\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 CORINTHIANS}
{\MTB This book is one of the letters that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Corinth. We call this book
\par }{\MT 2 Corinthians

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH 2 Corinthians 1:1-2
\par }{\SH Paul and Timothy greet the Christians who are in Corinth.
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
I}},
Paul,
who
{\ADD{
write
this
letter
to
you}},
became
an apostle
of
Christ
Jesus
because
God
chose
me
for
that.
{\ADD{
Timothy,
our}}
fellow believer,
{\ADD{
is
with
me.
I
am
sending
this
letter}}
to
you
who
are
God’s
people
in
the
congregations
in
Corinth
{\ADD{
city.
I
want}}
the believers
who
live
in
{\ADD{
other
places}}
in Achaia
{\ADD{
province
to
also
read
this
letter}}.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
We(exc)
desire}}
that
you
will
{\ADD{
experience}}
God
our
Father
and
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
{\ADD{
acting}}
kindly
toward
you
and
causing
you
to
have
{\ADD{
inner}}
peace.
\par }{\SH We
thank
God
that
he
encourages
us
in
all
our
troubles
so
that
we
are
able
to
encourage
you
when
you
suffer.
We
suffered
so
much
in Asia
province
that
we
were
sure
that
we
were
going
to
die,
but
we
learned
to
trust
in
God.
He
saved
us
from
death
and
he
will
continue
to
save
us
from
death.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 1:3-11
\par }{\PP \VS{3}{\ADD{
We
should}}
praise
God,
who
is
the
father
of
our
{\ADD{(inc)}}
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
He
always pities
us
and
helps
us
{\ADD{
because
he
is
like}} [MET]
a
father
to
us
{\ADD{
and
we
are
like
his
children}}.
He
always
encourages
us
{\ADD{(inc)}}.
\VS{4}He
has
encouraged
us
{\ADD{(exc)}}
whenever
we
suffered hardships.
As
a
result,
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
are
able
to
encourage
others
whenever
they
suffer hardships,
just
as/just
like
God
has
encouraged
us
{\ADD{(exc)}}.
\VS{5}It
is
true
that
just
like
Christ
suffered,
we
{\ADD{
who
serve
him}}
also
continually
suffer
{\ADD{
because
we
belong
to
him}}.
But
also,
because
we
{\ADD{
belong
to}}
Christ,
God
greatly
strengthens
us ◄just
as/just
like►
{\ADD{
God
strengthened
him}}.
\VS{6}So,
whenever
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
experience
sufferings,
we
{\ADD{
learn
how
to
encourage}}
you
{\ADD{
when
you
experience
sufferings.
As
a
result,
you
will
become
more
and
more
the
kind
of
people
God}}
wants
you
to
be.
Whenever
{\ADD{
God}}
strengthens
us
{\ADD{(exc)
when
we
are
suffering,
he}}
does
that
in
order
that
you
{\ADD{
may
see
how
he
makes
us
strong
when
we
are
suffering.
Then,
as
God}}
encourages
{\ADD{
you
in
that
way}},
you
will
learn
to
continue
patiently
{\ADD{
trusting
him}}
when
you
suffer
as
we
do.
\VS{7}As
a
result,
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
strongly
expect
that
because
you
suffer
just
as/just
like
we
do,
{\ADD{
God}}
will
encourage
you ◄just
as/just
like►
{\ADD{
he}}
encourages
us.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}{\ADD{
Our}}
fellow believers,
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
want
you
to
know [LIT]
about
the
trouble
that
we
suffered
in
Asia
{\ADD{
province}}.
That
trouble
was
so
very
great
that
it
was
much
more
than
we
were
able
to
endure.
As
a
result,
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
thought
that
we
would
certainly
die.
\VS{9}Indeed,
we
felt
{\ADD{
like
a
person
feels
when
he
has
heard
a
judge
say}}, “I
condemn
you
to
die/be
executed [MET].”
But
{\ADD{
God
allowed
us
to
think
that
we
were
going
to
die}}
so
that
we
would
not ◄rely
on/trust
in►
our
own
{\ADD{
strength.
He
wanted
us}}
instead
{\ADD{
to
rely}}
only
on
his
{\ADD{
strength,
because
he}}
is
the
one
who
{\ADD{
has
power
even
to
make}}
those
who
have
died
live
{\ADD{
again}}.
\VS{10}And
{\ADD{
even
though}}
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
were
{\ADD{
in
terrible
danger
and
were}}
about
to
die,
God
rescued
us.
And
he
will
continue
to
rescue
us
{\ADD{
whenever
we
are
in
trouble}}.
We
confidently
expect
that
he
will
continue
to
rescue
us
{\ADD{
time
after
time}}.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
And
we
are
also relying
on}}
you
to
help
us
by
praying
for
us
{\ADD{(exc)}}.
{\ADD{
If
many
people
pray
for
us}},
many
people
will
also
thank
{\ADD{
God}}
when
{\ADD{
he}}
kindly
answers
those
many
prayers
{\ADD{
and
delivers
us
from
danger}}.
\par }{\SH You
can
trust
what
I
tell
you.
I
did
not
visit
you,
because
I
wanted
to
give
you
the opportunity
to
obey
the
instructions
that
I
wrote
to
you.
Now
that
you
have
punished
enough
the
man
who
caused
those
problems,
I
urge
you
to
forgive
him
and
to
encourage
him.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 1:12—2:11
\par }{\PP \VS{12}I
am
happy
{\ADD{
to
say}}
that
I
have
behaved
toward
all
people [MTY]
in
an
honest
and
sincere
way.
My
conscience assures
me
{\ADD{
that
this
is
true}}.
Especially,
I
have
behaved
toward
you
{\ADD{
honestly
and
sincerely
because
that
is
what}}
God
wants
us
to
do.
As
I
have
done
that,
{\ADD{
my
thoughts}}
have
not
been
the
thoughts
that unbelieving
people [MTY]
{\ADD{
think
are}}
wise.
Instead,
{\ADD{
I
have
behaved
toward
people
only
as
God
wants
me
to, depending
on}}
God
to
help
me
in
ways
that
I
do
not
deserve.
\VS{13}{\ADD{
I
say
that}}
because
{\ADD{
in
all
my
letters
to
you}}
I
have
always
written [LIT]
clearly
in
a
way
that
you
can
easily
and
completely
understand
{\ADD{
when
you}}
read
them.
\VS{14}{\ADD{
Previously
some
of}}
you,
but
not
all
of
you,
have
completely
understood
{\ADD{
that
I
am
always
honest
and
sincere
with
you}}.
But
I
confidently
expect
that
{\ADD{
soon}}
you
will
all
be
fully
convinced
{\ADD{
about
that}}.
Then
when
the
Lord
Jesus [MTY]
{\ADD{
returns,
you
will
all
be
able
to
say
that}}
you
are
pleased
with
me,
just
like
I
will
{\ADD{
be
able
to
say
that}}
I
am
pleased
with
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{15-16}It
was
because
I
felt
sure
{\ADD{
that
all
of
you
were
pleased
with
me}}
that
I
was
planning
to
visit
you
on
my
way
from
{\ADD{
here}}
to Macedonia
{\ADD{
province}}.
I
also
planned
to
visit
you
again
on
my
way
back
from
there,
so
that
I
could
{\ADD{
spend
time
with
you}}
twice,
and
be
able
to
help
you
more,
and
I
was
hoping
that
you
would
{\ADD{
give
me
things
that
I
needed}} [EUP]
for
my
journey
to
Judea
{\ADD{
province}}.
\VS{17}So
then,
even
though
I
{\ADD{
changed
my
mind
later
and
did
not
do
what}}
I
{\ADD{
first}}
planned
to
do,
{\ADD{
it
was
not
because
I
did
not
have
an
important
reason
for
changing
my
plans}}.
Surely
you
do
not
{\ADD{
really
think}}
that
I
decide
what
I
am
going
to
do
like
people
who
do
not
know
God
do! [RHQ]
I
am
{\ADD{
not
like
that}}.
I
am
not
{\ADD{
a
person
who}}
says
{\ADD{
to
people}}, “Yes,
{\ADD{
certainly
I
will
do
that}},”
and
then
{\ADD{
for
no
good
reason
changes
his
mind
and
says}}, “No,
{\ADD{
I
will
not
do
it}}.”
\VS{18}Just
as
surely
as
God
always
does
what
he
says
{\ADD{
he
will
do,
it
is
true
that
I
have
never
said}}, “Yes,
{\ADD{
I
will
do
this}}”
when
I
{\ADD{
really
meant}} “No.”
\VS{19}{\ADD{
I
follow
the
example
of}}
God’s
Son,
Jesus
Christ.
When
I,
along
with Silas
and
Timothy,
taught
you
{\ADD{
about
Christ}},
we
told
you
that
he
was
not
{\ADD{
someone
who
said
that
he}}
would
do
{\ADD{
something}}
and
{\ADD{
then}}
did
not
{\ADD{
do
it}}.
Jesus
Christ
never
{\ADD{
said
to
anyone}}, “Yes,
{\ADD{
I
will
do
what
you
desire}},”
and
{\ADD{
then
did}}
not
{\ADD{
do
it}}.
\VS{20}{\ADD{
We(inc)
know
that
is
true}},
because
everything
that
God
promised
to
do
{\ADD{
for
his
people}},
he
has
done
completely
by
{\ADD{
sending}} Christ
{\ADD{
to
save
us}}.
That
is
why
we
say, “Yes,
it
is
true!
{\ADD{
God
has
done
everything
that
he
promised
to
do}}!”
And
we
praise
him
for
that!
\VS{21}Now
it
is
only
God
himself
who
causes
us
{\ADD{(exc)}},
as
well
as
you,
to
keep
on
{\ADD{believing}}
strongly
in
Christ.
God
is
the
one
who
chose
us
{\ADD{(inc)
to
belong
to
him
and
to
have
a
close relationship}}
with
Christ.
\VS{22}He
also
sent
his
Holy
Spirit
into
our
{\ADD{(inc)}}
lives
to
mark
us
as belonging
to
himself [MET].
Also,
since
he
has
sent
his
Spirit
to
live
in
us
{\ADD{(inc)}},
{\ADD{
he
wants
us
to
know
by
this
that}}
he guarantees [MET]
{\ADD{
to
give
us
every
other}} ◄{\ADD{
blessing/good
thing}}►
{\ADD{
that
he
has
promised}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}So
now
{\ADD{
I
will
tell
you
why
I
changed
my
mind
and
did
not
visit
you
as
I
intended
to
do}}:
God
himself
knows
{\ADD{
that
what
I
am
telling
you
is
true}}.
The
reason
that
I
did
not
return
to
Corinth
was
so
that
I
might
not
have
to
{\ADD{
speak
to
you
severely
about
the
wrong
that
you
had
done}}.
\VS{24}It
is
not
that Silas, Timothy
and
I
want
to boss
you
{\ADD{
and
tell
you
that
you
must}}
believe
only
what
we
say.
{\ADD{
Not
at
all}}!
On
the
contrary,
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
are
working
as
partners
{\ADD{
with
you}}
in
order
to
make
you
happy.
{\ADD{
We
do
not
try
to
force
you
to
believe
everything
that
we
believe,
because
we
are
sure
that
you
are
continuing
to}}
trust
{\ADD{
the
Lord
Jesus Christ}}
and
that
you
are
remaining
firmly
committed
to
him.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Anyway,
I
definitely
decided
that
I
would
not
come
to
visit
you
again
{\ADD{
now.
If
I
had
come,
I
would
have
spoken
severely
to
you
again,
and}}
I
would
have
made
you unhappy
as
I
did
the
last
time
{\ADD{
I
visited
you}}.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
And}}
if
I
make
you unhappy,
I
will
have
made unhappy
{\ADD{
the
only
people
who
can
cheer
me
up}},
so ◄there
will
be
none
of
you
to
cheer
me
up!/who
would
cheer
me
up?► [RHQ]
\VS{3}So,
{\ADD{
instead
of
going
to
visit
you
at
that
time}},
I
wrote
a
letter
{\ADD{
and
sent
it
to
you}}.
I
wrote
it
the
way
I
did
so
that
{\ADD{
you
would
know
what
you
should
do.
Then}}
when
I
come
to
visit
you,
you
will
not
make
me unhappy
when
you
should
be
causing
me
to
rejoice.
I
was
quite
sure
that
all
of
you
{\ADD{
would
do
what
I
told
you
to
do
in
that
letter,
and
because
of
that}}
I
would
be
happy
and
you
would
be
happy,
too.
\VS{4}I
wrote
to
you
{\ADD{
the
way
I
did}}
because
I
felt
very
troubled
and
distressed
about
you.
I
was
even
crying
very
much
as
I
wrote.
{\ADD{
My
purpose
in
writing
was}}
not
in
order
to
make
you
feel
bad,
but,
instead,
in
order
that
you
might
know
how
deeply/much
I
love
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}{\ADD{
Now
I
want
to
write
about
the
man
who}}
caused
all
this
anguish.
{\ADD{
What
he
did
was
very
wrong,
but}}
I
know
that
it
has
caused
you
much
more
sorrow
than
it
has
caused
me,
because
{\ADD{
what
he
did}}
has
{\ADD{affected}}
all
of
you
{\ADD{
to
some
extent.
I
say}}, “to
some
extent,”
{\ADD{
because
I
do
not
want
to
say
that
he
has}}
done
more
harm
{\ADD{
than
he
really
has
done}}.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
Since
he
has
now
stopped
sinning
in
that
way}},
the
punishment
that
nearly
all
of
you
{\ADD{
decided
was
right
for
him}}
has
continued
long
enough.
\VS{7}So
now,
instead
{\ADD{
of
punishing
him
any
longer}},
you
need
to
forgive
him
and
deal
kindly
with
him.
{\ADD{
If
you
do
not
forgive
him}},
he
may
become
so
sad
that
he
will
begin
to
{\ADD{
think
that
you
will
never
forgive
him}} (OR,
will
stop
{\ADD{believing
in Christ}}).
\par }{\PP \VS{8}For
those
reasons,
I
beg
you
to
{\ADD{
forgive
him
and
accept
him
into
your
group
again,
and
by
doing
that}}
assure
him
that
you
truly
love
him.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
I
feel
sure
that
you
will
do
as
I
ask}},
because
when
I
wrote
{\ADD{
severely}}
to
you
{\ADD{
before}},
I
did
it
to
test
you
by
finding
out
whether
or
not
you
really
would
do
everything
{\ADD{
that
I,
as
your apostle,
asked
you
to
do}}.
\VS{10}So
{\ADD{
since
you
obeyed
what
I
told
you
before,
I
feel
sure
that
now
you
will
obey
what
I
am
writing
in
this
letter}}
and
forgive
the
man,
as
I
have
done,
because
I
indeed
have
forgiven
him
for
the
wrong
thing
that
he
did.
Anything
he
needed
me
to
forgive
him
for,
I
have
forgiven,
and
Christ
knows
{\ADD{
that
I
have
forgiven
him
sincerely.
I
have
done
that mainly}}
to
help
you
{\ADD{
so
that
you
and
I
will
again
have
fellowship
with
each
other,
and
that
you
will
accept
him
into
your
group
again}}.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
I
want
you
to
forgive
him}}
so
that
Satan
will
not
be
able
to
take
advantage
of
{\ADD{
the
problems
among}}
us
{\ADD{
and
make
the
situation
worse}}.
We
know
very
well [LIT]
that
Satan
is
always
planning
to
{\ADD{
cause
problems
among
us}}.
\par }{\SH I
did
not
find Titus
in Troas,
so
I
went
on
to Macedonia
province.
Everywhere
we
go,
God
causes
people
to
know Christ
through
our
teaching.
We
do
not
teach
in
order
to
get
money;
we
teach
with
sincere
motives.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 2:12-17
\par }{\PP \VS{12}{\ADD{
I
will
continue
by
telling
you
what
I
did
after
I
wrote
to
you
from Ephesus
city}}.
I
went
to
Troas
{\ADD{
city}}
in
order
to
{\ADD{
tell
people}}
the
message
{\ADD{
about}}
Christ.
{\ADD{
When
I
arrived
there}},
I
found
{\ADD{
many
people}}
who
had
been
prepared
by
the
Lord
{\ADD{
Jesus}} [MET]
{\ADD{
to
listen
to
what
I
told
them
about
him}}.
\VS{13}But
because
my
fellow believer
Titus
had
not
{\ADD{
arrived
with
a
report
from
you}},
I
still
felt
very
anxious
and
concerned
{\ADD{
about
you}}.
So,
{\ADD{
after
spending
only
a
short
time
at Troas}},
I
said goodbye
to
{\ADD{
the believers
who
were
there}}
and
came
{\ADD{
here}}
to
Macedonia
{\ADD{
province
to
find
Titus}}.
\VS{14}However,
{\ADD{
before
I
tell
you
any
more
about
that}},
I
{\ADD{
want
to}}
thank
God
{\ADD{
for
what
he
is
doing.
As
a
great
leader
of
fighting
men
causes
all
his
prisoners
to
take
part
in
his
victory parade}} [MET],
God
leads
us
{\ADD{
who
are
his
workers}}
to
always
be
victorious
{\ADD{
over
Satan
because
of
our(exc)
close relationship
with
Christ.
God
causes
people
to
come
to}}
know
Jesus
Christ
as
a
result
of
our
{\ADD{(exc)
teaching
his
message.
That
message
is
like}} [MET]
the
smell
of
perfume.
\VS{15}{\ADD{
When
we(exc)
tell
God’s
message}}
about
Christ,
it
{\ADD{
spreads
out
among
people}}
like
the
smell
of
perfume.
{\ADD{
Those
who
believe
the
message
that
we
tell
them}}
are
saved $\{${\ADD{
Jesus
Christ}}
saves
them$\}$
{\ADD{
from
the
guilt
of
their
sin.
But
those
who
reject
that
message}}
will
be
separated
from
God
{\ADD{
forever}}.
\VS{16}To
those
who
{\ADD{
are
on
the
way
to
hell,
our
message
is
like}} [MET]
a
foul
smell
{\ADD{
because
it
is
about
dying}}
and
being
separated
from
God
forever.
But,
to
those
{\ADD{
on
the
way
to
heaven,
the
message
that
we
teach
is
like}}
a
pure
fragrant
smell,
{\ADD{
because
we
tell
them}}
that
they
will
live
{\ADD{
forever
with
God.
As
we
think
about
that,
we
think}} ◄no
one
is
able
{\ADD{
to
do}}
such
important
work
{\ADD{
for
God!}}/how
can
anyone
be
able
{\ADD{
to
do}}
such
important
work
{\ADD{
for
God}}?► [RHQ]
\VS{17}{\ADD{
But
perhaps
God
considers
us(exc)
able}},
because
we
do
not
work/act
like
so
many
{\ADD{
others
whom
you
know}}.
They
teach
God’s
message
in
a
way
that
{\ADD{
they
think
people
will
like,
and
they
think
that}}
people
will
pay
them
for
teaching
that
way.
We
{\ADD{(exc)
certainly
do
not
do
that}}.
On
the
contrary,
{\ADD{
as
servants
of}}
Christ,
and
knowing
that
God
is
watching
us
{\ADD{(exc)}},
we
teach
sincerely
{\ADD{
the
message
that}}
God
sent
us
to
proclaim.

\par }\Chap{3}{\SH The way you now live proves that we teach the truth about Jesus Christ.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 3:1-6
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
As
I
write
these
things
about
myself}},
I
am [RHQ]
not
{\ADD{
doing
it}}
to
boast
about
how
good
I
am,
{\ADD{
as
some
of
you
say
I
do}}.
Some
people
always
carry
letters
with
them
that
tell
how
well
they
work,
{\ADD{
that
other
people}}
have
{\ADD{
written}}.
But
I
do
not [RHQ]
need
{\ADD{
to
bring}}
letters
like
that
{\ADD{
when
I
come
to
you}}.
Nor
do
I
need
to
ask
you
{\ADD{
to
write}}
letters
like
that
{\ADD{
for
me
when
I
go
to
other
congregations}}.
\VS{2}You
yourselves
are [MET]
{\ADD{
like
a}}
letter
that recommends
my
work
{\ADD{
for
God
to
everyone}}.
People
see
{\ADD{
how Christ
changed}}
your
{\ADD{
lives
when
you
believed
the
message
that
I
taught
you}}.
Everyone
{\ADD{
who
knows
you}}
can
see
{\ADD{
the
result
of
my
work
for
God}}.
\VS{3}You
are [MET]
{\ADD{
like}}
a
letter
that
Christ
himself
{\ADD{
has
written}}
that
says
good
things
about
{\ADD{
my
work
for
God
in
your
lives}}.
You
show
{\ADD{
people
by
the
way
you
now
conduct
your
lives
that
God
has
changed
your
lives}}
as
a
result
of
my
work
{\ADD{
among
you.
People
did}}
not
{\ADD{
find
out
about
you
by}}
reading
{\ADD{
a
letter
that
was
written
to
them
on paper}}
with
{\ADD{
pen
and}}
ink.
Instead,
{\ADD{
they
saw
how}}
the
Spirit
of
the all-powerful
God
{\ADD{
has
changed
your
lives}}.
Nor
{\ADD{
did
people
find
out
about
you
by
reading}}
a
letter
that
was
carved
on
stone slabs
{\ADD{
like
the
stone slabs
that
God
gave
to
Moses}}.
Instead,
{\ADD{
it
was
the
change
that
God’s
Spirit
made
in}}
your
lives [MET]
{\ADD{
that
they
saw}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}I
{\ADD{
can
very}}
confidently
{\ADD{
write
these
things
about
the
work
that Silas, Timothy,
and
I
did
among
you,
because
God
knows
that
what
I
write
is
true.
We(exc)
are
true
workers}}
for
God
{\ADD{
because
of
what}}
Christ
{\ADD{
has
done
for
us}}.
\VS{5}We
{\ADD{(exc)}},
by
ourselves,
do
not
have
the
ability
{\ADD{
to
do
this
work}}.
None
of
us
{\ADD{apostles}}
can
say, “{\ADD{
I
have
changed
the
lives
of
these
people}}.”
God
is
the
one
{\ADD{
who
has
given
us
this
ability}}.
\VS{6}He
is
the
one
who enables
us
{\ADD{(exc)}}
to
be
his
messengers.
{\ADD{
He
has
enabled
us
to
tell
people
the
message}}
about
the
new
agreement
{\ADD{
that
he
is
making
with
them}}.
This
is
not
a
{\ADD{
message
about
obeying
all
the}}
written
laws
{\ADD{
of
his
old
agreement
that
he
made
with
the
Jewish
people}}.
Instead,
{\ADD{
it
is
a
message
about
God
giving
us
his}}
Spirit.
{\ADD{
Previously,
God
condemned
people
to
be}}
separated
from
him
forever
{\ADD{
if
they
did
not
obey
his
laws}}.
But
by
{\ADD{
God’s
new
agreement}}
his
Spirit enables
people
to
live
{\ADD{
eternally}}.
\par }{\SH Our
work
of
teaching
people
about
God’s
New
Agreement
is
much
greater
than
the
work
of
teaching
people
about
his
Old
Agreement.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 3:7-11
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\ADD{
Moses}}
taught
{\ADD{
the
people
that
if
they
did
not
obey
God’s
laws
completely
they
would
be}}
separated
from
God
forever.
{\ADD{
God
}}
wrote
{\ADD{
his
laws}}
on
stone
{\ADD{slabs.
Then
he
gave
them
to
Moses
to
teach
them
to
the
people.
Although
God’s
laws
condemned
the
people
}}
to
die,
{\ADD{
when
Moses
brought
those
laws
down
from
Sinai
Mountain,
God
caused
Moses’
face
to
shine}}
Moses’
face
to
shine radiantly
{\ADD{
to
show
the
people
that
these
laws
were
God’s
laws.
It
shone}}.
so
brightly
that
the
people
of
Israel
could
not
keep
looking
at
Moses’
face.
{\ADD{
They
had
to
look
away}}.
But
the
brightness
was slowly
fading
away.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
So}},
{\ADD{
since
God
showed
in
such
a
wonderful
way
that
those
laws
that
condemned
the
people
to
die
were
from
him}},
surely
when
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
teach
{\ADD{
people
about
how
God’s}}
Spirit
will
{\ADD{
change
their
lives}},
{\ADD{
God
will
show}}
in
an
even
more
wonderful
way
{\ADD{
that}}
it
is
{\ADD{
his
message.}} [RHQ]
\VS{9}The
message
{\ADD{
that
Moses
taught
them
was
wonderful,
but
when
people
heard}}
that
message,
{\ADD{
they
realized
that
they
were
sinners
and
that
God}}
would
punish
them.
But
God’s
message
that
we
{\ADD{(exc)
teach
is
a}}
much
more
wonderful
message.
We
teach
people
that
God
will ◄erase
the
record
of/declare
people
no
longer
guilty
for►
{\ADD{
the
sinful
things
that
they
have
done}}.
\VS{10}{\ADD{
The
truth
is
that,
although
the
work
of
teaching
the
people
to
obey
God’s
laws}}
was
once
important,
it
is
not
as
important
now,
because
{\ADD{
the
work
of
teaching
people
that
God
will
forgive
them
and}}
enable
them
to
live
to
please
him
is
far
more
important.
\VS{11}Furthermore,
{\ADD{
the
message
that
Moses
taught
was
not
a
lasting
message,
just
like}}
the
brightness
on
his
face
was
not
lasting
and
soon
faded
away.
But
{\ADD{
when
God
gives
his
Spirit
to
people}},
the
wonderful
work
that
{\ADD{
God’s
Spirit
does
in
their
lives}}
is
much
greater
{\ADD{
because}}
it
lasts
forever.
\par }{\SH We
teach
a
message
that transforms
people’s
lives.
So
we
teach
it
with
great
confidence.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 3:12-18
\par }{\PP \VS{12}We
{\ADD{(exc)}}
know
that
the
message
that
we
teach
is
a
{\ADD{
much
more
wonderful
message
than
the
message
that
Moses
taught}}.
So
we
{\ADD{
can
preach}}
boldly.
\VS{13}We
do
not
{\ADD{
need
to
put
a
veil
over
our
faces
when
we
teach
people}},
as
Moses
did.
Moses
put
a
veil
over
his
face
so
that
the
Israelites
would
not
see
that
the
radiance
{\ADD{
on
his
face}}
soon
faded
away.
{\ADD{
Similarly,
the
glory
of
the
old
agreement
has
also
faded
away}}.
\VS{14}But
the Israelis
stubbornly
refused
to
{\ADD{
understand
that
the
old
agreement
would
end}}.
Even
now,
when
they
read
the
old
agreement,
{\ADD{
they
still
do
not
realize
that
it
has
ended.
It
is
as
if}} [MET]
that
same
veil
{\ADD{
that
Moses
put
on
his
face}}
is
now
over
their
{\ADD{
minds,
keeping
them
from
understanding
God’s
true
message}}.
They
will
{\ADD{
understand
that
message}}
only
when
{\ADD{
they
come
to
trust}}
in
Christ.
Then
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though
God}}
has
removed
the
veil.
\VS{15}{\ADD{
Throughout
all
these
years}},
even
until
now,
when
{\ADD{
the Israelis}}
read
what
Moses
{\ADD{
write,
it
is
as
though}}
a
veil
is
covering
their
minds.
\VS{16}But
when
any
of
them
believes
in
the
Lord
{\ADD{
Jesus}},
{\ADD{
God}}
removes
that
veil
from
them.
\VS{17}{\ADD{
It
is
by
the
power
of
his}}
Spirit
that
the
Lord
{\ADD{
works
in
our
lives}},
and
the
Lord’s
Spirit
has
set
us
free
{\ADD{
from
trying
to
obey
all
the
rules
and rituals
that
God
gave
Moses}}.
\VS{18}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though
God}}
has
removed
the
veil
from
our
faces [MET].
We
realize
how
awesome
Jesus
is.
As
we
realize
that,
we
are
continually
being
changed $\{${\ADD{
the
Holy
Spirit
is}}
continually
changing
us$\}$
to
become
more
and
more
like
Jesus,
{\ADD{
so
that
people
can
see}},
more
and
more,
how
awesome
{\ADD{
Jesus
is}}.
It
is
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
who
does
{\ADD{
this}}.

\par }\Chap{4}{\SH We are servants of Jesus. It is Jesus who has shown us how great God is.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}So,
because
God
has
acted
so
kindly
{\ADD{
toward
me}}, enabling
{\ADD{
me
to
teach}}
this
great
{\ADD{
message
to
people}},
I
never
get
{\ADD{
so}}
discouraged
{\ADD{
that
I
stop
teaching
it}}.
\VS{2}And
I
have
determined
that
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
will
be
honest [LIT]
in
everything
that
we
do.
We
will
not
{\ADD{
do
anything
that
would
cause}}
us
to
be
ashamed
{\ADD{
if
people
found
out
about
it}}.
We
never
try
to
deceive
{\ADD{
you
with
clever
arguments,
as
some
other
people
do}}.
We
never
{\ADD{
try
to
deceive
you}}
by
changing
God’s
message,
{\ADD{
as
those
same
people
do}}.
Instead,
we
always
teach
{\ADD{
people
only}}
the
truth
{\ADD{
about Christ}},
and
we
teach
it
clearly.
Knowing
that
God
is
watching
what
we
do,
we
{\ADD{
teach
his
message
in
an
honest
way,
with
the
result
that}}
no
one
can
{\ADD{
accuse}}
us
{\ADD{(exc)
of
being
deceitful}}.
\VS{3}And
if,
{\ADD{
as
some
of
you
say,
some
people
are}}
not
able
to
understand
the
message
{\ADD{
that
we
teach
about Christ,
it
is
not
because
we
do
not
teach
it
clearly}}.
It
is
because
those
people
{\ADD{
do
not
want
to
believe
it}}.
They
are
going
to
perish
eternally.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
Satan,
who
is}}
the
one
{\ADD{
who
rules}}
this
world,
controls
the
thoughts
of
those unbelievers.
He prevents
them
from
understanding
the
message
about
how
wonderful
Christ
is.
{\ADD{
They
are
not
able
to
understand
that}}
Jesus
is
like
God
{\ADD{
in
every
way}}.
\VS{5}That
is
why,
{\ADD{
when
we(exc)
teach
people}},
we
do
not
boast
about
ourselves,
{\ADD{
as
some
people
say
that
we
do}}.
Instead,
{\ADD{
we
teach
you}}
that
Jesus
Christ
is
our
Lord.
We
ourselves
are
{\ADD{
only}}
your
servants.
{\ADD{
We
want
to
honor
and
obey}}
Jesus.
\VS{6}When
God
{\ADD{
created
the
world}},
he
commanded
the
light
to
shine
{\ADD{
where
there
was
nothing
but}}
darkness.
He
is
the
one
who
has
{\ADD{
made
his
message
about
Jesus
to
be
like}} [MET]
a
light
shining
into
our
{\ADD{(inc)}}
minds.
{\ADD{
God}}
has
done
that
{\ADD{
for
all
of
us
who
believe
in
Jesus.
He
has
done
that
so
that
we
will
understand
that
when
people
saw}}
Christ,
they
saw
how
awesome
God
himself
was.
\par }{\SH As Jesus’
servants
we
suffer,
but
through
our
suffering
many
people
will
receive
eternal
life
and
thank
and
praise
God.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 4:7-15
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\ADD{
This
work
that
God
has
given
to}}
us
{\ADD{(exc)}}
is [MET]
{\ADD{
like}}
a
very
valuable
treasure.
But
we
who
have
that
treasure
{\ADD{
are
as
weak
as
fragile}} [MET]
clay
pots.
{\ADD{
God
has
planned
it
like
that}}
in
order
that
{\ADD{
people}}
will
know
that
the
power
{\ADD{
that
changes
lives}}
is
God’s
power,
and
not
any
power
of
our
own.
\VS{8}We
are
continually
oppressed $\{${\ADD{
People}}
continually
oppress
us$\}$
in
many
ways,
but
{\ADD{
we
have}}
not
been
prevented $\{${\ADD{
God
has}}
not
{\ADD{
allowed
them
to}}
prevent
us$\}$
{\ADD{
from
teaching
the
message
about
Jesus Christ}}.
We
often
do
not
know
what
to
do
{\ADD{
in
difficult situations}},
but
we
never
say, “God
has
abandoned
us.”
\VS{9}{\ADD{
We
are frequently}}
persecuted $\{${\ADD{
People frequently}}
cause
us
to
suffer$\}$,
but
{\ADD{
God}}
never
abandons
us.
{\ADD{
Sometimes
we
are}}
badly
wounded $\{${\ADD{
people}}
badly
wound
us$\}$,
but
{\ADD{
God
does}}
not
{\ADD{
allow}}
us
{\ADD{
to}}
be
killed $\{${\ADD{
them
to}}
kill
us$\}$.
\VS{10}{\ADD{
Wherever
we(exc)
go}},
we
continually
{\ADD{
realize
that
because
people
killed}}
Jesus,
{\ADD{
people
may}}
kill
us
{\ADD{
for
teaching
his
message.
But
we
are
willing
to
go
on
living
this
way}}
in
order
that
{\ADD{
people}}
will
know
that
Jesus
is
alive
and
{\ADD{
that
he
is directing}}
us [SYN].
\VS{11}{\ADD{
So,
although}}
we
are
{\ADD{
still}}
alive,
we
always
realize
that
we
may
be
killed $\{$that
{\ADD{
people
some
day}}
may
kill
us$\}$
because
{\ADD{
we
teach
about}}
Jesus.
{\ADD{
God
allows
us
to
suffer}}
in
order
that
{\ADD{
people}}
will
see
that
Jesus
is
alive
and
that
he
is
{\ADD{
strengthening}}
our
bodies
that
are
some
day
going
to
die.
\VS{12}So
{\ADD{
I conclude
that
although}}
we
{\ADD{apostles}}
are
constantly
{\ADD{
suffering
and
may
soon}}
die,
{\ADD{
the
result
of
that
is
that
all
of}}
you
{\ADD{
have
now
received
eternal}}
life.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}We
are
not
discouraged.
We
are
like
{\ADD{
the
person
who}}
wrote
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}}, “{\ADD{
God}},
I
trusted
{\ADD{
in
you}}
and
so
I
continue
speaking
{\ADD{
your
message}}.”
We
{\ADD{(exc)}}
also
trust
{\ADD{
in
God}},
so
we
continue
speaking
{\ADD{
his
message}}.
\VS{14}{\ADD{
We
do
this}}
because
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
know
that
{\ADD{
although
people
might
kill
us,
God}},
who
caused
the
Lord
Jesus
to
live
again
after
he
died,
will
also
cause
us
{\ADD{(exc)}}
to
live
again
{\ADD{
after
we
die.
God
will
do
this
because
we
belong
to}}
Jesus.
{\ADD{
And
then
God}}
will
bring
us
{\ADD{(exc)}},
together
with
you,
to
be
with
him.
\VS{15}{\ADD{
So
I
say
that}}
all
these
things
{\ADD{
that
we(exc)
suffer}}
happen
in
order
to
help
you.
{\ADD{
We
have
suffered
all
this}}
in
order
that
more
and
more
people,
{\ADD{
as
a
result
of
hearing
that
God
will}}
kindly/freely
{\ADD{
forgive
their
sins}},
will
thank
{\ADD{
him
and
praise
him.
Then}}
they
will
greatly
honor
him
{\ADD{
and
worship
him}}.
\par }{\SH As
our
bodies
get
weaker,
God
continually
makes
our
inner
lives
stronger.
He
will
reward
us
for
all
that
we
have
suffered.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
\par }{\PP \VS{16}So,
{\ADD{
because
we
know
that
as
a
result
of
our
suffering
many
people
will
honor
God}},
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
never
get
so
discouraged
{\ADD{
that
we
stop
teaching
his
message}}.
Although
our
bodies
are
getting
weaker,
{\ADD{
God}}
encourages
us
every
day
and
strengthens
us spiritually.
\VS{17}{\ADD{
I
know
that}}
all
these
troubles
that
{\ADD{
happen
to
us
in
this
life
are}}
not significant
and
will
not
last
forever.
{\ADD{
When
we
think
of}}
the
glorious
things
{\ADD{
that
God
is
preparing}}
for
us
{\ADD{
to
enjoy}}
forever
{\ADD{
in
heaven}},
all
{\ADD{
our
suffering
now}}
is
not
important.
\VS{18}That
is
why
we
say, “We
will
not
continue
thinking
about
{\ADD{
all
the
suffering
that
we}}
are
experiencing
now.
Even
though
{\ADD{
we}}
cannot
see
{\ADD{
all
the
things
that
God
has
prepared
for
us
in
heaven}},
those
are
what
we
should
be
thinking
about.”
{\ADD{
That
is
how
we
should
think}},
because
{\ADD{
all
these
troubles}}
that
{\ADD{
we(exc)}}
have
{\ADD{
now}}
will
last
only
a
short
time.
But
what
{\ADD{
we
will
have
in
heaven}},
what
{\ADD{
we}}
cannot
see
{\ADD{
now}},
will
last
forever.

\par }\Chap{5}{\SH God will give all of us new heavenly bodies, and he will reward us according to what we did while we were living in our earthly bodies.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 5:1-10
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}We
know
that
{\ADD{
these
bodies}}
we
live
in
{\ADD{
here
in
this
world
are
like}} [MET]
tents.
{\ADD{
They
are
like
temporary
living/dwelling
places}}.
{\ADD{
So
we
should
not
be
concerned
about
what
happens
to
our
bodies}}.
We
know
that
if
we
are
killed $\{$if
{\ADD{
someone}}
kills
us$\}$,
God
will
give
us
{\ADD{
permanent
living
places.
Those
permanent
living
places}} [MET]
will
not
be
houses
that
people
have
made.
They
{\ADD{
will
be
new
bodies
in
which
we
will
live
forever}}
in
heaven.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
While
we
are
here
on
earth,
we
suffer}}.
We
often
groan
because
we
desire
{\ADD{
to
go}}
to
heaven
{\ADD{
where
God}}
will
give
us
our
new
{\ADD{
bodies}} [MET].
\VS{3}When
{\ADD{
God
gives
us(inc)
our
new
bodies}} [MET],
our
{\ADD{
spirits
will
have}} [LIT,
MET]
bodies
to
live
in
{\ADD{
that
will
last
forever}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}{\ADD{
It
is
true
that}}
while
we
are
still
living
in
these
bodies [MET]
{\ADD{
that
do
not
last
forever}},
we
often
groan [DOU]
{\ADD{
because
we
desire
to
be
free
from
them}}.
We
are
not
longing
to
be
without
a
body.
Instead,
{\ADD{
we
groan
because}}
we
desire
to
receive
our
new
bodies [MET]
in
heaven.
We
long
for
this
to
happen
so
that
these
bodies
that
are
going
to
die
some
day
will
suddenly
be
changed
{\ADD{
into
bodies}}
that
will
live
{\ADD{
forever}}.
\VS{5}It
is
God
himself
who
has
prepared
us
to
{\ADD{
receive}}
these
{\ADD{
new
bodies}}.
He
is
also
the
one
who
has
guaranteed/assured
us
{\ADD{(inc)}}
that
this
will
happen.
He
has
guaranteed
it
by
sending
his
Spirit
{\ADD{
to
live
inside
us
now}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}So,
{\ADD{
because
God’s
Spirit
lives
in
us}},
we
are
always
confident
{\ADD{
that
God
will
give
us
new
bodies}}.
We
know
that
as
long
as
we
have
bodies
here
on
{\ADD{
earth}},
we
are
not
yet
{\ADD{
living
together}}
with
the
Lord
{\ADD{
Jesus
in
heaven}}.
\VS{7}While
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
live
{\ADD{
here,
we}}
do
not
have
our
{\ADD{
new
bodies,
but
we
are}}
trusting
{\ADD{
that
God
will
give
them
to
us}}.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
As
I
said}},
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
are
confident
{\ADD{
that
he
will
give
us
new
bodies}}.
We
{\ADD{(exc)}}
would
much
prefer
to
leave
these
bodies
{\ADD{
which
we
have
now}},
and
be
with
the
Lord
{\ADD{
Jesus
in
our}}
home
in
{\ADD{
heaven}}.
\VS{9}Because
of
all
that,
we
always
want
to
please
{\ADD{
Jesus
in
everything
that
we
do}}.
Whether
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
are
{\ADD{
still
living}}
here
{\ADD{
in
these}}
bodies
or
whether
we
have
{\ADD{
left}}
them
and
are
living
in
our
home
{\ADD{
in
heaven}},
we
want
to
please
him.
\VS{10}{\ADD{
And
we
need
to
try
hard
to
do
that}}
because
each
one
of
us
{\ADD{believers}}
must
stand
before
Christ
{\ADD{
to
be}}
judged
{\ADD{
by
him}} $\{${\ADD{
when
he
will}}
judge
{\ADD{
his
people}}$\}$.
{\ADD{
At
that
time}}
he
will
{\ADD{
reward
each
one
of}}
us
according
to
what
we
have
done
{\ADD{
while
we
lived
in
this
world}}
in
these
bodies.
{\ADD{
He
will
reward
us
according
to}}
whether
we
have
done
good
things
or
whether
we
have
done
evil
things.
\par }{\SH Christ
has
shown
me
how
much
he
loves
people.
That
is
why
I
teach
his
message
with
all
the
strength
that
I
have.
Therefore,
I
plead
with
you
to
believe
that
God
will
forgive
you
because
of
what
Christ
did
for
you.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 5:11—6:2
\par }{\PP \VS{11}It
makes
me
fearful
{\ADD{
to
think
that
some
day
I
will
stand
before
the
Lord
for
him
to
judge
me}}.
So
I
{\ADD{
do
everything
that
I
can
to}} convince
people
{\ADD{
that
they
should
believe}} (OR,
{\ADD{
that
I
teach}}
sincerely)
{\ADD{
God’s
message}}.
God
knows
very
well
{\ADD{
how
I
conduct
my
life
and
what
I
teach}},
and
I
really
believe
that
you
know
it,
too.
\VS{12}Once
again
{\ADD{
I
say,
as
I
write
this}},
I
am
not
just
{\ADD{
trying
to}}
make
you
think
well/highly
of
me,
{\ADD{
as
some
people
will probably
say
that
I
am}}.
Instead,
I
am
{\ADD{
telling
you
in
this
letter
why
you
have}}
good
reason
{\ADD{
to
tell
those
who
criticize
me}}
that
you
think
highly
of
me.
{\ADD{
I
am
telling
you
this}}
so
that
you
will
know
what
to
say
to
those
{\ADD{
teachers
of
false
doctrine
among
you}}.
They
are
proud
{\ADD{
of
what
they
have
done}},
instead
of
{\ADD{
making
sure
that}}
they
{\ADD{
are
right
with
God
and
being
pleased
with
that}}.
\VS{13}{\ADD{
Some
of
them
say
that
after
God
has
enabled
me
to
see
visions}},
I
{\ADD{
talk
like}}
a crazy
person.
If
{\ADD{
that
is
so,
I
want
you
to
realize
that
I
talk
that
way
in
order
to
please}}
God.
On
the
other
hand,
if
{\ADD{
you
think
that}}
I
{\ADD{
speak
and
act}}
wisely,
{\ADD{
that
is
good.
I
want
you
to
know
that
I
do}}
speak
and
act
wisely
in
order
to
{\ADD{
help}}
you.
\VS{14}{\ADD{
I
speak
and
act
the
way
I
do}}
because
the
love
that
Christ
{\ADD{
has
for
people}}
influences
me
{\ADD{
in
everything
that
I
say
and
do}}.
When
Christ
died,
{\ADD{
he
suffered
the
punishment}}
for
{\ADD{
the
sins
of}}
all
people.
So,
we
should
all
{\ADD{
think
of
ourselves
as
having}}
died
with
him,
{\ADD{
being
as unresponsive
to
sinful
desires
as}} [MET]
a
corpse
is.
\VS{15}When
{\ADD{
Christ}}
died
for
the
everyone,
he
died
in
order
that
{\ADD{
we believers
who
are
alive
now}}
should
not
conduct
our
lives
in
a
way
that
will
just
{\ADD{
please
ourselves}}.
Instead,
{\ADD{
we
should
conduct
our
lives
in
a
way
that
will
please}}
Christ,
{\ADD{
because}}
he
is
the
one
who
died
for
us
and
was
brought
back
to
life $\{$whom
{\ADD{
God}}
raised$\}$
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}So,
{\ADD{
because
I
realize
how
much
Christ
loves
everyone}},
I
no
longer
think
about
people
in
the
way
that
those
who
do
not
believe
{\ADD{
in
Christ}}
think
about
{\ADD{
them}}.
Before
I
{\ADD{
was
a believer}},
I
thought
about
Christ
in
the
way
that
other non-believers
did.
But
I
do
not
think
of
him
that
way
anymore.
\VS{17}The
fact
is
that
God
makes
every
one
{\ADD{
of
us}}
who
{\ADD{
trusts}}
in
Christ
to
be
completely
different
{\ADD{
than
we
were
before}}.
Our
old
{\ADD{
way
of conducting
our
lives}}
is
gone.
We
now
have
a
{\ADD{
completely}}
new
way
of
{\ADD{conducting
our
lives}}.
\VS{18}This
{\ADD{
complete
change
in
our
lives}}
is
all
something
that
God
{\ADD{
does}}.
It
is
God
who
made
it possible
for
us
to
have
a
peaceful relationship
with
him.
{\ADD{
He
was
able
to
do
that}}
because
of
what
Christ
{\ADD{
did
for
us}}.
Now
God
{\ADD{
has
sent}}
me,
and
those
{\ADD{
who
work}}
with
me,
to
tell
{\ADD{
people
that
they}}
can
have
a
peaceful relationship
with
him.
\VS{19}That
is,
{\ADD{
he
sent
us(exc)
to
tell
them
that}}
when
Christ
{\ADD{
died}},
God
was
{\ADD{
making
it possible
for
everyone}} [MTY]
in
the
world
to
have
a
peaceful relationship
with
him.
He
no
longer
keeps
a
record
of
the
sinful
things
that
{\ADD{
we believers}}
have
done.
The
message
that
{\ADD{
God}}
has
given
to
us
{\ADD{
to
tell
people
is
how
we
can
have
a}}
peaceful relationship
with
him.
\VS{20}So,
it
is
I
and
my
companions
who
are
Christ’s
representatives
{\ADD{
in
this
world.
When
we
tell
people
the
message
about
Christ}},
it
is
God
himself
who
is
pleading
with
them
by
means
of
what
we
{\ADD{
say}}.
So,
as
true
representatives
of
Christ,
we
plead
with
you:
{\ADD{
Believe
God’s
true
message
about
Christ
in
order
that
you
may}}
be
reconciled
to $\{$have
a
peaceful relationship
with$\}$
him.
\VS{21}{\ADD{
You
must
believe
that
even
though}}
Jesus
never
sinned,
God
{\ADD{
punished
him
for
all
the}}
sinful
things
{\ADD{
that
people
do,
just}}
as
{\ADD{
if
Jesus
had
done
those
sinful
things
himself}}.
And
because
of
our
close relationship
with Christ,
God
has erased
the
record
of
our
sins/declared
us
no
longer
guilty
for
our
sins.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Therefore}},
because
I
am
working
together
with
God
{\ADD{
himself}},
I
say
this
to
you
very
strongly:
God
has
{\ADD{
already}}
kindly
{\ADD{
forgiven
you
because Christ
died
for
you}},
so
do
not
now
{\ADD{
say}} “It
does
not
matter
{\ADD{
if
I
live
just
to
please
myself}}.”
\VS{2}For
God
said
{\ADD{
long
ago
in
the Scriptures}}:
\par }{\PI When
it
is
the
right
time
{\ADD{
for
me}}
to
help
you,
{\ADD{
you
will
ask
me
to
help
you}},
and
I
will
hear
you.
Then
I
will
{\ADD{
send}}
a
Savior
to
help
you.
\par }{\PP {\ADD{
So
listen
to
what}}
I
am
telling
you:
God
{\ADD{
has
sent}}
his
Savior,
so
now
is
the
time
when
{\ADD{
God
is
ready
to}}
save
{\ADD{
people
from
the
guilt
of
their
sins}}.
\par }{\SH In
spite
of
much
suffering,
we
have
lived
as
servants
of
God
should
live.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 6:3-10
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Neither
I
nor
the
men
{\ADD{
working}}
with
me
do
anything
that
would
hinder
people
from
trusting
in Christ,
and
so
we
cannot
be
accused $\{$no
one
can
accuse
{\ADD{
us}}$\}$
{\ADD{
of
not}}
serving
{\ADD{
God
properly}}.
\VS{4}Instead,
in
everything
{\ADD{
that
we(exc)
say
and
do}},
we
show
{\ADD{
people}}
that
we
serve
God
faithfully.
We
patiently
endure
{\ADD{
all
the
things
that
happen
to
us.
People
cause
us}}
many
troubles
and,
as
a
result,
we
are
anxious
{\ADD{
and
often
do
not
know
what
to
do}}.
\VS{5}Sometimes
we
have
been
beaten
{\ADD{
and
bound}} $\{$People
have
beaten
{\ADD{
us
and
tied
us}}$\}$
{\ADD{
with}}
chains
in
prison.
{\ADD{
Angry mobs}}
have
attacked
us,
{\ADD{
wanting
to
kill
us}}.
We
have
continued
working
{\ADD{
for
God
until
we
had
no
more
strength
to
work}}.
We
have
had
many sleepless
nights,
and
we
have
{\ADD{
often
been
without
food}}.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
All
that
we
think
about
and
all
that
we
do
is}}
pure
{\ADD{
in
God’s
sight}}.
Knowing
{\ADD{
how
God
wants
us
to
conduct
our
lives,
we
do
what
pleases
him}}.
We
are
patient
{\ADD{
with
those
who
oppose
us}}.
We
are
kind
{\ADD{
to
everyone.
We
depend
on}}
the
Holy
Spirit
{\ADD{
to
help
us}}.
We
love
people
sincerely
{\ADD{
as
God
wants
us
to
love
them}}.
\VS{7}We
faithfully
teach
{\ADD{
the
true}}
message
{\ADD{
about Christ}},
and
God
{\ADD{
gives
us}}
his
power
{\ADD{
as
we
teach
it.
Like
soldiers}}
using
weapons [MET]
{\ADD{
in
a
battle}},
we,
by
{\ADD{
living}}
righteously,
{\ADD{
defend
God’s
message
and
refute
those
who
attack
it}}.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
We
serve
God
faithfully}},
whether
{\ADD{
people}}
praise
us
{\ADD{(exc)}}
or
{\ADD{
whether
they}}
despise
us,
whether
{\ADD{
people
say}}
bad
things
{\ADD{
about
us(exc)}}
or
{\ADD{
whether
they
say}}
good
things
{\ADD{
about
us.
We
keep
teaching}}
the
truth,
{\ADD{
even
though
some
people
say
that}}
we
are
deceiving
{\ADD{
people}}.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
Some
people}}
know
{\ADD{
well
that
we
are
true
servants
of
God,
and
yet
others}},
who
know
us,
refuse
to
{\ADD{
believe
that.
People
have
often
tried
to}}
kill
us
{\ADD{(inc)}},
yet
we
are
still
alive.
We
have
{\ADD{
often}}
been
beaten,
but
we
have
not
been
killed $\{${\ADD{
People
have
often}}
beaten
us
{\ADD{(exc)}},
but
{\ADD{
they}}
have
not
killed
us$\}$.
\VS{10}Although
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
are
often
very
sad
{\ADD{
because
people
have
rejected
our
message}},
we
are
always
joyful
{\ADD{
because
of
all
that
God
has
done
for
us}}.
Even
though
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
are
poor,
we
make
{\ADD{
it possible
for}}
many
people
to
be
{\ADD{spiritually}}
rich.
It
is
true
that
{\ADD{
in
this
world}}
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
have
nothing
{\ADD{
valuable}} [HYP],
but
{\ADD{
because
we
belong
to
God’s
family}},
all
{\ADD{
that
God
has}}
belongs
to
us.
\par }{\SH I
ask
you
to
accept
us
and
love
us
as
we
love
you.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 6:11-13
\par }{\PP \VS{11}You
{\ADD{
fellow believers}}
in Corinth,
{\ADD{
I
have
been}}
completely
honest
with
you.
{\ADD{
I
have
told
you
exactly
how
we(exc)
feel
about
you,
that}}
we
love
you
very
much [IDM].
\VS{12}We
are
not
{\ADD{treating
you
as
though
we
do
not}}
love
you,
but
you
are
{\ADD{treating
us
as
though
you
do}}
not
love
us.
\VS{13}In
return
{\ADD{
for
our
loving
you,
will
you
not}}
love
{\ADD{
us}} [IDM]
just
as
{\ADD{
much
as
we
love
you?}}
I
am
writing
{\ADD{
to
you}}
as
if
you
were
my
own
children.
\par }{\SH Do
not
get involved
with
people
who
do
not
honor
God.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 6:14—7:1
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Do
not ◄team
up/have
a
close relationship►
with
anyone
who
does
not
trust
{\ADD{
in Christ.
I
say
this}}
because
we
who
{\ADD{
trust
in Christ
and
do}}
what
is
right
should
not [RHQ]
{\ADD{
want
to
do
things}}
with
wicked
people.
Or
{\ADD{
to
say
it
in
another
way}},
just
like
light
and
darkness
never
join
together,
so
{\ADD{
those
who
belong
to Christ
and
those
who
belong
to
Satan
should
never
join
together}} [RHQ].
\VS{15}There
is
no [RHQ]
agreement
of
any
kind
between
Christ
and
Satan.
{\ADD{
So}},
believers
have
no [RHQ]
common
{\ADD{
spiritual}} interests
with unbelievers.
\VS{16}{\ADD{
Just}}
as
no
one
would
{\ADD{
dare
to
bring}}
idols
into
the
Temple
{\ADD{
in
Jerusalem}}, believers
should
never [RHQ]
join
with
those
who
worship
idols.
{\ADD{
I
say
that}}
because [MET]
{\ADD{
the
Holy
Spirit
is
in
us,
and
so}}
we
are
{\ADD{
like}}
the
Temple
of
the all-powerful
God.
{\ADD{
It
is}}
as
God
himself
said
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}}:
\par }{\Q I
will
live
in
{\ADD{
my
people}}.
\par }{\Q I
will
always
be
with/helping
them.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
They
will
say
to
me}}, “You
are
our
God,”
and
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
I
will
say
to
them}}, “You
are
my
people.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}{\ADD{
In
another
place
in
the Scriptures
we
read
that}}
the
Lord
said:
\par }{\Q Get
away
from
those
who
do
evil
things;
\par }{\Q keep
yourselves
separated
from
them.
\par }{\Q Do
{\ADD{
nothing
sinful
that
would
make
you}}
unacceptable
to
me.
\par }{\Q Then
I
will
welcome
you
{\ADD{
as
members
of
my
family}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}{\ADD{
The
Lord
also
said}}:
\par }{\Q I
will
{\ADD{
care
for
you}}
as [MET]
a
loving
father
{\ADD{
cares
for
his
children}},
\par }{\Q and
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
you
are
my
own
sons
and
daughters.
\par }{\Q I,
the all-powerful
Lord,
am
saying
this
{\ADD{
to
you}}.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
friends,
whom
I
love,
because
{\ADD{
God}}
has
promised
{\ADD{
to
accept
us(inc)
as
his
children}},
we
{\ADD{(inc)}}
must
stop
doing
anything
that
is
sinful.
We
must
not
do
sinful
things
with
our
bodies,
and
we
must
not
{\ADD{
think}}
sinful
thoughts.
{\ADD{
Because}}
we
greatly
revere
God,
we
must
strive
to
{\ADD{
live}}
a
completely
pure
life.
By
doing
that
we
will
become
the
kind
of
people
that
he
wants
us
to
be.
\par }{\SH I
love
you
all
and
I
have
great
confidence
in
you.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 7:2-4
\par }{\PP \VS{2}So,
as
I
just
wrote,
I
want
you
to
love
me (OR,
us [IDM]
{\ADD{
who
are
true apostles
of Christ}}).
I/we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
have
never
done
anything
wrong
to
any
of
you.
I/we
have
not
done
anything
to
harm
any
one
of
you spiritually
or financially.
And
I/we
have
not
tried
to
get
money
from
{\ADD{
you}} ◄for
myself/for
ourselves►.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
It
is
true
that
some
people
among
you
have
said
that
I
have
done
such
things.
Nevertheless}},
I
am
not
trying
to
make
you
all
feel
ashamed
because,
as
I
wrote
before,
I
will
continue
to
love
you
all
very
much [IDM],
whether
I
live
with
you
or
die
with
you.
I
am
very
confident
about
you.
\VS{4}I
am
very
pleased
with
you.
You
have
greatly
encouraged
me,
so
that
I
am
now
very
joyful
in
spite
of
all
the hardships
that
I
have
endured.
\par }{\SH Titus
told
me
that
my
letter
caused
you
to
repent,
and
so
now
I
am
very
happy.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 7:5-16
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Now
{\ADD{
I
will
write
more
about
what
I
was
saying
about Titus}}.
When
I
{\ADD{
left Troas
and}}
came
{\ADD{
here
to}}
Macedonia
{\ADD{
province}},
I
still
did
not
get
any
rest.
Everywhere
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
went,
{\ADD{
people
were
constantly}}
causing
us
trouble.
{\ADD{
And
not
only
were}}
people
{\ADD{
constantly
causing
us}}
trouble,
but
I
was
greatly
concerned
{\ADD{
about
you
all}}.
\VS{6}But
God,
who
always
encourages
his
people
when
they
are
discouraged,
encouraged
us
by
{\ADD{
sending}}
Titus
back
to
us.
\VS{7}I
was
encouraged
by
{\ADD{
seeing}} Titus,
{\ADD{
but
when
I
heard
how}}
you
had
encouraged
him,
that
encouraged
me
even
more.
He
told
me
how
much
you
wanted
{\ADD{
to
see
me.
He
told
me}}
that
you
were
very
sorry
{\ADD{
that
you
had
made
me
so unhappy.
He
also
told
me}}
that
you
are
very
eager
for
me
{\ADD{
to
continue
to
serve
as
your apostle.
When Titus
told
me
those
things}},
I
was
very,
very
happy.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Even
though
what
{\ADD{
I
wrote}}
in
my
letter ◄distressed
you/made
you
sad►,
I
am
not
sorry
{\ADD{
that
I
wrote
it}}.
For
a
while
I
was
sorry
that
I
had
written
it,
{\ADD{
because
I
knew
that
it
would
distress
you}}.
Now
{\ADD{Titus
has
also
told}}
me
that
it
did
distress
you
{\ADD{
when
you
read
it}},
but
you
were
distressed
only
for
a
short
time.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
So
now}}
I
am
happy
{\ADD{
that
I
wrote
it}}.
I
am
not
happy
that
you
were
distressed $\{$that
{\ADD{
I}}
distressed
you$\}$,
but
{\ADD{
I
am
happy}}
because,
when
you
became
distressed,
you
felt
sorry
for
what
you
had
done
and
{\ADD{
you
asked
God
to
forgive
you.
What
I
mean
is
that
you
felt
sorry
in
the
way
that
God
wanted
you
to
feel
sorry,
so
my
making}}
you
feel
sorry
did
not
harm
you
at
all.
\VS{10}{\ADD{
The
fact
is
that}}
when
God
causes
{\ADD{
us
to
feel}}
truly
sorry
for
having
sinned
and
we
turn
from
our
sinful
behavior,
then
God
saves
us
{\ADD{
and
will
not
punish
us
for
the
sinful
things
that
we
have
done}}.
And
no
one
is
ever
sorry
about
that.
{\ADD{
However}},
the
people
who
do
not
trust
{\ADD{
in
God}} [MTY]
may
be
sorry
{\ADD{
for
the
sinful
things
that
they
have
done}}.
But
{\ADD{
if
they
do
not
turn
from
their
sinful
behavior
and
ask
God
to
forgive
them}},
they
will
remain
separated
from
him
forever.
\VS{11}But
{\ADD{
think
about
what
happened
when
you
read
my
letter}}:
God
caused
you
to
be
truly
sorry
{\ADD{
for
what
you
had
done}}.
You
eagerly
{\ADD{
wanted
to
do
what
was
right}},
and
you
wanted
to
show
{\ADD{
God}} (OR,
{\ADD{
me}})
that
you
had
done
the
right
thing.
You
were
angry
{\ADD{
about
what
had
happened}},
and
you
were
worried
{\ADD{
that
God
would
punish
you
if
the
situation
continued}}.
You
also
wanted
me
{\ADD{
to
visit
you
to
encourage
and
help
you}}.
You
wanted
me
to
know
{\ADD{
that
you
really
do
accept
me
as
your apostle,
and
that
you
punished
the
man
who
had
sinned,
as
I
told
you
to
do.
By
doing}}
all
of
those
things,
you
have
shown
{\ADD{
me}}
that
you
have
done
what
is
right
in
this
matter.
\VS{12}So,
even
though
I
wrote
that
{\ADD{
severe}}
letter
to
you,
I
did
not
{\ADD{
write
it
just}}
so
that
{\ADD{
you
would
punish}}
the
man
who
had
done
what
was
wrong.
Also,
I
{\ADD{
did
not
write
it}}
for
the
benefit
of
the
person
whom
{\ADD{
he}}
had
wronged.
Instead,
{\ADD{
I
wrote
it}}
so
that,
when
you
{\ADD{
read
the
letter}},
God
would
enable
you
to
realize
how
much
you
really
do
respect
{\ADD{
my
authority}}.
\VS{13}So,
{\ADD{
because
you
listened
to
me
and
did
what
I
asked
you
to
do}}, ◄I
was/we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
were
all►
encouraged.
Not
only ◄was
I/were
we►
encouraged,
but ◄I
was/we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
were►
{\ADD{
also}}
very
happy
to
see
how
happy
Titus
was
{\ADD{
when
he
arrived
here.
He
told
me/us
that}}
he
did
not
need
to
worry
anymore,
because
{\ADD{
he
saw}}
that
you
all
{\ADD{
had
a
good
attitude
toward
me}}.
\VS{14}I
had
told
Titus
that
I
was
pleased
about
you.
And
I
did
not
need
to
be
ashamed
{\ADD{
for
feeling
that
way
about
you,
because
you
did
what
I
knew
that
you
would
do}}.
Just
like
everything
that
I
have
taught
you
{\ADD{
and
written
to
you}}
has
been
the
truth,
the
good
things
that
I
told
Titus
about
you
were
also
true.
\VS{15}Now
he happily
remembers
how
you
all
{\ADD{
were
willing
to}}
do
{\ADD{
what
I
asked
you
to
do}}.
He
is
{\ADD{
also
happy
about
the
way
you}}
treated
him
with
great
respect.
{\ADD{
When
he
thinks
about
those
things}},
{\ADD{
it
makes}}
him
love
you
even
more
{\ADD{
than
he
did
when
he
was
with
you}}.
\VS{16}{\ADD{
As
for
me}},
I
am
very
happy
{\ADD{
because
now}}
I
am
certain
that
I
can
depend
on
you
{\ADD{
to
do
what
you
know
God
wants
you
to
do}}.

\par }\Chap{8}{\SH The believers in Macedonia have already collected the money that they are going to send to the believers in Jerusalem. You should also finish collecting the money that you are preparing to send, and have it ready to send to Jerusalem soon.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 8:1-15
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now,
my
fellow believers,
I
want
to
tell
you
{\ADD{
what
happened
because
of}}
God’s
{\ADD{
acting}}
kindly
{\ADD{
in
the
lives}}
of
{\ADD{
the believers
in}}
the
congregations
{\ADD{
here}}
in
Macedonia
{\ADD{
province}}.
\VS{2}Even
though
{\ADD{
the non-believers
here}}
have
been
causing
the believers
to
suffer
severely,
the believers
are
always
very
joyful.
{\ADD{
Although
they}}
are
very
poor,
{\ADD{
they
gave}}
very
generously
{\ADD{
to
help
other believers}}.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
I
know
that
this
is
true}},
because
I
have
seen
for
myself
that
they
not
only
gave
{\ADD{
money}} [EUP]
that
they
were
able
{\ADD{
to
give}},
they
gave
{\ADD{
so
much
money
that
they
did}}
not
even
keep
enough
{\ADD{
to
buy
what
they
needed
for
themselves}}.
Without
anyone
telling
them
{\ADD{
to
share
their
possessions}},
\VS{4}they
themselves
kept requesting
us
to
let
them participate
in
what
{\ADD{
other believers}}
are
doing
in
{\ADD{
sending
a
gift
of
money
to}} [EUP]
God’s
people
{\ADD{
in
Judea
province}}.
\VS{5}I
thought
{\ADD{
that
they
would
give
only
a
little
of
their
money,
but}}
they
did
much
{\ADD{
more
than
that}}.
First,
they
told
the
Lord
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
that
they
wanted
to
do
{\ADD{
what
pleases
him.
After
that,
they
told}}
me
that
they
wanted
to
do
{\ADD{
whatever
I
thought
was
good
for
them
to
do,
because
they
were
sure
that}}
would
be
what
God
{\ADD{
wanted
them
to
do}}.
\VS{6}So,
because
Titus
was
the
one
who
{\ADD{
helped
you
to}}
begin
{\ADD{
gathering
the
money}} [EUP, MTY]
for
your
gift,
I
urged
him
to
also
{\ADD{
help
you}}
finish
{\ADD{
collecting
the
rest
of}}
your
generous
and
loving
gift.
\VS{7}You
are
doing
very
well
in
so
many
{\ADD{
other}}
ways.
{\ADD{
God’s
Spirit enables
you
to}}
believe
that
{\ADD{
God}}
will
{\ADD{
do
miracles.
His
Spirit
has
given
you
the
ability
to}}
tell
{\ADD{
God’s
message
to
others.
His
Spirit
makes
you
able
to}}
know
things
that
he
reveals
to
you.
You
eagerly
{\ADD{
want
to
help
people}},
and
you
love
us
{\ADD{(exc)}}
very
much.
{\ADD{
So
now}},
try
to
also
do
well
in
getting
your
generous
{\ADD{
gift
of
money}} [EUP]
{\ADD{
ready
to
send
to
the believers
in
Judea
province}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}I
am
not
commanding
you
{\ADD{
to
do
this}}.
But
{\ADD{
because
I
have
seen
how believers
in}}
other
{\ADD{
places}}
are
eager
{\ADD{
to
help
other believers
who
do
not
have}} ◄{\ADD{
what
they
need/enough
to
live
on}}►,
I
want
you
similarly
to
show
that
you
love
others
sincerely.
\VS{9}You
already
know
{\ADD{
how
much}}
our
Lord
Jesus
{\ADD{
did
for
you}}
that
you
did
not
deserve.
Everything
{\ADD{
in
heaven}}
belonged
to
him.
But
in
order
to
benefit
you,
{\ADD{
he
left
all
of
those
things
behind
and
became
a
human
being.
Here
on
earth
he
had}}
very
few
possessions
{\ADD{
of
his
own}}.
But
because
he
became
poor
like
that,
he
is
{\ADD{
able
to
cause}}
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}
to
become
{\ADD{spiritually}}
rich.
\VS{10}So,
{\ADD{
as
you
think
of
our
Lord’s
example,
I
will
tell
you}}
what
I
think
that
you
should
do
in
this
matter
{\ADD{
of
giving
money.
As
you
know}},
last
year,
because
you
desired
{\ADD{
to
give
money
to
help
God’s
people
in
Judea
province}},
you
began
{\ADD{
collecting
money}} [EUP].
\VS{11}So
now
you
should
finish
{\ADD{
collecting}}
the
money [EUP]
that
you
began
{\ADD{
to
gather}}.
In
that
way,
{\ADD{
everyone
will
know
that
you
are
just}}
as
ready
to
finish
{\ADD{
collecting
this
gift}}
as
you
were
to
begin
collecting
it.
Give
what
you
are
able
to
give.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
Keep
in
mind
that}}
if
you
really
want
to
{\ADD{
give
something
to
help
others}},
whatever
any
one
of
you
is
{\ADD{
able
to
give}}
will
be
pleasing
{\ADD{
to
God.
God
does
not
expect
his
people
to
give
more}}
than
they
can
afford
to
give.
\VS{13}I
do
not
mean
that
{\ADD{
you
should
give
so
much
to
help
others
that}}
you
yourselves
do
not
have
what
you
need.
No,
what
I
want
is
that
{\ADD{
both
you
and
others}}
will
have
what
{\ADD{
you
need}}.
\VS{14}Right
now,
when
you
have ◄more
{\ADD{
than
you
need/}}plenty►
and
{\ADD{
the believers
in
Judea}}
do
not
have ◄enough/all
that
they
need►,
{\ADD{
with
your
gift
you
will
enable
them
to
have
enough.
Maybe
some
day}}
when
you
do
not
have ◄enough/all
that
you
need►
and
they
have
more
than
they
need,
they
will
{\ADD{
be
able
to}}
help
you.
Then
everyone
will
have
enough (OR,
In
that
way
each
will
share
alike).
\VS{15}{\ADD{
If
that
happens,
the
result
will
be
like
it
is
written}} $\{${\ADD{
like
someone/Moses}}
wrote$\}$
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures
about
the
time
when
God
provided
manna
for
his
people}},
\par }{\PI If
someone
gathered
a
lot
{\ADD{
of
manna}},
he
still
did
not
have
more
than
he
needed,
{\ADD{
because
he
gave
some
to
someone
who
did
not
have
enough}}.
And
those
who
gathered
only
a
little
{\ADD{
manna}}
still
had
all
that
they
needed [LIT],
{\ADD{
because
others
who
gathered
more
than
they
needed
gave
some
manna
to
them}}.
\par }{\SH I
am
sending Titus
to
you,
along
with
two
other believers,
to
help
you
get
your
gift
ready.
They
are
all
well
respected
and
trustworthy
men,
so
treat
them
well.
It
will
be
good
if
you
have
your
gift
ready
to
send
to
Judea
province
by
the
time
I
arrive
in Corinth.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 8:16—9:5
\par }{\PP \VS{16}{\ADD{
So
now
I
am
sending
Titus
to
visit
you
again}}.
God
has
caused
him
to
be
just
as
eager
{\ADD{
to
help
you
prepare
your
gift}}
as
I
am.
I
thank
God
for
that.
\VS{17}{\ADD{
He
is
going
there}},
not
only
because
we
urged
him
to
go,
but
because
he
himself
is
very
eager
{\ADD{
to
visit
you
again}}.
\VS{18}I
am
sending
with Titus
another believer
{\ADD{
whom
you
know
well}}.
All
the
groups
of believers
{\ADD{
in
this
area}}
think
highly
of
him
because
he
has
{\ADD{
faithfully
taught}}
the
good
message
{\ADD{
about Christ}}.
\VS{19}Not
only
that,
but
he
was
appointed
by
the
congregations
{\ADD{
in
this
area}} $\{$the
congregations
{\ADD{
in
this
area}}
appointed
him$\}$
to
{\ADD{
go}}
to
Jerusalem
with
us
{\ADD{(exc)}}.
He
{\ADD{
will
go}}
with
us
{\ADD{
when
we
take}}
the
generous
gift
of
money [EUP]
{\ADD{
to
the believers
in
Jerusalem.
We
are
taking
this}}
gift
to
honor
the
Lord
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
and
to
show
them
that
we
all
{\ADD{
very
much}}
want
to
{\ADD{
help
them}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}{\ADD{
The believers
have}}
given
money [EUP]
generously.
So,
{\ADD{
by
sending
that
fellow believer
along
with Titus}}
to
take
the
money
{\ADD{
to
Jerusalem}},
we
are
trying
to
make
sure
that
no
one
will
be
able
to
accuse
us
{\ADD{(exc)
of
taking
some
of
the
money
for
ourselves}}.
\VS{21}{\ADD{
I
say
that}}
because
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
want
to
make
sure
that
the
Lord
{\ADD{
God}}
will
see
that
what
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
do
is
right,
and
other
people
will
see
it,
too.
\VS{22}Furthermore,
there
is
also
another believer
{\ADD{
here}}
whom
we
are
sending
{\ADD{
to
you
along
with
the
two}}
men
{\ADD{
whom
I
have
just
mentioned}}.
Many
times
I
have
seen
his
good
work
{\ADD{
for
the
Lord}},
and
I
know
that
he
is
eager
{\ADD{
to
serve
the
Lord}}.
Now,
because
he
knows
for
sure
that
you
{\ADD{
want
to
give
this
gift
the
same
as
other believers
do}},
he
is
even
more
eager
than
he
was
before
{\ADD{
to
go
with
the
two
other
men}}.
\VS{23}As
for
Titus,
{\ADD{
I
have
chosen
him
because}}
he
is
my
partner,
and
he
has
worked
faithfully
with
me
{\ADD{
to
help
you}}.
As
for
the
other
two
men,
the
congregations
{\ADD{
in
this
area}}
are
sending
them
as
their
messengers.
These
two
men
honor
Christ
{\ADD{
by
everything
they
do}}.
\VS{24}So
then,
show
them
that
you
truly
love
{\ADD{
others}},
and
{\ADD{
in
that
way}}
help
other
congregations
to
understand
{\ADD{
why}}
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
are
always
saying
such
good
things
about
you.

\par }\Chap{9}{\SH You and I will be ashamed if your gift is not ready when I arrive.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 9:1-5
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
{\ADD{
I
want
to
write}}
more
about
the
gift
{\ADD{
of
money}} [EUP]
that
{\ADD{
you
and
other believers
are
preparing
to
send}}
to
the believers
{\ADD{
in
Judea
province}}.
I
do
not
{\ADD{
really}}
need
to
{\ADD{
continue
writing
to
you
about
it}},
\VS{2}because
I
already
know
that
you
really
want
to
help
them.
In
fact,
I
have
been
boasting
{\ADD{
about
you}},
telling
the
{\ADD{believers
here
in}}
Macedonia
{\ADD{
province}}
that
{\ADD{
you
people
in}} Achaia
{\ADD{
province}}
have
been
ready
to
help,
since
last
year.
As
a
result,
because
you
are
very
eager
to
help
{\ADD{
the believers
in
Judea
province}},
you
have
made
most
of
{\ADD{
the believers
here
in
Macedonia
province
also
want}}
to
give
{\ADD{
a
gift}}.
\VS{3}However,
I
am
sending Titus
and
the
other
two believers
in
order
that
{\ADD{
they
will
be
able
to
help
you
finish
collecting
the
money.
Then
when
I
and
others
arrive
later,
the
people
with
me
will
see
for
themselves
that}}
the
things
that
I
have
been
boasting
about
you
are
true [LIT].
{\ADD{
I
want}}
you
{\ADD{
to
have
your
gift}}
ready
{\ADD{
for
us(exc)
to
take
to
Jerusalem}},
just
like
I
have
been
telling
others
that
you
were
ready.
\VS{4}When
I
come,
if
any
of
{\ADD{
the believers
from}}
Macedonia
come
with
me,
{\ADD{
I
do
not
want
them
to
find
that
your
gift
is}} [MTY, EUP]
not
ready.
If
that
were
{\ADD{
to
happen}},
I
would
be
very
ashamed,
and
you
yourselves
would
be
even
more
ashamed.
\VS{5}So
that
is
why
I
felt
that
it
was
necessary
to
urge
these
{\ADD{
three}} believers
to
go
{\ADD{
and
visit}}
you
before
I
{\ADD{
come.
In
that
way,
they
would
be
able
to
help
you
finish}}
collecting
the
generous
gift [EUP]
that
had
been
promised
by
you $\{$you
had
said
you
would
give$\}$.
{\ADD{
If
you
do
that,
not
only
will}}
the
gift
be
ready
{\ADD{
by
the
time
that
we
arrive,
but
everyone
will
see
that
you
have
given
because
you
really
want
to
give,
and}}
not
because
anyone
has
forced
you
to
give.
\par }{\SH If
you
give
generously
and
willingly,
God
will
always
continue
to
bless
you
so
that
you
will
have
enough
to
continue
giving
generously,
and
your generosity
will
cause
many
other
people
to
praise
and
honor
God.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 9:6-15
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Do
not
forget
this: “{\ADD{
A
farmer}}
who
sows
only
a
few
{\ADD{
seeds}}
will
not
gather/reap
a
large
{\ADD{
harvest}},
but
the
one
who
sows
a
lot
{\ADD{
of
seeds}}
will
gather/reap
a
large
{\ADD{
harvest}} [MET].”
{\ADD{
Similarly,
if
you
give
just
a
little
to
help
others,
God
will
give
you
only
a
few
blessings.
But
if
you
give
willingly
and
cheerfully
to
help
people,
you
will
receive
in
return
many
blessings
from
God}}.
\VS{7}Each
of
you
should
decide
how
much
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
should
give,
{\ADD{
and
then
give
that
amount}}.
You
{\ADD{(sg)}}
should
not
{\ADD{
be
thinking
to
yourself}}, “{\ADD{
I
really}}
do
not
want
to
give
this
money.”
{\ADD{
And
you(sg)
should}}
not
give
{\ADD{
just}}
because
someone
tells
{\ADD{
you
to
give.
Instead,
you
should
give
willingly
and
cheerfully}},
because
God
loves
those
who
give
cheerfully.
\VS{8}Moreover,
God
can
enable
you
to
{\ADD{
give
to
others
cheerfully.
If
you
give
that
way}},
God
will
{\ADD{
in
return}}
give
you
many
good
blessings.
He
will
do
that
so
that
at
all
times
you
will
always
have
everything
that
you
need.
Indeed,
you
will
have
even
more
{\ADD{
than
you
need.
As
a
result,
you
will
be
able
to
do}}
many
more
good
things
{\ADD{
to
help
others}}.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
Those
who
give
willingly
and
cheerfully
will
be
rewarded
like
the
man
about
whom}}
it
is
written $\{${\ADD{
about
whom}} ◄someone/the
Psalmist►
wrote$\}$
in
the Scriptures,
\par }{\Q He
generously
{\ADD{
helps
others}},
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
he
gives
to
those}}
who
are
poor.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
God
will
remember}}
the
good
things
that
he
did,
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
and
reward
him
with}}
good
things
forever.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}{\ADD{
God
always}}
gives
seeds
to
farmers
to
plant,
and
also
gives
them
food
to
eat.
{\ADD{
So,
similarly,
God
will}}
always
make
it possible
for
you
to
have
enough
money [MET],
so
that
you
will
be
able
more
and
more
to
generously
{\ADD{
help
those
who
are
needy}}.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
God}}
will
{\ADD{
give
you}}
many
blessings
in
many
different
ways
as
a
result
of
your
generously
{\ADD{
helping
others}}.
Furthermore,
{\ADD{
the}}
generous
{\ADD{
gift
that
you
are
getting
ready
for}}
us
{\ADD{(exc)
to
take
to
the believers
in
Judea
province}}
will
cause
{\ADD{
many
people}}
to
thank
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}{\ADD{
Also
remember
that}}
when
you
give
money
to [EUP]
help
God’s
people,
you
not
only
give
them
what
they
need,
but
also,
{\ADD{
because
of
that}},
{\ADD{
many
people
will}}
thank
God
very
much
{\ADD{
for
you
and
for
what
you
have
done}}.
\VS{13}As
a
result
of
your
giving
{\ADD{
money
to
help
others}},
they
will
praise
God,
not
only
because
you
have
believed
the
good
message
about
Christ,
but
also
because
you
have
{\ADD{
generously
given
some
of
your
possessions}}
so
that
they
and
other
{\ADD{believers
will
all
have}} ◄{\ADD{
enough/their
needs
supplied}}►.
\VS{14}Also,
when
they
pray
for
you,
{\ADD{
asking
God
to
bless
you,
they
will
remember
how
grateful
they
are}} [IDM]
that
God
{\ADD{
caused
you
to
give}}
very
willingly
and
cheerfully.
\VS{15}{\ADD{
Finally,
we
should
all}}
thank
God
{\ADD{
because
he
gave
us
the
greatest
gift
of
all
when
he
sent
his
Son
to
save/rescue
us(inc)}} ◄{\ADD{
from
the
guilt
of
our
sin/from
being
punished
for
our
sin}}►.
That
is
a
gift
too
wonderful
for
anyone
to
be
able
to
tell
about
completely!

\par }\Chap{10}{\SH I Paul say to you, “Do not listen to those who say that I am afraid to rebuke you when I am with you and that I behave like people do who are not believers.”
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 10:1-6
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
I
myself,
Paul,
appeal
to
you
in
a
gentle
and
humble
way,
like
Christ
{\ADD{
would.
Certain
people
among
you
have
falsely
accused
me
by
saying}}, “When
{\ADD{
Paul}}
is
with
you,
he
is
humble
{\ADD{
and
speaks
gently}}
to
you,
but
when
he
is
away
from
you,
{\ADD{
in
the
letters
he
writes
to
you}}
he threatens
{\ADD{
to
punish}}
you.”
{\ADD{
Those
people
claim
that
I
do
not
have
authority
over
you
as
an apostle}}.
\VS{2}I
strongly
plead
with
you, “{\ADD{
Please
do
not
listen
to
people
who
say
things
like
that!}}”
{\ADD{
I
strongly
plead
with
you
not
to
listen
to
them}},
so
that
when
I
am
there
{\ADD{
with
you}}
I
will
not
{\ADD{
need
to}}
speak
severely
{\ADD{
to
you}}
in
the
same
severe
way
as
I
{\ADD{
plan
to}}
speak
to
those
people
who
think
that
I
behave
like
people
who
are
not believers.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
Remember
that}}
although
I
am
{\ADD{
human
like
everyone
else}}
in
the
world,
I
do
not
fight
{\ADD{
against
those
who
oppose
me}}
in
the
way
that
people
who
are
not believers
fight
those
who
oppose
them.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
I
will
tell
you
what
I
mean
by
that:
Just
like
soldiers
use}}
various
weapons
{\ADD{
to
fight
their
enemies}} [MET],
{\ADD{
I}} ◄{\ADD{
fight
against/oppose}}►
{\ADD{
those
who}}
oppose
God’s
message,
but
I
do
it
in
a
different
way.
I
do
not
{\ADD{
use
human
arguments
and
clever/sweet
talk}},
like unbelievers
do.
Instead,
{\ADD{
I
fight
against
my
opponents}}
with
the
powerful
means
that
God
{\ADD{
has
given
me}}.
With
that
power
{\ADD{
I
destroy
their
arguments
against
God’s
message
and
against
me,
just
like
soldiers
destroy}} [MET]
the
fortresses
{\ADD{
of
their
enemies}}.
\VS{5}{\ADD{
Specifically}},
I
show
that
the
{\ADD{
human}}
arguments
that
they
use
to
deceive
{\ADD{
people
are
completely
wrong}}.
When
they
{\ADD{
proudly
say
things
that}}
keep
other
people
from
knowing
God,
{\ADD{
I
show
them
that
they
are
completely
wrong.
I
also
enable
people
to}}
change
their
ways
of
thinking
so
that
they
think
about
everything
as
Christ
{\ADD{
wants
them
to
think}}.
\VS{6}I
am
also
ready
to
discipline
everyone
{\ADD{
among
you}}
who
has
not
obeyed
{\ADD{
the
things
that Christ
taught.
I
will
do
this}}
as
soon
as
you
{\ADD{
who
truly
want
to
obey Christ
show
me
that}}
you
are
{\ADD{
going
to}}
obey
him
completely.
\par }{\SH Those
who
teach
what
is
false
must
come
to
realize
that
I
also
belong
to Christ
and
that
God
has
given
me
authority
over
you.
I
worry
that
they
will
deceive
you
and
that
you
will
stop
being
faithful
to Christ
alone.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 10:7—11:6
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\ADD{
I
want
you
to
understand
what
is}} happening
among
you.
There
are
certain
{\ADD{
people
there
who
are
telling
you
that}}
they
know
for
sure
that
they
are
Christ’s
{\ADD{
representatives
and
that
I
am
not}}.
Those
people
should
realize
that
I
{\ADD{
represent}}
Christ
as
much
as
they
do.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
I
say
that}}
because
the
authority
that
the
Lord
gave
me
{\ADD{
as
his apostle}}
is
to
help
you
to
become mature believers,
not
to
cause
you
to
stop
{\ADD{
trusting
in
Christ}}.
So
even
if
I
were
to
boast
a
little
more
than
I
have
{\ADD{
already
done}} (OR,
proudly
talk
a
little
more
than
I
have
{\ADD{
already
talked}}
about
the
authority
the
Lord
gave
me
{\ADD{
as
his apostle}}),
{\ADD{
no
one
would
be
able
to
make
me}}
ashamed
{\ADD{
by proving
that
Jesus
has
not
given
me
that
authority}}.
\VS{9}I
do
not
intend
to
make
you
afraid
of
me
by
the
letters
that
I
{\ADD{
write
to
you}}.
\VS{10}{\ADD{
I
say
that}}
because
some
people
are
saying, “{\ADD{
When
Paul
writes}}
letters,
he
says
severe
things
{\ADD{
in
order
to
make
you
obey
him}},
but
when
he
is
here
with
you,
{\ADD{
people
look
at
him
and
say}}
he
is
weak,
and
he
certainly
is
not
a
skillful
speaker.”
\VS{11}The
{\ADD{
people
who
say}}
such
things
should
think
carefully
about
this:
The
kind
of
{\ADD{
severe}}
person
that
{\ADD{
you
think}}
me
to
be
when
you
read
my
letters
is
exactly
the
kind
of
person
I
will
be
when
I
come.
{\ADD{
I
will
do
what
I
wrote
that
I
would
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}{\ADD{
Those
who
oppose
me}}
tell
others
how
good
they
are.
{\ADD{
If
they
really
were
superior
to
me}} [IRO],
I
would
not
be
so
bold
as
to
say
that
I
{\ADD{
was
equal
to
them,
or}}
to
compare
myself
with
them.
{\ADD{
But
they
are
not
superior
to
me}}.
They
make
up
their
own
standards
{\ADD{
about
what
God’s
servants
should
be
like}},
and
then
they
look
at
their
own
{\ADD{
conduct}}
and
decide
{\ADD{
whether
or
not
they
meet
those
standards.
By
doing
that,
they
show
that}}
they
are
foolish.
\VS{13}But
as
for
me,
I
will
not
boast
about
{\ADD{
working
among
people
living
in}}
areas
outside
of
the
areas
{\ADD{
that
God
sent/assigned
me
to
work
in}}.
But
{\ADD{
it
is
right
for}}
me
to
say
that
{\ADD{
I
have
worked}}
in
the
areas
that
God
assigned
to
me.
{\ADD{
And
since
those
areas}}
include
the
one
where
you
live,
\VS{14}{\ADD{
when
I
talk
about
working
among
you}},
I
am
not
boasting
{\ADD{
about
working
in
an
area
where
God
did
not
give
me
the
right
to
work.
What
those
who
oppose
me
say
about
my
not
having
authority
as
an apostle
to
you
might
be
true}}
if
I
had
not
already
come
all
the
way
to
your
area.
{\ADD{
But
that
is
not
true}},
because
I
was
the
one
who
first
brought
the
message
about
Christ
to
you.
{\ADD{
I
came
to Corinth
before
they
did}}!
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Also,
{\ADD{
my
opponents}}
boast
about
work
that
others
have
done
{\ADD{
as
if
it
were
their
own
work}}.
It
is
improper
for
them
to
do
that,
but
I
do
not
do
as
they
do.
I
confidently
expect
that
as
you
trust
more
and
more
{\ADD{
in
the gospel
that
I
preach}},
you
will
more
and
more
{\ADD{
agree
that
God
has
given
me
the
right
to}}
work
{\ADD{
as
Christ’s
representative}}
among
you.
\VS{16}Then
I
will
be
able
to
go
to
places
beyond
where
you
{\ADD{
are}}.
I
will
be
able
to
tell
the
good
message
about Christ
{\ADD{
to
people
in
areas
where
no
one
has
yet
gone
to
tell
that
message}}.
And
{\ADD{
I
will
be
able
to
talk
about
the
work
I
myself
have
done
in
that
area}},
instead
of
boasting
about
work
that
someone
else
has
already
done
{\ADD{
as
if
it
were
my
work}}.
\VS{17}{\ADD{
I
try
to
do
according
to
what
someone/Jeremiah
wrote
in
the Scriptures}},
\par }{\Q If
anyone
wants
to
boast
{\ADD{
about
something}},
he
should
boast
{\ADD{
only}}
about
what
the
Lord
{\ADD{
God
has
done}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}{\ADD{
You
can
realize,
then,
that}}
it
is
not
those
who ◄praise
themselves/tell
you
what
great
things
they
have
done►,
{\ADD{
as
my
opponents
do}},
whom
you
should
accept
{\ADD{
as apostles}}.
Instead,
you
{\ADD{
should
accept
as
true apostles
only}}
those
whom
the
Lord
commends.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
But
now,
because
my
opponents
are
saying
that Christ
sent
them
to
you
as
his
representatives
and
that
he
did
not
send
me}},
please
be
patient
with
me,
too,
{\ADD{
while
I
say
a}}
few
things
{\ADD{
that
may
sound
as
if}} [IRO]
{\ADD{
I
am
praising
myself,
like}}
a
foolish
person
{\ADD{
would
do.
You
have
been}} ◄{\ADD{
putting
up
with/tolerating}}►
{\ADD{
those
who
teach
what
is
false;}}
now
then, ◄put
up
with/tolerate►
me
{\ADD{
too}}.
\VS{2}I
really
do
care
about
{\ADD{
what
happens
to}}
you,
just
as
God
cares
about
{\ADD{
what
happens
to
you.
Just
like
a
father
wants
his
daughter
to
be sexually
pure
when
he
presents
her
to
the
man
she
will
marry}} [MET],
I
{\ADD{
want
you
to
belong}}
to
Christ
{\ADD{
alone
and
to
no
other}}.
I
want
to
present
you
{\ADD{
to
him}}
as
people
who
remain
faithful
to
him
{\ADD{
only,
and
who
have
not
believed
the
deceitful
message
of
those
who
are
teaching
what
is
false}}.
\VS{3}However,
just
like
{\ADD{
Satan,
when
he}} cunningly
{\ADD{
appeared
as
a}}
snake,
deceived
Eve
{\ADD{
and
caused
her
to
disobey
the
Lord
God}},
I
am
concerned
that
{\ADD{
those
teachers}}
will
cause
you
to
think wrongly
so
that
you
will
no
longer
{\ADD{
be
faithful
to}}
Christ
alone.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
I
say
that}}
because
some
people
have
come
among
you
who
are
teaching
{\ADD{
their
own
thoughts
about}}
Jesus.
They
{\ADD{
are
saying
about
him}}
things
that
are
{\ADD{
entirely}}
different
from
what
I
taught
you.
{\ADD{
They
are
urging}}
you
to
receive
a
{\ADD{
powerful}}
spirit
who
{\ADD{
would
come
to
live
in
you}},
but
it
is
not
the
same
{\ADD{
Spirit}}
that
you
received
{\ADD{
from
God
when
you
believed
in Christ}}.
They
preach
{\ADD{
what
they
call}}
a
good
message,
and
you
accept
{\ADD{
their
message,
even
though
it
is
not
the
same
as
the
good
message
about Christ
that
you
heard
from
me.
And}}
you
have
gladly
accepted
them
and
their
message!
\VS{5}I
consider
that [LIT]
none
of
those
{\ADD{
men,
even
though
they
think
of
themselves
as
being}} [IRO] extra-special apostles,
are
in
any
way
greater
than
I
am.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
I
admit
that}}
I
am
not
an
eloquent
speaker,
but
I
do
know
{\ADD{
God’s
message}}.
I
have
made
that
clear
to
you
by
everything
{\ADD{
that
I
have
done
among
you
and
by
everything
that
I
have
taught
you}}.
\par }{\SH You
are mistaken
if
you
think
that
I
do
not
love
you
because
I
refused
to
accept
money
from
you
for
my
teaching.
I
will
go
on
doing
that
to
prevent
those
false apostles
among
you
from
boasting
that
they
work
just
as
I
do.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 11:7-15
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\ADD{
I
refused
to
accept
money}}
from
you
as
pay
for
teaching
you
God’s
message
about Christ. ◄It
is ridiculous
for
you
to
think
that
what
I
did
was
wrong!/Was
that
wrong?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
I
know
that
by
teaching
you
without
pay}},
I
made
myself
seem [IRO] unimportant
to
you.
{\ADD{
But
I
did
it}}
to
honor
you.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
Some
people
might
say
that
it
was
as
though}} [IRO]
I
was
robbing
other
congregations
because
I
accepted
money
from
them
in
order
that
I
might
work
among
you.
\VS{9}Furthermore,
when
I
was
{\ADD{
there}}
with
you
and
had
no
{\ADD{
money
to
buy
the
things
that
I
needed}},
I
did
not
cause
any
{\ADD{
of
you}} ◄{\ADD{
to
have difficulties
by
my depending
on
you/by
asking
you
for
money/support}}►,
because
our
{\ADD{(inc)}}
fellow believers
who
came
from
{\ADD{
here
in}}
Macedonia
{\ADD{
province}}
brought
enough
{\ADD{
money
for
me
to
buy
everything}}
that
I
needed.
So
I
have
not
caused
you
any
difficulty
at
all
{\ADD{
by
asking
you
for
money}},
and
I
never
will
{\ADD{
ask
you
for
money}} [EUP].
\VS{10}{\ADD{
And}}
as
{\ADD{
sure
as
you
know
that}}
everything
that
Christ
says
is
true,
{\ADD{
you
can
be
sure
that
what}}
I
say
{\ADD{
to
you
now
is
true.
Wherever
I
go}}
there
in Achaia
{\ADD{
province}},
{\ADD{
I
do
not
let
you believers
pay
me
for
doing
God’s
work
among
you}}.
And
no
one
will
be
able
to
prevent
me
from
boasting
{\ADD{
about
that}}.
\VS{11}No
one
should wrongly [RHQ]
think
that
it
is
because
I
do
not
love
you
that
{\ADD{
I
do
not
take
pay
from
you}}.
God
knows
{\ADD{
that
you
truly/really
are
very
dear
to
me}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}There
are
{\ADD{
some
men
there
among
you}}
who
would
like
to
be
able
to
say boastfully
that
they
{\ADD{
work
among
you}}
just
as
I
do.
So,
in
order
to
make
it
impossible [IDM]
{\ADD{
for
them
to
say
that}},
I
have
{\ADD{
refused
to
accept
pay
from
you}},
and
I
will
continue
doing
that.
\VS{13}Those
men
are
lying
{\ADD{
when
they
say
that
they
are}}
apostles.
They
work
deceitfully.
{\ADD{
Even
though
they
say
that
they
work
for
God,
they
are
working
only
for
themselves}}.
They
try
to
make
people
think
that
Christ
{\ADD{
sent
them}}
as
his
apostles,
{\ADD{
but
they
do
not
truly
represent
him}}.
\VS{14}I
am
not
surprised
{\ADD{
that
they
act
like
that}},
because
Satan
himself
causes
people
to
think
{\ADD{
that
he
has
come}}
as
a
shining
messenger
{\ADD{
from
God}}.
\VS{15}So
it
should
not surprise
{\ADD{
you}}
if
these
men,
who
{\ADD{
really}}
serve
{\ADD{
Satan,
do
good
things
in
order}}
to
make
you
think
they
{\ADD{
serve
God}}.
Some
day
God
will
{\ADD{
punish
them}}
according
to
what
they
deserve
because
of
the
{\ADD{
evil}}
things
that
they
do.
\par }{\SH You
seem
to
listen
to
those
who
boast,
so
I
too
will
boast.
I
will
boast
about
being
a
Jew (as
those
others
do),
and
I
will
boast
about
having
suffered
greatly
for
Christ,
and
about
an
extraordinary
vision
that
God
gave
me.
Although
God
caused
me
to
suffer
an
affliction,
he
promised
that
he
would
help
me
and
strengthen
me.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 11:16—12:10
\par }{\PP \VS{16}I
say
again:
I
do
not
want
any
of
you
to
think
that
my
{\ADD{
boasting
about
myself}}
is
like
foolish
{\ADD{
people}}
boast.
But
even
if
anyone
{\ADD{
thinks
that
I
am
boasting
about
myself
like
a
foolish
person
boasts,
listen
to}}
what
I
{\ADD{
have
to
say anyway,
just
like
you
listen
to
those
false apostles}}.
They
really
{\ADD{
speak}}
foolishly!
Listen
to
me
while
I
also
boast
a
little.
\VS{17}About
the
things
that
I
am
{\ADD{
going
to
tell
you}},
boasting
confidently
{\ADD{
about
myself,
surely
you
know
that
they
are
not
the
kind
of
things}}
that
the
Lord
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
would
say.
Instead,
{\ADD{
I
will
speak}}
as
a
foolish
{\ADD{
person
would
speak}}.
\VS{18}Because
many
among
you
are
boasting
{\ADD{
about
their
own
work}},
as unbelievers
do,
I
will
also
boast
{\ADD{
about
myself
and
my
work}} [MTY, IRO].
\VS{19}{\ADD{
I
am
sure
that
you,
who
think
that
you
are
so
wise,
will
accept
what
I
say}}
because
you
gladly
{\ADD{
accept
the}}
false
teachers
and
the
foolish
things
{\ADD{
that
they
say}}.
\VS{20}When
people
{\ADD{
treat}}
you
as
if
they
were
your
bosses,
you
gladly
submit
{\ADD{
to
them.
You
think
that
it
is
all
right
when
others}}
force
you
to
provide
for
their
needs.
You
think
that
it
is
all
right
{\ADD{
when
people}}
take
control
over
you,
when
they
boast
about
themselves,
{\ADD{
or
when
they
insult
you
by}} slapping
you
in
the
face.
\VS{21}I
agree
that
I
was
not
bold
enough
to
treat
you
in
such
ways.
{\ADD{
Ha!
Do
you
think
that}} [IRO]
I
should
feel
ashamed
{\ADD{
because
I
did
not
do
that?}}
\par }{\PP So
now,
talking
like
a
person
who
does
not
have
any
sense,
I
will
boldly
tell
you
{\ADD{
some
things
about
myself,
just
like
those
false apostles
tell
you
things
about
themselves}}.
\VS{22}Do
{\ADD{
they
tell
you}}
that
they
are
Hebrews
{\ADD{
and
can
speak
the
Hebrew
language?}}
Well,
I
can
say
the
same
thing
{\ADD{
about
myself}}.
Do
they
{\ADD{
tell
you
that
they}}
belong
{\ADD{
to
God’s
people}},
the
nation
of
Israel?
Well,
I
can
say
the
same
thing
{\ADD{
about
myself}}.
{\ADD{
Do
they
tell
you
that}}
they
are
descendants
of
{\ADD{
our
great}} ancestor
Abraham?
Well,
he
is
my ancestor,
too.
\VS{23}{\ADD{
Do
they
tell
you
how
much}}
work
they
have
done
for
Christ?
Now
I
am
talking
like
a crazy
person talks [EUP].
Well,
I
work
for
Christ
much
more
{\ADD{
than
they
do.
I
have
been}}
in
prison
many
more
times
{\ADD{
than
they
have.
Many
times
I}}
have
been
beaten $\{${\ADD{
people}}
have
beaten
me$\}$
very
severely
{\ADD{
because
I
believe
in
and
obey
Christ}}.
Many
times
I
almost
died
{\ADD{
because
of
serving
Christ}}.
\VS{24}On
five
occasions
Jewish
{\ADD{religious
leaders}}
beat
me 39
times
with
a
whip.
\VS{25}On
three
occasions
I
was
beaten $\{${\ADD{Roman}}
officials
beat
me$\}$
with
wooden
sticks.
On
one
occasion
{\ADD{
a
large
crowd
of
people}}
threw
stones
at
me
{\ADD{
to
kill
me}}.
On
three
occasions
the
ship
{\ADD{
that
I
was
traveling
on}}
was wrecked
{\ADD{
and
sank.
On
one
of
those
occasions}}
I
was
{\ADD{floating}}
in
the
water
a
night
and
a
day
{\ADD{
before
I
was
rescued}}.
\VS{26}As
I
have
often
traveled
to
other
places,
{\ADD{
I
have
often
risked losing
my
life.
For
example}},
sometimes
I
have
been
in
danger
{\ADD{
crossing}}
rivers.
{\ADD{
I
have
been}}
in
danger
{\ADD{
traveling
in
places}}
where
there
were
bandits.
{\ADD{
At
times
I
have
been
in}}
danger
among
people
of
my
own
nation,
{\ADD{
the
Jews}},
and
{\ADD{
at
other
times
I
been
in}}
danger
among
those
who
are
not
Jews.
{\ADD{
I
have
been}}
in
danger
in
cities,
and
I
have
been
in
dangerous situations
in
barren
areas.
I
have
been
in
dangerous situations
{\ADD{
when
I
was
traveling
in
ships}}.
{\ADD{
I
have
been
in}}
danger
among
people
who
falsely
{\ADD{
claim
to
be}}
fellow believers.
\VS{27}I
have
worked
very
hard [DOU]
{\ADD{
to earn}} ◄{\ADD{
a
living/what
I
need}}►,
and
often
I
did
not
sleep.
At
times
I
was
hungry
and
thirsty,
and
at
times
I
did
not
have
enough
time
to
eat.
Sometimes
I
was
cold
{\ADD{
because}}
I
did
not
have
enough
clothes
{\ADD{
to
wear}}.
\VS{28}In
addition
to
all
that,
I
am
constantly
and
deeply
concerned
about
all
the
congregations
{\ADD{
that
I
have
helped
to
begin}}.
\VS{29}{\ADD{
Every
time
that
I
hear
about
fellow believers}} [RHQ]
who
are
not
strong
{\ADD{spiritually}},
I
sympathize
with
them
{\ADD{
and
try
to
help
them.
Every
time
that
I
learn
about
a
fellow believer}} [RHQ]
who
causes
{\ADD{
another believer}}
to
do
something
wrong,
that
makes
me
very
angry.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Because
{\ADD{
it
seems
that}}
it
is
necessary
for
me
to
{\ADD{
continue}}
boasting
{\ADD{
about
myself}},
I
will
boast
about
things
that
{\ADD{
caused
some
people
to
think
of
me}}
as
being
weak.
\VS{31}God,
who
is
the
Father
of
our
{\ADD{(inc)}}
Lord
Jesus,
and
who
is
the
one
{\ADD{
whom
we
should}}
praise
forever,
knows
that
I
am
not
lying
{\ADD{
about
this}}.
\VS{32}{\ADD{
One
time
when
I
was}}
in
Damascus
{\ADD{
city}},
the
governor
whom
King Aretas
{\ADD{
had
appointed}}
to
rule
{\ADD{
part
of
his
area,
told
his
soldiers}}
to
guard
{\ADD{
the
gates
of}}
the
city
so
that
they
could
seize
me
{\ADD{
if
I
tried
to
leave
the
city}}.
\VS{33}But
{\ADD{
my
friends}}
helped
me
to
escape
{\ADD{
by}}
putting
me
in
a
large
basket
and
lowering
me
{\ADD{
to
the
ground
by
a
rope}}
through
an
opening
in
the
{\ADD{
city}}
wall.
{\ADD{
That
was
really
humiliating}}!

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
It
seems
that}}
I
must
go
on
boasting
{\ADD{
about
myself}}.
Although
{\ADD{
I
do}}
not
{\ADD{
think
that
my
telling
you
about}}
this
will
help
{\ADD{
you
to
accept
me
as Christ’s
representative
to
you}},
I
{\ADD{
will
say
this anyway}}.
I
will
tell
you
about
visions
that
the
Lord
{\ADD{
gave
a
certain
man}}
and
about
things
that
he
{\ADD{supernaturally}}
revealed
{\ADD{
to
that
man.
I
will
tell
you
this
because
some
of
the
people
among
you
boast
that
it
was
in
visions
that
they
received
the
things
that
they
teach}}.
\VS{2}The
man
that
I
will
tell
you
about
is
one
{\ADD{
who
believes}}
in
Christ.
Fourteen
years
ago
he
was
taken $\{${\ADD{
Christ}}
took
him$\}$
up
into
the
third
heaven,
{\ADD{
the
highest
heaven,
the
place
where
God
is}}.
I
do
not
know
whether
he
went
there
{\ADD{
in
his physical
body}}
or
whether
he
was
outside
of
his
body
{\ADD{
at
that
time
and
only
his
spirit
went}}.
Only
God
really
knows.
\VS{3-4}But
he
was
{\ADD{
suddenly}}
taken $\{${\ADD{Christ
suddenly}}
took
him$\}$
up
to
{\ADD{
a
place
called}} Paradise,
{\ADD{
that
wonderful
place
where
God
lives.
I
repeat
that}}
I
do
not
know
whether
his
body
{\ADD{
went
there}}
or
only
his
spirit.
Only
God
knows
{\ADD{
that.
While
he
was
there,
God}}
told
him
some
things
that
he
does
not
allow
{\ADD{
human
beings}}
to
tell
{\ADD{
others
about}}.
\VS{5}I
will
proudly
talk
about
that
man.
However,
I
will
not
be
boasting
{\ADD{
as}}
I
say
that
I
{\ADD{
am
the
one
who
saw
and
heard
those
wonderful
things}}.
I
will
talk
only
about
the
things
that
{\ADD{
cause
others
to
think
of}}
me
as
a
weak
{\ADD{
human
being
like
everyone
else}}.
\VS{6}But
even
if
I
should
choose
to
boast
{\ADD{
to
you
about
such
wonderful
things
that
happened
to
me}},
I
would
not
be
{\ADD{
speaking
like}}
a
fool,
because
I
would
be
telling
you
the
truth.
But
I
will
not
{\ADD{
talk
proudly
about
such
things}},
because
I
do
not
want
any
of
you
to
think
highly
of
me
{\ADD{
because
of
the
things
that
have
happened
to
me}}.
Instead,
{\ADD{
I
want
you
to
decide
what
kind
of
person
I
am
by
the
way
you
see}}
me
{\ADD{
acting}}
and
by
what
you
hear
me
teach.
\VS{7}In
order
that
I
might
not
become
proud
because
of
those
many
wonderful
things
{\ADD{
that Christ}}
revealed
to
me,
{\ADD{
God
permitted}}
Satan
to
send
a
messenger
{\ADD{
to
humble
me}} (OR,
to
{\ADD{
make
me
sick}}).
{\ADD{
What
that
messenger
did
to
me
was
painful,
like}} [MET]
a
thorn
pricking
my
body.
\VS{8}Three
times
I
prayed
to
the
Lord
about
it,
begging
him
to
take
this
away
from
me.
\VS{9}But
he
said
to
me, “{\ADD{
No,
I
will
not
take
this
away
from
you.
Instead}},
I
will
kindly
help
you,
and
that
will
be
all
that
you
need,
because
it
is
{\ADD{
when
you
are}}
weak
that
I
{\ADD{
can}}
best
{\ADD{
work}} powerfully
{\ADD{
to
help
you}}.”
So,
because
of
{\ADD{
what
the
Lord
said
to
me}},
I
will
very
gladly
boast
about
{\ADD{
the
things
that
make}}
me
{\ADD{
seem}}
weak,
so
that
{\ADD{
people
may
realize}}
that
it
is
Christ
who
gives
me
power
{\ADD{
to
serve
him}}.
\VS{10}For
that
reason,
{\ADD{
whenever
I
am}}
weak,
or
{\ADD{
when
people}}
insult
me,
{\ADD{
or
when
I
have
to
endure}} hardships,
or
{\ADD{
when
I
am
persecuted}} $\{${\ADD{
people}}
cause
me
to
suffer$\}$,
or
{\ADD{
when
I
am
in situations
that}}
distress
me,
I
am
content
because
{\ADD{
I
am
serving}}
Christ.
{\ADD{
I
can
say
that}}
because
at
any
time
when
I
myself
am
weak,
that
is
the
{\ADD{
very}}
time
when
{\ADD{
Christ}} powerfully
{\ADD{
helps
me}}.
\par }{\SH When
I
was
with
you,
I
did
things
that
showed
you
that
I
am
truly
Christ’s
representative.
But
I
still
will
not
take
pay
from
you
when
I
come
to
visit
you
again.
And
those
people
are
wrong
who
say
that
I
tricked
you
by
sending Titus
to
get
money
for
myself
from
you.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 12:11-18
\par }{\PP \VS{11}It
has
been
foolish
for
me
{\ADD{
to
talk
about
myself
like
this}},
but
it
is
you
who
forced
me
to
do
it.
Truly
{\ADD{
if
the
Lord
would
not
help
me}},
I
would
be
worthless,
{\ADD{
as
my
opponents
say
that
I
am}}.
But
none
of
the
men
whom
you
{\ADD{
wrongfully
think}} [IRO]
are
great apostles
are
greater
in
any
way
than
I
am.
So
it
would
have
been
right/proper
for
you
to
say
good
things
about
me.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
You
should
have
done
that,
because}}
when
I
was
with
you
{\ADD{
I}}
repeatedly
did
the
things
that
showed
you
that
{\ADD{
I
am
truly}}
an apostle,
such
as
performing
many [DOU]
miracles.
\VS{13}And
I
have
{\ADD{
certainly
treated}}
you
as
well
as
{\ADD{
I
treated}}
the
other
congregations
{\ADD{
that
I
helped
to
start.
Or
do
you
think
that}}
by
not
asking
you
{\ADD{
to
pay
me
for
my
work}},
I
was
not treating
you
as
well
as
I
treated
the
other
congregations? ◄It
is
foolish
for
you
to
{\ADD{
think
that}} [IRO]
{\ADD{
it}}
was
wrong
for
me
not
{\ADD{
to
ask
for
pay
from
you
for
my
work,
and
therefore
I
should
ask}}
you
to
forgive
me
for
that!/Do
you
{\ADD{
think
that
it}}
was
wrong
for
me
not
{\ADD{
to
ask
for
pay
from
you
for
my
work,
and
therefore
I
should
ask}}
you
to
forgive
me
for
that?► [RHQ]
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Now
listen
to
me!
It
is
time
for
me
to
come
to
you
for
a
third
{\ADD{
visit.
When
I
come}},
I
{\ADD{
still}}
will
not insist
that
you
{\ADD{
pay
me
for
my
work}},
because
I
do
not
want
{\ADD{
any
of}}
your
{\ADD{
money}} [EUP]!
What
I
want
is
for
you [MTY]
{\ADD{
to
love
and appreciate
me}}.
It
is
not
{\ADD{
normally
the
duty
of}}
children
to
save
{\ADD{
money
to
provide
for
the
needs
of}}
their
parents.
Instead,
it
{\ADD{
is
the
duty
of}}
parents
to
{\ADD{
provide}}
for
their
children [MET].
In
the
same
way,
{\ADD{
it
is
not
your
duty
to
provide
for
me.
Instead,
it
is
my
duty
to
provide
spiritual
help
for
you
because
you
are
my
spiritual
children}}.
\VS{15}So,
for
my
part,
{\ADD{
as
a
good parent
would
do}},
I
will
be
very
happy
to
use
everything
that
I
have,
and
do
everything
that
I
possibly
can,
{\ADD{
in
order
to
help
you}}.
And
because
I
love
you
very
much, ◄I
will
be
very
disappointed
if
{\ADD{
you}}
do
not
love
me
a
little
bit,
too./will
{\ADD{
you}}
not
love
me
a
little
bit,
too?► [RHQ]
\par }{\PP \VS{16}{\ADD{
You
all}}
know
that
I
did
not
depend
on
you
{\ADD{
to
provide
for
my
needs}}.
However,
{\ADD{
there
are
some
who
accuse
me,
saying
that}} [IRO]
I
was
very
clever
and
got
money
from
you
by tricking
you.
\VS{17}But
did
I
ever
do
that?
No!
I
never [RHQ]
asked
any
of
the
men
whom
I
sent
to
you
{\ADD{
to
get
money}}
from
you
{\ADD{
and
bring
it
to
me}}
\VS{18}Titus
went
{\ADD{
and
visited
you
because}}
I
urged
him
to
do
so.
I
also
sent
the
other believer,
{\ADD{
whom
you
know}},
to
go
with
Titus.
{\ADD{
You
know
that}}
Titus
did
not [RHQ] trick
{\ADD{
you
in
order
to
get
money
from
you.
And
you
certainly
know
that}}
he
and
I
have
always [RHQ]
acted
in
exactly
the
same
{\ADD{
honest}}
way
{\ADD{towards
you}}.
\par }{\SH I
am
worried
that
when
I
visit
you
I
will
find
that
many
of
you
are
still
sinning.
I
pray
that
God
will
help
you
turn
from
your
sinful
behavior,
so
that
I
will
not
have
to
discipline
you
when
I
come.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 12:19—13:10
\par }{\PP \VS{19}While
{\ADD{
you
have
been
reading
this
letter,
if}}
you
have
been
thinking
that
I
have
{\ADD{
just}}
been
{\ADD{
saying
these
things
to}}
defend
myself
{\ADD{
against
those
who
accuse
me,
you
are
wrong}}.
I
have
been
saying
{\ADD{
these
things
honestly,
knowing}}
that
God
is
listening
{\ADD{
to
me.
I
also
speak
as
one
who
has
a
close relationship}}
with
Christ.
Everything
that
I
do
and
{\ADD{
everything
that
I
say
is}}
to
{\ADD{
help
you}}
whom
I
love ◄to
grow
{\ADD{spiritually/}}
to
become
{\ADD{spiritually}} mature►.
\VS{20}{\ADD{
I
have
written
this
way
to
you}}
because
I
worry
that
when
I
come
{\ADD{
to
visit
you}},
I
will
see
that
{\ADD{
some
of}}
you
are
{\ADD{
not conducting
your
lives
the
way}}
that
I
want
you
{\ADD{
to}}.
If
that
is
so,
{\ADD{
when
I
get
there}}
you
will
see
that
I
will
have
{\ADD{
to
act}}
in
a
{\ADD{
very
severe
way
toward
you,
and
I
am
sure}}
that
you
do
not
want
that.
Specifically,
I
am
afraid
that
{\ADD{
some
of
you}}
may
be
quarreling,
or
that
you
are
being
jealous
{\ADD{
of
each
other}},
or
that
you
quickly
get
very
angry
{\ADD{
with
them}},
or
that
you
are
acting
selfishly,
or
that
{\ADD{
some
of}}
you
are
saying
bad
things
about
others,
or
that
you
are ◄spreading
false
rumors/saying
false
things►
about
each
other,
or
that
you
are
acting
proudly,
or
that
you
are
{\ADD{
doing
things}}
in
a disorderly
manner.
\VS{21}{\ADD{
I}} ◄{\ADD{
feel
anxious/am
concerned}}►
{\ADD{
about
you.
I
worry
that}}
when
I
visit
you
again,
God,
the
one
whom
I
{\ADD{
serve}},
will
make
me
feel
ashamed
of
you
{\ADD{
when
I
see
that}}
you
{\ADD{
still
are
not conducting
your
lives
as believers
should}}.
Then
I
will
feel
very
sad
about
{\ADD{
some
of}}
you
who
were
sinning
previously
and
have
not
stopped
your
sinful
behavior.
{\ADD{
Some
of
you}}
may
still
have
impure
{\ADD{
thoughts.
Some
of
you}}
may
be
having
sexual
intercourse
with
those
to
whom
you
are
not
married.
{\ADD{
And
some
of
you}}
may
be
doing
other
shameful
things.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
In
the Scriptures
it
is stated
that
when
one
person}}
accuses
{\ADD{
another
of
wrongdoing,
you
must
not
believe
his}}
accusation
{\ADD{
right
away}}.
{\ADD{
First,
you
must
listen
to
at
least}}
two
or
three
people
who
actually
saw
what
happened.
{\ADD{
So
keep
in
mind
that}}
this
will
be
the
third
time
that
I
will
visit
you!
\VS{2}When
I
visited
you
the
second
time,
I
warned
you
{\ADD{
that
I
was
going
to
punish
all
the
wrongdoers
among
you}}.
{\ADD{
And
now}}
I
am
{\ADD{
warning
you}}
again
while
I
am
still
away
{\ADD{
from
you}}.
When
I
visit
you
this
third
time,
I
will
punish
those
who
were
sinning
{\ADD{
at
the
time
when
I
visited
you}}
before
{\ADD{
and
who
are
still
sinning}},
and
I
will
{\ADD{
punish}}
the
others
{\ADD{
who
have
been
sinning
since
then,
if
they
have
not
stopped
their
sinful
behavior}}.
\VS{3}Because
you
have
demanded
that
I
prove
to
you
that
Christ
is
speaking
{\ADD{
to
you
when}}
I
{\ADD{
speak
to
you,
I
will
show
you
that
I
speak
to
you
as
his apostle.
Christ}}
does
not
approve
of
your
sinful
behavior.
On
the
contrary,
he
will powerfully
{\ADD{
discipline
you}}.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
It
is
true
that}} Christ
{\ADD{
seemed
to
be}}
weak
when
he
was
crucified $\{$when
{\ADD{
people}}
killed
him
by nailing
him
to
the
cross$\}$.
But
{\ADD{
it
is
also
true
that}}
he
{\ADD{
now}}
lives
because
God
{\ADD{
worked}} powerfully
{\ADD{
to
bring
him
back
to
life.
Similarly}},
as
I
{\ADD{
serve}}
God,
I
also
am
a
weak
human
{\ADD{
being
as Christ
was}}.
But
I
also
{\ADD{
have
a
close relationship
with}} Christ
{\ADD{
who
is
now
alive
again}}.
And
with
his
{\ADD{
authority}}
I
will
use
God’s
power
{\ADD{
to
discipline}}
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Each
of
you
should
ask
yourself: “{\ADD{
Do
I}}
believe
{\ADD{
God’s
message
about
Christ?}}”
Each
of
you
should
{\ADD{
examine
yourselves
to}}
make
sure
that
you
truly
do
{\ADD{
believe}}
in
Christ
{\ADD{
and
so
truly
belong
to
him}},
and
that
{\ADD{
his
Spirit
lives}}
in
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}.
When
you
examine
yourselves
{\ADD{
in
that
way}},
I
am
sure
that
you
will [RHQ]
say
{\ADD{
to
me}}, “Yes,
of
course
we
{\ADD{
belong
to}}
Christ.”
\VS{6}I
am
{\ADD{
also}}
certain
that
you
will
know
that
I
{\ADD{
belong
to Christ,
just
like
you
do}}.
\VS{7}But
{\ADD{
because
I
do
not
want
to
have
to
punish
you}},
I
am
praying
to
God
that
he
will
help
you
not
to
do
anything
evil
{\ADD{
that
would
cause
me
to
have
to
punish
you.
I
pray
this}},
not
in
order
that
when
people
{\ADD{
who
say
that
I
am
not
your apostle}}
realize
{\ADD{
that
my
ministry
among
you
has
been
very
successful,
they
will
have
to
agree}}
that
I
do
have
authority
from
Christ.
Instead,
{\ADD{
I
pray
this
because
I
want}}
you
to
do
what
is
right,
even
though
that
might
mean
that
{\ADD{
my
opponents
would
think}}
that
I
do
not
have
authority
from
Christ,
{\ADD{
since
I
would
not
have
an opportunity
to
show
my
authority
to
discipline
you}}.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
If
you
do
what
is
right,
I
will
not
discipline
you}},
{\ADD{
because
it
would}}
not
{\ADD{
be
right
for
me
to
do
that
if
you
are conducting
your
lives
the
way
you
should,
like}}
God’s
true
{\ADD{
message
says
that
you
should.
What
God
asks
me
to
do
is
to
help
people
to
know
and
obey
his}}
true
{\ADD{
message}}.
\VS{9}I
am
happy
{\ADD{
whenever}}
you
are
strongly
{\ADD{
trusting
and
obeying Christ,
and
because
of
that
I
do
not
have
to
use
my
authority
to
discipline
you.
It
does
not
matter
to
me
if
that
makes
people
think
that
I
do
not
have
any
authority}}.
Truly,
what
I
am
praying
for
is
that
{\ADD{
God}}
will
{\ADD{
help}}
you
to
completely
change
your
conduct.
\VS{10}That
is
why
I
am
writing
these
things
while
I
am
still
away
from
you.
{\ADD{
What
I
want
is
that}}
when
I
visit
you,
{\ADD{
you
will
already
be conducting
your
lives
as
God
wants
you
to}},
and
so
I
will
not
have
to
{\ADD{
discipline
you}}
severely,
as
the
{\ADD{
Lord
Jesus
Christ
gave
me}}
the
authority
to
do.
The
authority
that
I
have
from
the
Lord
is
to
help
you
to
become
{\ADD{spiritually}} mature believers,
not
to
cause
you
to
stop
{\ADD{
trusting
in
him}}.
\par }{\SH I
finish
my
letter
with
some
advice.
All
of
us
here
send
you
our greetings,
and
I
pray
that
God
will
bless
you.
\par }{\SR 2 Corinthians 13:11-14
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Finally,
my
fellow believers,
{\ADD{
I
say
to
you}},
be
joyful.
Completely
{\ADD{
change
how
you
conduct
your
lives}},
and
do
what
I
have
urged
you
{\ADD{
to
do}}.
Be
united
in
what
you
think
{\ADD{
about
the
matters
about
which
I
have
written
to
you}}.
Live
peacefully
{\ADD{
with
each
other.
If
you
do
those
things}},
God,
who
{\ADD{enables
you
to}}
love
{\ADD{
each
other}}
and
be
peaceful,
will
bless [MTY]
you.
\VS{12}Greet
each
other affectionately
as
{\ADD{
fellow
members}}
of
God’s
family
{\ADD{
should}}.
\VS{13}All
God’s
people
{\ADD{
here}}
send
you greetings.
\VS{14}{\ADD{
I
pray
that}}
the
Lord Jesus Christ
will
act
kindly
{\ADD{
toward}}
all
of
you,
in
ways
that
you
do
not
deserve,
that
God
will
{\ADD{
show
all
of
you
how
much
he}}
loves
you,
and
that
the
Holy
Spirit
{\ADD{
will
cause
you
to
have
good}}
fellowship
{\ADD{
with
him
and
with
each
other}}.
\par }