lived
in
the
body,
in
accordance
with
his
actions –
whether
good
or
worthless.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{11}Therefore,
because
we
know
the
fear
inspired
by
the
Lord,
it
is
true
that
we
are
trying
to
win
people
over,
but
our
motives
are
plain
to
God;
and
I
hope
that
in
your
inmost
hearts
they
are
plain
to
you
also.
\VS{12}We
are
not “commending
ourselves”
again
to
you,
but
rather
are
giving
you
cause
for
pride
in
us,
so
that
you
may
have
an
answer
ready
for
those
who
pride
themselves
on
appearances
and
not
on
character.
\VS{13}For,
if
we
were “beside
ourselves,”
it
was
in
God’s
service!
If
we
are
not
in
our
senses,
it
is
in
yours!
\VS{14}It
is
the
love
of
the
Christ
which compels
us,
when
we reflect
that,
as
one
died
for
all,
therefore
all
died;
\VS{15}and
that
he
died
for
all,
so
that
the
living
should
no
longer
live
for
themselves,
but
for
him
who
died
and
rose
for
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}For
ourselves,
then,
from
this
time
forward,
we
refuse
to
regard
anyone
from
the world’s
standpoint.
Even
if
we
once
thought
of
Christ
from
the
standpoint
of
the
world,
yet
now
we
do
so
no
longer.
\VS{17}Therefore,
if
anyone
is
in
union
with
Christ,
he
is
a
new
being!
His
old
life
has
passed
away;
a
new
life
has
begun!
\VS{18}But
all
this
is
the
work
of
God,
who
reconciled
us
to
himself
through
Christ,
and
gave
us
the
ministry
of
reconciliation –
\VS{19}To
proclaim
that
God,
in
Christ,
was
reconciling
the
world
to
himself,
not
reckoning
people’s
offenses
against
them,
and
that
he
had
entrusted
us
with
the
message
of
this
reconciliation.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}It
is,
then,
on
Christ’s
behalf
that
we
are
acting
as
ambassadors,
God,
as
it
were,
appealing
to
you
through
us.
We
implore
you
on
Christ’s
behalf –
Be
reconciled
to
God.
\VS{21}For
our
sake
God
made Christ,
who
was
innocent
of
sin,
one
with
our sinfulness,
so
that
in
him
we
might
be
made
one
with
the
righteousness
of
God.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Therefore,
as
God’s
fellow
workers,
we
also
appeal
to
you
not
to
receive
his
loving
kindness
in
vain.
\VS{2}For
he
says –
\par }{\Q ‘At
the
time
for
acceptance
I
listened
to
you,
\par }{\Q and
on
the
day
of
deliverance
I
helped
you.’
\par }{\MM Now
is
the
time
for
acceptance!
Now
is
the
day
of
deliverance!
\VS{3}Never
do
we
put
an
obstacle
in
anyone’s
way,
so
that
no
fault
may
be
found
with
our
ministry.
\VS{4}No,
we
are
trying
to
commend
ourselves
under
all
circumstances,
as
God’s assistants
should –
in
many
an
hour
of
endurance,
in
troubles,
in hardships,
in
difficulties,
\VS{5}in floggings,
in
imprisonments,
in riots,
in
toils,
in sleepless
nights,
in
hunger;
\VS{6}by
purity,
by
knowledge,
by
patience,
by kindliness,
by
holiness
of
spirit,
by unfeigned
love;
\VS{7}by
the
message
of
truth,
and
by
the
power
of
God;
by
the
weapons
of
righteousness
in
the
right
hand
and
in
the
left;
\VS{8}amid
honor
and disrepute,
amid
slander
and
praise;
regarded
as
deceivers,
yet
proved
to
be
true;
\VS{9}as
unknown,
yet
well-known;
as
at death’s
door,
yet,
see,
we
are
living;
as
chastised,
yet
not
killed;
\VS{10}as
saddened,
yet
always
rejoicing;
as
poor,
yet enriching
many;
as
having
nothing,
and
yet
possessing
all
things!
\par }{\SH The Apostle
and
his
Converts
\par }{\PP \VS{11}We
have
been
speaking
freely
to
you,
dear
friends
in Corinth;
we
have
opened
our
heart;
\VS{12}there
is
room
there
for
you,
yet
there
is
not
room,
in
your
love,
for
us.
\VS{13}Can
you
not
in
return –
I
appeal
to
you
as
I
should
to
children –
open
your
hearts
to
us?
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Do
not
enter
into inconsistent
relations
with
those
who
reject
the
faith.
For
what
partnership
can
there
be
between
righteousness
and lawlessness?
Or
what
has
light
to
do
with
darkness?
\VS{15}What
harmony
can
there
be
between
Christ
and
Belial?
Or
what
can
those
who
accept
the
faith
have
in
common
with
those
who
reject
it?
\VS{16}What
agreement
can
there
be
between
a
temple
of
God
and
idols?
And
we
are
a
temple
of
the
living
God.
That
is
what
God
meant
when
he
said –
\par }{\Q ‘I
will
live
among
them,
and
walk
among
them;
\par }{\QB and
I
will
be
their
God,
and
they
will
be
my
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Therefore “Come
out
from
among
the
nations,
and
separate
yourselves
from
them,”
says
the
Lord,
\par }{\Q “And
touch
nothing
impure;
\par }{\QB and
I
will
welcome
you;
\par }{\Q \VS{18}and
I
will
be
a
father
to
you,
and
you
will
be
my
sons
and
daughters,”
\par }{\QB says
the
Lord,
the
Ruler
of
all.’
\par }{\MM \par }
\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}With
these
promises,
dear
friends,
let
us
purify
ourselves
from
everything
that
pollutes
either
body
or
spirit,
and,
in deepest
respect
for
God,
aim
at
perfect
holiness.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Make
room
for
us
in
your
hearts.
In
no instance
have
we
ever
wronged,
or
harmed,
or
taken
advantage
of,
anyone.
\VS{3}I
am
not
saying
this
to
condemn
you.
Indeed,
I
have
already
said
that
you
are
in
our
heart,
to
live
and
die
together.
\VS{4}I
have
the
utmost
confidence
in
you;
I
am
always
boasting
about
you.
I
am
full
of
encouragement
and,
in
spite
of
all
our
troubles,
my
heart
is
overflowing
with
happiness.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Ever
since
we
reached
Macedonia,
we
have
had
no
rest
in
body
or
mind;
on
every
side
there
have
been
troubles –
conflicts
without, anxieties
within.
\VS{6}But
God,
who
encourages
the downcast,
has
encouraged
us
by
the
arrival
of
Titus.
\VS{7}And
it
is
not
only
by
his
arrival
that
we
are
encouraged,
but
also
by
the
encouragement
which
he
received
from
you;
for
he
tells
us
of
your
strong
affection,
your penitence,
and
your
zeal
on
my
behalf –
so
that
I
am happier
still.
\VS{8}For,
though
I
caused
you
sorrow
by
my
letter,
I
do
not
regret
it.
Even
if
I
were
inclined
to
regret
it –
for
I
see
that
my
letter
did
cause
you
sorrow
though
only
for
a
time –
\VS{9}I
am
glad
now;
not
because
of
the
sorrow
it
caused
you,
but
because
your
sorrow
brought
you
to
repentance.
For
it
was
God’s
will
that
you
should
feel
sorrow,
in
order
that
you
should
not
suffer
loss
in
any
way
at
our
hands.
\VS{10}For,
when
sorrow
is
in
accordance
with
God’s
will,
it
results
in
a
repentance
leading
to
salvation,
and
which
will
never
be
regretted.
The
sure
result
of
the
sorrow
that
the
world
knows
is
death.
\VS{11}For
see
what
results
that
other
sorrow –
sorrow
in
accordance
with
God’s
will –
has
had
in
your
case.
What
earnestness
it
produced!
What
explanations!
What
strong feeling!
What
alarm!
What
longing!
What
eagerness!
What
readiness
to
punish!
You
have
proved
yourselves
altogether
free
from
guilt
in
that
matter.
\VS{12}So,
then,
even
though
I
did
write
to
you,
it
was
not
for
the
sake
of
the
wrongdoer,
or
of
the
man
who
was
wronged,
but
to
make
you
conscious,
in
the
sight
of
God,
of
your
own
earnest
care
for
us.
And
it
is
this
that
has
encouraged
us.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}In
addition
to
the
encouragement
that
this
gave
us,
we
were
made
far happier
still
by
the
happiness
of
Titus
for
his
heart
has
been cheered
by
you
all.
\VS{14}Although
I
have
been
boasting
a
little
to
him
about
you,
you
did
not
put
me
to
shame;
but,
just
as
every
thing
we
had
said
to
you
was
true,
so
our
boasting
to
Titus
about
you
has
also
proved
to
be
the
truth.
\VS{15}And
his
affection
for
you
is
all
the
greater,
as
he
remembers
the deference
that
you
all
showed
him,
and
recalls
how
you
received
him
with
anxious
care.
\VS{16}I
am
glad
that
I
can
feel
perfect
confidence
in
you.

\par }\Chap{8}{\SH The Palestine Famine Fund
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}We
want
to
remind
you,
friends,
of
the
love
that
God
has
shown
to
the
churches
in
Macedonia –
\VS{2}How,
tired
though
they
were
by
many
a
trouble,
their
overflowing
happiness,
and
even
their
deep
poverty,
resulted
in
a
flood
of generosity.
\VS{3}I
can
bear
witness
that
to
the
full
extent
of
their
power,
and
even
beyond
their
power, spontaneously,
\VS{4}and
with
many
an
appeal
to
us
for
permission,
they
showed
their
love,
and
contributed
their
share towards
the fund
for
their
fellow Christians.
\VS{5}And
that,
not
only
in
the
way
we
had
expected;
but
first
they
gave
themselves
to
the
Lord,
and
to
us
also,
in
accordance
with
God’s
will.
\VS{6}And
this
led
us
to
beg
Titus,
that
since
he
had
started
the
work
for
you,
he
should
also
see
to
the
completion
of
this
expression
of
your
love.
\VS{7}And,
remembering
how
you
excel
in
everything –
in
faith,
in
teaching,
in
knowledge,
in unfailing
earnestness,
and
in
the
affection
that
we
have
awakened
in
you –
I
ask
you
to
excel
also
in
this
expression
of
your
love.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}I
am
not
laying
a
command
on
you,
but
I
am
making
use
of
the
earnestness
shown
by
others
to
test
the genuineness
of
your
affection.
\VS{9}For
you
do
not
forget
the
loving
kindness
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ –
how
that
for
your
sakes,
although
he
was
rich,
he
became
poor,
so
that
you
also
might
become
rich
through
his
poverty.
\VS{10}I
am
only
making suggestions
on
this
matter;
for
this
is
the
best
course
for
you,
since
you
were
a
year
before
others,
not
only
in
taking
action,
but
also
in
showing
your
readiness
to
do
so.
\VS{11}And
now
I
want
you
to
complete
the
work,
so
that
its
completion
may
correspond
with
your
willing
readiness –
in
proportion,
of
course,
to
your
means.
\VS{12}For,
where
there
is willingness,
a
person’s
gift
is
valued
by
its
comparison
with
what
they
have,
and
not
with
what
they
do
not
have.
\VS{13}For
our
object
is
not
to
give
relief
to
others
and
bring
distress
on
you.
It
is
a
matter
of
a
fair
balance.
\VS{14}On
this
occasion
what
you
can
spare
will
supply
what
they
need,
at
another
time
what
they
can
spare
may
supply
your
need,
and
so
things
will
be
equal.
\VS{15}As
scripture
says –
\par }{\Q ‘Those
who
had
much
had
nothing
over,
and
those
who
had
little
did
not
lack!’
\par }{\MM \VS{16}I
thank
God
for inspiring
Titus
with
the
same
keen
interest
in
your
welfare
that
I
have;
\VS{17}for Titus
has
responded
to
my appeals
and,
in
his
great
earnestness,
is
starting
to
go
to
you
of
his
own
accord.
\VS{18}We
are
sending
with
him
one
of
the
Lord’s
followers
whose
fame
in
the
service
of
the
good
news
has
spread
through
all
the
churches;
\VS{19}and
not
only
that,
but
he
has
been elected
by
the
churches
to
accompany
us
on
our
journey,
in connexion
with
this
expression
of
your
love,
which
we
are
personally administering
to
the
honor
of
the
Lord,
and
to
show
our
deep
interest.
\VS{20}What
we
are specially
guarding
against
is
that
any
fault
should
be
found
with
us
in
regard
to
our
administration
of
this charitable fund;
\VS{21}for
we
are
trying
to
make
arrangements
which
will
be
right,
not
only
in
the
eyes
of
the
Lord,
but
also
in
the
eyes
of
people.
\VS{22}We
are
also
sending
with
them
another
of
our
friends,
whose earnestness
we
have
many
a
time
proved
in
many
ways,
and
whom
we
now
find
made
even
more
earnest
by
his
great
confidence
in
you.
\VS{23}If
I
must
say
anything
about
Titus,
he
is
my
intimate
companion,
and
he
shares
my
work
for
you;
if
it
is
our
friends,
they
are delegates
of
the
churches,
an
honor
to
Christ.
\VS{24}Show
them,
therefore –
so
that
the
churches
may
see
it –
the
proof
of
your
affection,
and
the
ground
for
our
boasting
to
them
about
you.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}With
reference,
indeed,
to
the fund
for
your
fellow Christians,
it
is
quite
superfluous
for
me
to
say
anything
to
you.
\VS{2}I
know,
of
course,
your willingness
to
help,
and
I
am
always
boasting
of
it
to
the
Macedonians.
I
tell
them
that
you
in
Greece
have
been
ready
for
a
year
past;
and
it
was
really
your
zeal
that stimulated
most
of
them.
\VS{3}So
my
reason
for
sending
our
friends
is
to
prevent
what
we
said
about
you
from proving,
in
this
particular
matter,
an
empty
boast,
and
to
enable
you
to
be
as
well
prepared
as
I
have
been
saying
that
you
are.
\VS{4}Otherwise,
if
any
Macedonians
were
to
come
with
me,
and
find
you unprepared,
we –
to
say
nothing
of
you –
should
feel
ashamed
of
our
present
confidence.
\VS{5}Therefore
I
think
it
necessary
to
beg
the
friends
to
go
to
you
in
advance,
and
to
complete
the
arrangements
for
the
gift,
which
you
have
already
promised,
so
that
it
may
be
ready,
as
a
gift,
before
I
come,
and
not
look
as
if
it
were
being
given
under
pressure.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Remember
the
saying – ‘Scanty
sowing, scanty
harvest;
plentiful
sowing,
plentiful
harvest.’
\VS{7}Let
everyone
give
as
he
has
determined
before
hand,
not
grudgingly
or
under
compulsion;
for
God
loves
a
cheerful
giver.
\VS{8}God
has
power
to
shower
all
kinds
of
blessings
on
you,
so
that,
having,
under
all
circumstances
and
on
all
occasions,
all
that
you
can
need,
you
may
be
able
to
shower
all
kinds
of
benefits
on
others.
\VS{9}(As
scripture
says –
\par }{\Q ‘He
shared
freely,
he
gave
to
the
poor;
his
righteousness
continues
for
ever.’
\par }{\MM \VS{10}And
he
who
supplies
seed
to
the
sower,
and
bread
for
eating,
will
supply
you
with
seed,
and
cause
it
to
increase,
and
will
multiply
the
fruits
of
your
righteousness).
\VS{11}Rich
in
all
things
yourselves,
you
will
be
able
to
show liberality
to
all,
which,
with
our
help,
will
cause
thanksgiving
to
be
offered
to
God.
\VS{12}For
the
rendering
of
a
public
service
such
as
this,
not
only relieves
the
needs
of
your
fellow Christians,
but
also
results
in
the
offering
to
God
of
many
a
thanksgiving.
\VS{13}Through
the
evidence afforded
by
the
service
rendered,
you
cause
people
to
praise
God
for
your
fidelity
to
your
profession
of
faith
in
the
good
news
of
the
Christ,
as
well
as
for
the liberality
of
your
contributions
for
them
and
for
all
others.
\VS{14}And
they
also,
in
their
prayers
for
you,
express
their
longing
to
see
you,
because
of
the
surpassing
love
of
God
displayed
toward
you.
\VS{15}All
thanks
to
God
for
his inestimable
gift!

\par }\Chap{10}{\SH The Apostle’s Claims and Authority
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now,
I,
Paul,
make
a
personal
appeal
to
you
by
the
meekness
and
gentleness
of
the
Christ –
I
who, “in
your
presence,
am
humble
in
my
bearing towards
you,
but,
when
absent,
am
bold
in
my
language
to
you” –
\VS{2}I
implore
you
not
to
drive
me
to “show
my
boldness,”
when
I
do
come,
by
the
confident tone
which
I
expect
to
have
to adopt towards
some
of
you,
who
are expecting
to
find
us
influenced
in
our
conduct
by
earthly
motives.
\VS{3}For,
though
we
live
an
earthly
life,
we
do
not
wage
an
earthly
war.
\VS{4}The
weapons
for
our
warfare
are
not earthly,
but,
under
God,
are
powerful
enough
to
pull
down
strongholds.
\VS{5}We
are
engaged
in confuting
arguments
and pulling
down
every
barrier
raised
against
the
knowledge
of
God.
We
are
taking
captive
every
hostile
thought,
to
bring
it
into
submission
to
the
Christ,
\VS{6}and
are
fully
prepared
to
punish
every
act
of
rebellion,
when
once
your
submission
is
complete.
\VS{7}You
look
at
the
outward
appearance
of
things!
Let
anyone,
who
is
confident
that
he
belongs
to
Christ, reflect,
for
himself,
again
on
the
fact –
that
we
belong
to
Christ
no
less
than
he
does.
\VS{8}Even
if
I
boast extravagantly
about
our
authority –
which
the
Lord
gave
us
for
building
up
your
faith
and
not
for overthrowing
it –
still
I
have
no
reason
to
be
ashamed.
\VS{9}I
say
this
so
that
it
doesn’t
seem
as
if
I
am
trying
to overawe
you
by
my
letters.
\VS{10}For
people
say “His
letters
are
impressive
and
vigorous,
but
his
personal
appearance
is
insignificant
and
his
speaking
contemptible.”
\VS{11}Let
such
a
person
be
assured
of
this –
that
our
words
in
our
letters
show
us
to
be,
when
absent,
just
what
our
deeds
will
show
us
to
be,
when
present.
\VS{12}We
have
not
indeed
the audacity
to
class
or
compare
ourselves
with
some
of
those
who indulge
in self-commendation!
But,
when
such
persons
measure
themselves
by
themselves,
and
compare
themselves
with
themselves,
they
show
a
want
of
wisdom.
\VS{13}We,
however,
will
not
give
way
to unlimited
boasting,
but
will
confine
ourselves
to
the
limits
of
the
sphere
to
which
God
limited
us,
when
he
permitted
us
to
come
as
far
as Corinth.
\VS{14}For
it
is
not
the
case,
as
it
would
be
if
we
were
not
in
the
habit
of
coming
to
you,
that
we
are
exceeding
our
bounds!
Why,
we
were
the
very
first
to
reach
you
with
the
good
news
of
the
Christ!
\VS{15}Our
boasting,
therefore,
is
not unlimited,
nor
does
it
extend
to
the
labors
of
others;
but
our
hope
is
that,
as
your
faith
grows,
our
influence
among
you
may
be
very
greatly
increased –
though
still
confined
to
our
sphere –
\VS{16}So
that
we
will
be
able
to
tell
the
good
news
in
the
districts
beyond
you,
without
trespassing
on
the
sphere
assigned
to
others,
or
boasting
of
what
has
been
already
done.
\VS{17}Let
anyone
who
boasts
make
their
boast
of
the
Lord.
\VS{18}For
it
is
not
those
who
commend
themselves
that
stand
the
test,
but
those
who
are
commended
by
the
Lord.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
could
wish
that
you
would
tolerate
a
little
folly
in
me!
But
indeed
you
do
tolerate
me.
\VS{2}I
am
jealous
over
you
with
the
jealousy
of
God.
For
I
promised
you
in
marriage
as
a
pure
bride,
to
one
husband –
the
Christ.
\VS{3}Yet
I
fear
that
it
may
turn
out
that,
just
as
the
snake
by
his
craftiness
deceived
Eve,
so
your
minds
may
have
lost
the
loyalty
and
purity
due
from
you
to
the
Christ.
\VS{4}For,
if
some newcomer
is
proclaiming
a
Jesus
other
than
him
whom
we
proclaimed,
or
if
you
are
receiving
a
Spirit
different
from
the
Spirit
which
you
received,
or
a
good
news
different
from
that
which
you
welcomed,
then
you
are
marvelously tolerant!
\VS{5}I
do
not
regard
myself
as
in
any
way
inferior
to
the
most
eminent apostles!
\VS{6}Though
I
am
no
trained
orator,
yet
I
am
not
without
knowledge;
indeed
we
made
this
perfectly
clear
to
you
in
every
way.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Perhaps
you
say
that
I
did
wrong
in
humbling
myself
that
you
might
be
exalted –
I
mean
because
I
told
you
God’s
good
news
without
payment.
\VS{8}I
robbed
other
churches
by
taking
pay
from
them,
so
that
I
might
serve
you!
\VS{9}And,
when
I
was
with
you
in
need,
I
did
not
become
a
burden
to
any
of
you;
for
our
friends,
on
coming
from
Macedonia,
supplied
my
needs.
I
kept
myself,
and
will
keep
myself
from
being
an
expense
to
you
in
any
way.
\VS{10}As
surely
as
I
know
anything
of
the
truth
of
Christ,
this
boast,
as
far
as
I
am
concerned,
will
not
be
stopped
in
any
part
of
Greece.
\VS{11}Why?
Because
I
do
not
love
you?
God
knows
that
I
do!
\par }{\PP \VS{12}What
I
am
doing
now
I
will
continue
to
do
in
order
to
cut
away
the
ground
from
under
those
who
are
wishing
for
some
ground
for
attacking
me,
so
that
as
regards
the
thing
of
which
they
boast
they
may
appear
in
their
true characters,
just
as
we
do.
\VS{13}Such
people
are
false
apostles,
treacherous
workers,
disguising
themselves
as
apostles
of
Christ!
\VS{14}And
no
wonder;
for
even
Satan
disguises
himself
as
an
angel
of
light.
\VS{15}It
is
not
surprising,
therefore,
if
his
servants
also
disguise
themselves
as
servants
of
righteousness.
But
their
end
will
be
in
accordance
with
their
actions.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{16}I
say
again –
Let
no
one
think
me
a
fool!
Yet,
if
you
do,
at
least
welcome
me
as
you
would
a
fool,
so
that
I,
too
may indulge
in
a
little
boasting.
\VS{17}When
I
speak
like
this,
I
am
not
speaking
as
the
Master
would,
but
as
a
fool
might,
in
boasting
so
confidently.
\VS{18}As
so
many
are
boasting
of
earthly
things,
I,
too,
will
boast.
\VS{19}For
all
your cleverness,
you
tolerate
fools
willingly
enough!
\VS{20}You
tolerate
a
person
even
when
they enslave
you,
when
they
plunder
you,
when
they
get
you
into
their
power,
when
they
put
on airs
of superiority,
when
they
strike
you
in
the
face!
\VS{21}I
admit,
to
my
shame,
that
we
have
been
weak.
But
whatever
the
subject
on
which
others
are
not
afraid
to
boast –
though
it
is
foolish
to
say
so –
I
am
not
afraid
either!
\VS{22}Are
they
Hebrews?
So
am
I!
Are
they
Israelites?
So
am
I!
Are
they
descendants
of
Abraham?
So
am
I!
\VS{23}Are
they ‘Servants
of Christ’?
Though
it
is
madness
to
talk
like
this,
I
am
more
so
than
they!
I
have
had
more
of
toil,
more
of
imprisonment!
I
have
been
flogged
times
without
number.
I
have
been
often
at death’s
door.
\VS{24}Five
times
I
received
at
the
hands
of
my
own
people
forty lashes,
all
but
one.
\VS{25}Three
times
I
was
beaten
with
rods.
Once
I
was
stoned.
Three
times
I
was
shipwrecked.
I
have
spent
a
whole
day
and
night
in
the
deep.
\VS{26}My
journeys
have
been
many.
I
have
been
through
dangers
from
rivers,
dangers
from
robbers,
dangers
from
my
own
people,
dangers
from
the
Gentiles,
dangers
in
towns,
dangers
in
the
country,
dangers
on
the
sea,
dangers
among
people
pretending
to
be
followers
of
the
Lord.
\VS{27}I
have
been
through
toil
and
hardship.
I
have
passed
many
a sleepless
night;
I
have
endured
hunger
and
thirst;
I
have
often
been
without
food;
I
have
known
cold
and
nakedness.
\VS{28}And,
not
to
speak
of
other
things,
there
is
my
daily
burden
of
anxiety
about
all
the
churches.
\VS{29}Who
is
weak
without
my
being
weak?
Who
is
led
astray
without
my
burning
with
indignation?
\VS{30}If
I
must
boast,
I
will
boast
of
things
which
show
my
weakness!
\VS{31}The
God
and
Father
of
the
Lord
Jesus –
he
who
is
for
ever
blessed –
knows
that
I
am
speaking
the
truth.
\VS{32}When
I
was
in
Damascus,
the
Governor
under
King Aretas
had
the
gates
of
that
city
guarded,
so
as
to
arrest
me,
\VS{33}but
I
was
let
down
in
a
basket
through
a
window
in
the
wall,
and
so
escaped
his
hands.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
must
boast!
It
is
unprofitable;
but
I
will
pass
to
visions
and revelations
given
by
the
Lord.
\VS{2}I
know
a
man
in
union
with
Christ,
who,
fourteen
years
ago –
whether
in
the
body
or
out
of
the
body
I
do
not
know;
God
knows –
was
caught
up (this
man
of
whom
I
am
speaking)
to
the
third
heaven.
\VS{3}And
I
know
that
this
man –
whether
in
the
body
or
separated
from
the
body
I
do
not
know;
God
knows –
\VS{4}Was
caught
up
into
Paradise,
and
heard unspeakable
things
of
which
no
human
being
may
tell.
\VS{5}About
such
a
man
I
will
boast,
but
about
myself
I
will
not
boast
except
as
regards
my weaknesses.
\VS{6}Yet
if
I
choose
to
boast,
I
will
not
be
a
fool;
for
I
will
be
speaking
no
more
than
the
truth.
But
I
refrain,
in
case
anyone
should
credit
me
with
more
than
he
can
see
in
me
or
hear
from
me,
and
because
of
the
marvelous
character
of
the revelations.
\VS{7}It
was
for
this
reason,
and
to
prevent
my
thinking
too
highly
of
myself,
that
a
thorn
was
sent
to
pierce
my
flesh –
an
instrument
of
Satan
to
discipline
me –
so
that
I
should
not
think
too
highly
of
myself.
\VS{8}About
this
I
three
times
entreated
the
Lord,
praying
that
it
might
leave
me.
\VS{9}But
his
reply
has
been –
{\WJ{‘My
help
is
enough
for
you;
for
my
strength
attains
its
perfection
in
the
midst
of
weakness.’}}
\par }{\PP Most
gladly,
then,
will
I
boast
all
the
more
of
my weaknesses,
so
that
the
strength
of
the
Christ
may overshadow
me.
\VS{10}That
is
why
I
delight
in
weakness,
ill treatment,
hardship,
persecution,
and
difficulties,
when
borne
for
Christ.
For,
when
I
am
weak,
then
it
is
that
I
am
strong!
\par }{\SH Conclusion
\par }{\PP \VS{11}I
have
been “playing
the
fool!”
It
is
you
who
drove
me
to
it.
For
it
is
you
who
ought
to
have
been
commending
me!
Although
I
am
nobody,
in
no
respect
did
I
prove
inferior
to
the
most
eminent apostles.
\VS{12}The
marks
of
the
true apostle
were
exhibited
among
you
in
constant
endurance,
as
well
as
by
signs,
by
marvels,
and
by
miracles.
\VS{13}In
what
respect,
I
ask,
were
you
treated
worse
than
the
other
churches,
unless
it
was
that,
for
my
part,
I
refused
to
become
a
burden
to
you?
Forgive
me
the
wrong
I
did
to
you!
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Remember,
this
is
the
third
time
that
I
have
made
every
preparation
to
come
to
see
you,
and
I
will
refuse
to
be
a
burden
to
you;
I
want,
not
your
money,
but
you.
It
is
not
the
duty
of
children
to
put
by
for
their
parents,
but
of
parents
to
put
by
for
their
children.
\VS{15}For
my
part,
I
will
most
gladly
spend,
and
be
spent,
for
your
welfare.
Can
it
be
that
the
more
intensely
I
love
you
the
less
I
am
to
be
loved?
\VS{16}You
will
admit
that
I
was
not
a
burden
to
you
but
you
say
that
I
was “crafty”
and
caught
you “by
a trick”!
\VS{17}Do
you
assert
that
I
took
advantage
of
you
through
any
of
those
whom
I
have
sent
to
you?
\VS{18}I
urged
Titus
to
go,
and
I
sent
another follower
with
him.
Did
Titus
take
any
advantage
of
you?
Didn’t
we
live
in
the
same
Spirit,
and
tread
in
the
same
footsteps?
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Have
you
all
this
time
been fancying
that
it
is
to
you
that
we
are
making
our
defense?
No,
it
is
in
the
sight
of
God,
and
in
union
with
Christ,
that
we
are
speaking.
And
all
this,
dear
friends,
is
to
build
up
your characters;
\VS{20}for
I
am
afraid
that
perhaps,
when
I
come,
I
may
find
that
you
are
not
what
I
want
you
to
be,
and,
on
the
other
hand,
that
you
may
find
that
I
am
what
you
do
not
want
me
to
be.
I
am
afraid
that
I
may
find
quarreling,
jealousy,
ill feeling,
rivalry, slandering,
backbiting, self-assertion,
and disorder.
\VS{21}I
am
afraid
that,
on
my
next
visit,
my
God
may
humble
me
in
regard
to
you,
and
that
I
may
have
to
mourn
over
many
who
have
long
been
sinning,
and
have
not
repented
of
the
impurity,
immorality,
and sensuality,
in
which
they
have indulged.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
the
third
time
I
am
coming
to
see
you.
By
the
word
of
two
or
three
witnesses
each
statement
will
be
established.
\VS{2}I
have
said
it,
and
I
say
it
again
before
I
come,
just
as
if
I
were
with
you
on
my
second
visit,
though
for
the
moment
absent,
I
say
to
those
who
have
been
long
sinning,
as
well
as
to
all
others –
that
if
I
come
again,
I
will
spare
no
one.
\VS{3}And
that
will
be
the
proof,
which
you
are
looking
for,
that
the
Christ
speaks
through
me.
There
is
no
weakness
in
his
dealings
with
you.
No,
he
shows
his
power
among
you.
\VS{4}For
though
his
crucifixion
was
due
to
weakness,
his
life
is
due
to
the
power
of
God.
And
we,
also,
are
weak
in
his
weakness,
but
with
him
we
will
live
for
you
through
the
power
of
God.
\VS{5}Put
yourselves
to
the
test,
to
see
whether
you
are
holding
to
the
faith.
Examine
yourselves.
Surely
you
recognize
this
fact
about
yourselves –
that
Jesus
Christ
is
in
you!
Unless
indeed
you
cannot
stand
the
test!
\VS{6}But
I
hope
that
you
will
recognize
that
we
can
stand
the
test.
\VS{7}We
pray
to
God
that
you
may
do
nothing
wrong,
not
that
we
may
be
seen
to
stand
the
test,
but
that
you
may
do
what
is
right,
even
though
we
may
seem
not
to
stand
the
test.
\VS{8}We
have
no
power
at
all
against
the
truth,
but
we
have
power
in
the
service
of
the
truth.
\VS{9}We
are
glad
when
we
are
weak,
if
you
are
strong.
And
what
we
pray
for
is
that
you
may
become
perfect.
\VS{10}This
is
my
reason
for
writing
as
I
am
now
doing,
while
I
am
away
from
you,
so
that,
when
I
am
with
you,
I
may
not
act
harshly
in
the
exercise
of
the
authority
which
the
Lord
gave
me –
and
gave
me
for
building
up
and
not
for pulling
down.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{11}And
now,
friends, goodbye.
Aim
at
perfection;
take
courage;
agree
together;
live
in
peace.
And
then
God,
the
source
of
all
love
and
peace,
will
be
with
you.
\VS{12}Greet
one
another
with
a
sacred
kiss.
\VS{13}All
Christ’s
people
here
send
you
their greetings.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{14}May
the
blessing
of
the
Lord Jesus Christ,
and
the
love
of
God,
and
the communion
with
the
Holy
Spirit,
be
with
you
all.\par }