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 \v 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 
 \v 9 But as it is written,
 \q "No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
-\q no human heart has imagined,
+\q no human heart has imagined
 \q1 what God has prepared for those who love him"—
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-\v 10 but God has revealed these things to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the deep things of God.
+\v 10 But God has revealed these things to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the deep things of God.
 \v 11 For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of the person in him? So also, no one knows the deep things of God except the Spirit of God.
 
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 \v 12 A door was opened to me by the Lord when I came to the city of Troas to preach the gospel of Christ there.
-\v 13 I had no relief in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I left them and went on to Macedonia.
+\v 13 I had no relief in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I left them and went on to Macedonia.
 
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 \v 12 Since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
-\v 13 We are not like Moses, who put a veil over his face, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look directly at the ending of a glory that was passing away.
+\v 13 We are not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel were not able to look directly at the ending of a glory that was passing away.
 
 
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 \v 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, so that it is clear that the exceedingly great power belongs to God and not to us.
 \v 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not overwhelmed. We are perplexed but not filled with despair.
-\v 9 We are persecuted but not forsaken. We are struck down but not destroyed.
-\v 10 We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be shown in our bodies.
+\v 9 We are persecuted but not forsaken; struck down but not destroyed;
+\v 10 always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
 
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-\v 11 We who are alive are always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be shown in our body.
+\v 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be revealed in our body.
 \v 12 So death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
 
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 \v 13 But we have the same spirit of faith according to that which was written: "I believed, and so I spoke." We also believe, and so we also speak,
 \v 14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.
-\v 15 Everything is for your sake so that, as grace is spread to many people, thanksgiving may increase to the glory of God.
+\v 15 For everything is for your sake, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God.
 
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 \v 13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; and if we are in our right minds, it is for your sake.
 \v 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we are certain of this: That one person died for all, and that therefore all have died.
-\v 15 He died for all, so that those who live should live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
+\v 15 He died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
 
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 \v 16 For this reason, from now on we do not judge anyone according to human standards, even though we once regarded Christ in this way. But now we do not judge anyone in this way any longer.
 \v 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. See, they have become new.
 
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-\v 18 All these things are from God. He reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
+\v 18 All these things are from God. He reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
 \v 19 That is, in Christ God is reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them. He is entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
 
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 \v 14 For if I boasted to him about you, I was not embarrassed. On the contrary, just as everything we said to you was true, our boasting about you to Titus proved to be true.
 
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-\v 15 His affection for you is even greater, as he remembers the obedience of all of you, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.
+\v 15 His affection for you is even greater as he remembers the obedience of all of you, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.
 \v 16 I rejoice because I have complete confidence in you.
 
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 \v 2 During a great test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and the extremity of their poverty have produced great riches of generosity.
 
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-\v 3 For I bear witness that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond what they were able, and of their own free will,
+\v 3 For I bear witness that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond what they were able, and of their own free will
 \v 4 they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to God's holy people.
 \v 5 This did not happen as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and then to us by the will of God. 
 
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-\v 10 He who supplies seed to the farmer who sows and bread for food, will also supply and multiply your seed for sowing. He will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
+\v 10 He who supplies seed to the farmer who sows and bread for food will also supply and multiply your seed for sowing. He will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
 \v 11 You will be enriched in every way so you can be generous. This will bring about thanksgiving to God through us.
 
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 \v 15 I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
 
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-\v 16 But as it is, I did not burden you. But, since I am so crafty, I am the one who caught you by deceit.
+\v 16 But as it is, I did not burden you. But since I am so crafty, I am the one who caught you by deceit.
 \v 17 Did I take advantage of you by anyone I sent to you?
 \v 18 I urged Titus to go to you, and I sent the other brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same way? Did we not walk in the same steps?