Apart from other things,<n id="1" /> there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern<n id="2" /> for all the churches.

This punishment on such an individual by the majority is enough for him,

among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe<n id="1" /> so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel<n id="2" /> of Christ,<n id="3" /> who is the image of God.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,

begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping<n id="1" /> the saints.

always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus,<n id="1" /> so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible<n id="2" /> in our body.

For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including<n id="1" /> more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase<n id="2" /> to the glory of God.

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Through the evidence<n id="1" /> of this service<n id="2" /> they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing<n id="3" /> with them and with everyone.

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!<n id="1" />p>

who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.<n id="1" />p>

For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation,<n id="1" /> how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness<n id="2" /> excel<n id="3" /> in glory!

Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose<n id="1" /> is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.<n id="2" />

But God, who encourages<n id="1" /> the downhearted, encouraged<n id="2" /> us by the arrival of Titus.

as it is written: &#8220;<b><i>The one who gatheredi>b><n id="1" /> <i><b>much did not have too muchb>, <b>and the one who gatheredb>i> <b><i>little did not have too littlei>b>.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion<n id="1" /> I have for you,

And we are sending<n id="1" /> along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in spreading the gospel.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">For it is not necessary<n id="1" /> for me to write you about this service<n id="2" /> to the saints,

For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing &#8211;

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present,<n id="1" /> there is freedom.