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 \v 12 Even though the Lord opened many ways for us to share the good news in the city of Troas,
-\v 13 I was worried about our brother Titus, because I did not find him there. So I left the believers in Troas and returned to Macedonia to look for him.
+\v 13 I was worried about our brother Titus because I did not find him there. So I left the believers in Troas and returned to Macedonia to look for him.
 
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 \v 14 We thank God that we are joined together with Christ, and Christ always leads us in his march of victory. Through our lives and our message, everywhere we go, we are like those who have been near burning incense. But our fragrance does not come from real incense, it comes from knowing Christ; and because we know him, we have his fragrant aroma.
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 \v 9 Even the law shined with God's brilliant light. But that brilliant light of the law can only bring death to everyone. So how very much more does his brilliant light shine in us when God makes us right with himself!
-\v 10 When the brilliant light of the law is compared with God's work of putting us right with himself, it is as if the law is not wonderful at all, because what replaced it is so much more wonderful!
+\v 10 When the brilliant light of the law is compared with God's work of putting us right with himself, it is as if the law is not wonderful at all because what replaced it is so much more wonderful!
 \v 11 So you can see that the law, which is passing away, was wonderful. But you can also see that what is replacing it will be even more wonderful, and it will last forever.
 
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 \v 3 If the good news is hidden with a veil, it is hidden from those who are dying apart from God.
-\v 4 For them, the god of this world has made them blind to the truth, because they do not trust the good news about the wonderful honor of Christ—for it is Christ who shows us what God is like.
+\v 4 For them, the god of this world has made them blind to the truth because they do not trust the good news about the wonderful honor of Christ—for it is Christ who shows us what God is like.
 
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 \v 5 We do not proclaim ourselves to you as people who can rescue you from any evil. Instead, we proclaim Christ Jesus as our Master, and we are your servants because we are joined to Jesus.
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 \v 7 Now we carry these precious gifts from God in our bodies, which are fragile like clay pots. There can be no mistake about where our strength comes from: It comes only from God.
 \v 8 We have suffered many different kinds of trouble, but they have not destroyed us. We may be confused about what we should do, but we never give up.
 \v 9 Some people try to harm us, but we are never alone; it is as if some people knocked us down, but we always get up again.
-\v 10 We are often in danger of dying, as Jesus died, but our bodies will live again, because Jesus is alive.
+\v 10 We are often in danger of dying, as Jesus died, but our bodies will live again because Jesus is alive.
 
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 \v 11 For those of us who are alive, God is always leading us to face death because we are joined to Jesus, so that when people look at us, they can know that Jesus is alive.
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 \v 1 We know that these bodies are only temporary dwelling places, like tents that do not last very long. But we know that when we die, God gives us a permanent place in which we will live, a body that lasts forever, a body that God has made.
-\v 2 While we live in our physical bodies, we groan with longing for God to put our new bodies on us,
+\v 2 While we live in our physical bodies, we groan with longing for God to put our new bodies on us
 \v 3 because when he puts them on us, we will not be without our bodies.
 
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-\v 4 For we live in these bodies that one day will die, and we long for the day when we lay aside these bodies. Not that we are eager to die, but we are eager to be clothed with our eternal bodies, because we want to leave these bodies that will die and exchange them for bodies that will never die.
+\v 4 For we live in these bodies that one day will die, and we long for the day when we lay aside these bodies. Not that we are eager to die, but we are eager to be clothed with our eternal bodies because we want to leave these bodies that will die and exchange them for bodies that will never die.
 \v 5 God himself prepares our new bodies for us, and he guarantees that we will receive them by giving us his Spirit.
 
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 \v 8 I am not giving you an order, but I want you to prove how much you love the Lord by comparing how you give to how others give to people in need.
-\v 9 I say this, because you know how kind Jesus Christ has been to you. Although he possessed everything, he gave it all up and became poor. He did this in order to make you rich.
+\v 9 I say this because you know how kind Jesus Christ has been to you. Although he possessed everything, he gave it all up and became poor. He did this in order to make you rich.
 
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 \v 10 And in this I have some encouragement to give you: You started this ministry of help a year ago, and when you began it you were eager to do it.
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 \v 12 God will accept what you do in this task if you are eager to do it. You must finish the work by giving money from the money that you have. You cannot give what you do not have.
 
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-\v 13 We are not taxing you because we do not want others to have to support themselves. But it is fair for you to help them.
+\v 13 We are not taxing you, because we do not want others to have to support themselves. But it is fair for you to help them.
 \v 14 You have more than you need at this time; what you have left over will also be enough for them. In the future, they will have more than they need and, perhaps then, they will be able to help you. That is fair for everyone.
 \v 15 This is what is written in the scriptures:
 \q "The one who had much did not have anything left to share,
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 \v 21 We are careful to do all this in an honest and open way. We want everyone to know how we are doing this, and we know that the Lord sees us also.
 
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-\v 22 And with these brothers we are sending to you, we are adding still one more brother. We have seen that this brother does important work in a very faithful manner. He now desires even more to help you, because he trusts you very much.
+\v 22 And with these brothers we are sending to you, we are adding still one more brother. We have seen that this brother does important work in a very faithful manner. He now desires even more to help you because he trusts you very much.
 \v 23 As for Titus himself, he is my partner; he works alongside me. The churches in our region have chosen the other brothers to go with us to Jerusalem. When other people see them, they will praise Christ very much because of them.
 \v 24 So show these brothers how you love them; show them why we spoke so well about you and why we could not stop telling all the churches how proud we are of you.
 
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 \v 19 You will certainly gladly put up with my foolishness, since you are so wise yourselves!
 \v 20 I say this because you have tolerated leaders who treated you like slaves. You followed those who created divisions among you, and you let your leaders take advantage of you. You permitted your leaders to imagine themselves to be better than others, and you permit them to slap you in the face, but you do nothing about it. And do you really call yourselves wise?
-\v 21 I could be ashamed, because when we were with you, we were too timid to treat you like that.
+\v 21 I could be ashamed because when we were with you, we were too timid to treat you like that.
 
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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.
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 \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 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.
-\v 9 But he said to me, "No, I will not take this away from you. All you need is for me to love you and be with you, because I do my most powerful work in you when you are weak." That is why I would rather be proud of my weakness, so that Christ's power can come and make me strong.
+\v 9 But he said to me, "No, I will not take this away from you. All you need is for me to love you and be with you because I do my most powerful work in you when you are weak." That is why I would rather be proud of my weakness, so that Christ's power can come and make me strong.
 \v 10 I can face anything because Christ is with me. It may be that I must be weak, or that others might treat me with scorn, or that I must have great hardships, or that others will try to kill me. It may be that I will continue to suffer hardships of various kinds. In any case, when my power is gone, then I am at my strongest.
 
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-\v 11 When I write this way, I am praising myself. But I had to do so, because you should have had confidence in me. I am just as good as these "super-apostles," even though I am really nothing at all.
+\v 11 When I write this way, I am praising myself. But I had to do so because you should have had confidence in me. I am just as good as these "super-apostles," even though I am really nothing at all.
 \v 12 I demonstrated to you the true signs of being an apostle—miracles that I did with great patience among you—miracles that proved my claim to be an apostle, along with wonderful miracles and powerful proofs that only a true apostle could do.
 \v 13 You certainly were just as important as all the other churches! The only way you were different was that I received no money from you as I did from them. Forgive me that I did not ask this from you!
 
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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.
-\v 4 We learn from Christ's example, because they crucified him when he was weak, yet God has made him alive again. And we, too, are weak as we live and follow his example, but with him, God will strengthen us as we talk with you about these sins that some of you have committed.
+\v 4 We learn from Christ's example because they crucified him when he was weak, yet God has made him alive again. And we, too, are weak as we live and follow his example, but with him, God will strengthen us as we talk with you about these sins that some of you have committed.
 
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