Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, so that you were not harmed in any way by us.

So I made up my own mind not to pay you another painful visit.

For even if I made you sad by my letter, I do not regret having written it (even though I did regret it, for I see that my letter made you sad, though only for a short time).

God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.

For if what was made ineffective came with glory, how much more has what remains come in glory!

always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body.

And even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.

for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments

who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

But he said to me, “My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.

For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.

and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from staring at the result of the glory that was made ineffective.

So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give,

But if the ministry that produced death – carved in letters on stone tablets – came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (a glory which was made ineffective),

For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad but the one I caused to be sad?

For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?

Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you.

For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified.

Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.