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 \v 3 We do not place a stumbling block in front of anyone, for we do not wish our ministry to be discredited.
 
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-\v 4 Instead, we prove ourselves by all our actions, that we are God's servants. We are his servants in much endurance, affliction, distress, hardship,
-\v 5 beatings, imprisonments, riots, in hard labor, in sleepless nights, in hunger,
-\v 6 in purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love.
-\v 7 We are his servants in the word of truth, in the power of God. We have the armor of righteousness for the right hand and for the left.
+\v 4 Instead, in every way we commend ourselves as God's servants in much endurance, in affliction, in distress, in hardship,
+\v 5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in hard labor, in sleepless nights, in hunger,
+\v 6 in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,
+\v 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God. We have the armor of righteousness for the right hand and for the left.
 
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 \v 8 We work in glory and dishonor, in slander and praise, as deceivers and yet truthful.
-\v 9 We work as if we were unknown and we are still well known. We work as dying and—see!—we are still living. We work as being punished for our actions but not as condemned to death.
-\v 10 We work as sorrowful, but we are always rejoicing. We work as poor, but we are making many rich. We work as having nothing and yet as possessing all things.
+\v 9 We work as if we were unknown, yet we are well known, as if we were dying, yet—see!—we are still living, as if we were being punished for our actions, yet we are not killed.
+\v 10 We work as sorrowful, yet we are always rejoicing, as poor, yet we make many rich, as having nothing, yet we possess all things.
 
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