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 \v 3 For though we now are living in our physical bodies, we are not fighting like armies fight.
-\v 4 And we are fighting with weapons, but these weapons are not designed by human beings, but by God. These weapons are powerful, so powerful that they can tear apart any false arguments.
+\v 4 And we are fighting with weapons, but these weapons are not designed by human beings but by God. These weapons are powerful—so powerful that they can tear apart any false arguments.
 
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-\v 5 In this way we can tear apart every false argument and all those who rise up against God. Those are the ones who try to keep people from knowing him. We keep and hold every thought that people have and we take those thoughts as our prisoners, so they will turn to him and one day all of our thoughts will obey Christ.
+\v 5 In this way we can tear apart every false argument and all those who rise up against God. Those are the ones who try to keep people from knowing him. We keep and hold every thought that people have, and we take those thoughts as our prisoners; so they will turn to him, and one day all of our thoughts will obey Christ.
 \v 6 When you completely obey Christ yourselves, we will be ready to punish any who remain disobedient to him.
 
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 \v 7 You should look at the clear facts. If anyone has faith that he belongs to Christ, remind him that just as he belongs to Christ, so do we!
-\v 8 I may have boasted too much about the authority we apostles have. But the Lord gave that authority to me not to destroy you, but to help you and to make you strong. So I am not ashamed of the authority the Lord gave me.
+\v 8 I may have boasted too much about the authority we apostles have. But the Lord gave that authority to me not to destroy you but to help you and to make you strong. So I am not ashamed of the authority the Lord gave me.
 
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 \v 9 Though my letters seem strong, I do not want you to be afraid when you read them. That is not why I have written them to you.
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 \v 15 We are not boasting about the work God gave to others, as if we had done that work. Instead, we hope that you will trust God more and more, and that in the same way, God will assign us a larger region to work in.
-\v 16 We hope for this in order that we may share the good news with people beyond where you live. We will not take credit for work that any other servants of God are doing, in their own regions where they serve him.
+\v 16 We hope for this, so that we may share the good news with people beyond where you live. We will not take credit for work that any other servants of God are doing, in their own regions where they serve him.
 
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 \v 17 The scriptures say,
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 \v 3 But as I think about you, I have become afraid that someone has tricked you, like the devil tricked Eve. I am afraid that someone has convinced you to stop loving Christ with an honest heart.
-\v 4 I say this because you do not seem to mind if someone else comes and tells you different things about Jesus than what we told you, or if he wants you to receive a different spirit from the Spirit of God, or a different kind of good news.
+\v 4 I say this because you do not seem to mind if someone else comes and tells you different things about Jesus than what we told you, or if he wants you to receive a different spirit from the Spirit of God or a different kind of good news.
 
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 \v 5 People call those teachers "super-apostles," but I do not think they are greater than I am.
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 \v 7 Was I wrong to serve you as a humble person in such a way that others praised you instead of me? Was I wrong to preach the good news to you without charging any money?
 \v 8 Yes, I allowed believers in other churches to give me money so I could serve you. Maybe you will say that I was robbing them. But I asked you for nothing.
-\v 9 There was a time when I was with you that I needed many things, but I did not ask you for any money at all. The brothers who came from Macedonia provided all I needed, instead. I have done everything I could for you not to be in hardship because of me, and this I will continue to do.
+\v 9 There was a time when I was with you that I needed many things, but I did not ask you for any money at all. Instead, the brothers who came from Macedonia provided all I needed. I have done everything I could for you not to be burdened because of me, and this I will continue to do.
 
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 \v 10 I am telling the complete truth about Christ and how I have worked for him. So I will continue to let everyone in all the region of Achaia know about this.
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-\v 16 No one should think I am a fool. But if you really do think of me as a fool, then I will go ahead and continue to praise myself a little more.
+\v 16 No one should think that I am a fool. But if you really do think of me as a fool, then I will go ahead and continue to praise myself a little more.
 \v 17 When I speak in this way, this is not the way the Lord speaks of me; it is simply me speaking like a fool.
 \v 18 Many have been proud about who they are in this life. Well, I can be that way, too.
 
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 \v 22 Are those people Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
-\v 23 Are they servants of Christ?—I speak like a man who is out of his mind! I worked harder than any of them; I have been in more prisons than they; I have had more severe beatings than they, and I have faced death more times that than they have.
+\v 23 Are they servants of Christ?—I speak like a man who is out of his mind! I worked harder than any of them; I have been in more prisons than they; I have had more severe beatings than they have had, and I have faced death more times than they have.
 
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 \v 24 Five times the Jews punished me with the thirty-nine lashes, beating me each time until I nearly died.
 \v 25 Three times I was beaten by my captors with wooden rods. Once they threw stones at me to kill me. Three different ships I was on were lost to the storms, and I have spent a night and a day in the open ocean hoping for rescue.
-\v 26 I have been on many journeys and I have known dangers in rivers, I have been in danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Jews, danger from Gentiles, danger in cities, danger in the wilderness, danger in the ocean, danger from false brothers who betrayed us.
+\v 26 I have been on many journeys, and I have known dangers in rivers; I have been in danger from robbers, in danger from my own people, in danger from Jews, in danger from Gentiles, in danger in cities, in danger in the wilderness, in danger in the ocean, and in danger from false brothers who betrayed us.
 
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-\v 27 I have worked hard and I have been in hardship. I have often gone without sleep and I have been hungry and thirsty with nothing to eat. I have been cold and I have been without warm clothing.
+\v 27 I have worked hard and I have been in hardship. I have often gone without sleep, and I have been hungry and thirsty with nothing to eat. I have been cold, and I have been without warm clothing.
 \v 28 In addition to all that, I worry every day about how well the churches are doing.
-\v 29 There is no fellow believer who is weak, without me being weak with him. There is no fellow believer who has led another person into sin, without me being very angry about it.
+\v 29 There is no fellow believer who is weak without me being weak with him. There is no fellow believer who has led another person into sin without me being very angry about it.
 
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 \v 1 Even though it does no good, I must continue to defend myself, so I will continue by boasting about some visions that the Lord gave me.
-\v 2 Fourteen years ago God took me, a man who is joined to Christ, up to the highest heaven—although only God knows whether he took me up only in my spirit or in my body, too.
+\v 2 Fourteen years ago God took me, a man who is joined to Christ, up to the highest heaven—although only God knows whether he took me up only in my spirit or also in my body.
 
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 \v 3 And I—whether in my body or only in my spirit, God alone knows—
-\v 4 I was taken up into a place in heaven called paradise. There I heard things that were so holy and that I am not able to tell them to you.
+\v 4 I was taken up into a place in heaven called paradise. There I heard things that were so holy that I am not able to tell them to you.
 \v 5 I can boast about that—but God made all that happen, not I. For myself, I can be proud only about how God works in me, a weak man.
 
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-\v 6 Even if I kept on boasting about myself, I would not be foolish, because I would be saying only what was true. However, I will boast no more, so that you can judge me only by what you hear me say, or by what you already know about me.
-\v 7 So I will leave the subject of the amazing visions that God gave me; except that I should tell you that God sent me something very difficult to bear, a device from Satan, in order to cause me to suffer. God did this so that I would not become proud about the visions I saw.
+\v 6 Even if I kept on boasting about myself, I would not be foolish because I would be saying only what was true. However, I will boast no more, so that you can judge me only by what you hear me say or by what you already know about me.
+\v 7 So I will leave the subject of the amazing visions that God gave me, except that I should tell you that God sent me something very difficult to bear, a device from Satan, in order to cause me to suffer. God did this so that I would not become proud about the visions I saw.
 
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 \v 8 I prayed three times to the Lord about this matter; each time I begged him to take this away from me.
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-\v 16 And so, someone might say that although I did not ask you for money, I tricked you into letting me myself pay for everything I needed.
+\v 16 And so, someone might say that, although I did not ask you for money, I tricked you into letting me myself pay for everything I needed.
 \v 17 Well, I never cheated you by using someone else I sent to you, did I?
-\v 18 For example, I sent Titus and the other brother to you, but they did not ask you to support them, did they? Titus never made you pay his expenses, did he? Titus and the other brother treated you the same as I did, is this not so? We lived our lives in the same way; you never had to pay anything for us.
+\v 18 For example, I sent Titus and the other brother to you, but they did not ask you to support them, did they? Titus never made you pay his expenses, did he? Titus and the other brother treated you the same as I did; is this not so? We lived our lives in the same way; you never had to pay anything for us.
 
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-\v 19 You do not really think that I have been trying to defend myself in this letter, do you? God knows that I am joined to Christ, and that I have written everything in order to strengthen you in trusting him.
+\v 19 You do not really think that I have been trying to defend myself in this letter, do you? God knows that I am joined to Christ and that I have written everything in order to strengthen you in trusting him.
 
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-\v 20 From what I know of you, it would not surprise me to find you hurting one another. It would not surprise me that when I come to you, you may not want to listen to me. It would not surprise me that you would arguing a lot among yourselves, that some of you are becoming jealous of one another, and that some of you are becoming very angry with each other. It would not surprise me if some of you are putting yourselves first, that you are talking about each other in secret, and that you are become very selfish.
-\v 21 It would not surprise me if, when I come to you and see you, that God will humble me by how you are living your lives. It would not surprise me that, when I come to you, I will have to mourn for many of you who have disobeyed God before, and even now you have not stopped sinning with sexual acts that God forbids you to do.
+\v 20 From what I know of you, it would not surprise me to find you hurting one another. It would not surprise me that, when I come to you, you may not want to listen to me. It would not surprise me that you would be arguing a lot among yourselves, that some of you are becoming jealous of one another, and that some of you are becoming very angry with each other. It would not surprise me if some of you are putting yourselves first, that you are talking about each other in secret, and that you have become very selfish.
+\v 21 It would not surprise me if, when I come to you and see you, God will humble me by how you are living your lives. It would not surprise me that, when I come to you, I will have to mourn for many of you who have disobeyed God before, and even now you have not stopped sinning with sexual acts that God forbids you to do.
 
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-\v 1 This is the third time I am coming to you to deal with these matters. The principle in dealing with these issues is what the scripture says: "Every accusation against another must be based on the testimony of two or three persons," not just one.
-\v 2 When I was there on the second visit I said to those who had sinned and who had been charged before the church, and to the entire church, and I will say it again: I will not overlook these charges.
+\v 1 This is the third time I am coming to you to deal with these matters. The principle in dealing with these issues is what the scripture says: "Every accusation against another person must be based on the testimony of two or three persons," not just one.
+\v 2 When I was there on the second visit, I said to those who had sinned and who had been charged before the church, and to the entire church, and I will say it again: I will not overlook these charges.
 
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 \v 3 I tell you this because you are looking for proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you; instead, he is working in you by his great power.
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 \v 9 We have joy when we are weak and you are strong. We pray that you may always trust and obey God completely.
-\v 10 As I write this to you while I am away from you, so that when I come to you I will not have to deal harshly with you and use the authority the Lord gave me as an apostle. He gave me the office of apostle so that I might encourage you and not to tear you down.
+\v 10 I write this to you while I am away from you, so that when I come to you I will not have to deal harshly with you and use the authority the Lord gave me as an apostle. He gave me the office of apostle so that I might encourage you and not to tear you down.
 
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-\v 11 The last thing, brothers and sisters, is this: Rejoice! Act and behave better than you have been acting, and allow the Lord to give you courage. Agree with each other and live in peace together. If you do these things, God, who loves you and brings you peace, will be with you.
+\v 11 The last thing, brothers and sisters, is this: Rejoice! Act and behave better than you have been acting, and allow the Lord to give you courage. Agree with each other, and live in peace together. If you do these things, God, who loves you and brings you peace, will be with you.
 \v 12 Welcome each other in a way that tells everybody how much you love each other.
 
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