The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship<n id="1" /> of the Holy Spirit be with you all.p>

For such people are false apostles, deceitful<n id="1" /> workers, disguising themselves<n id="2" /> as apostles of Christ.

For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit,<n id="1" /> but we are speaking in Christ before<n id="2" /> God as persons of sincerity,<n id="3" /> as persons sent from God.p>

For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus&#8217; sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible<n id="1" /> in our mortal body.<n id="2" />

For the love of Christ<n id="1" /> controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ<n id="2" /> died for all; therefore all have died.

And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.<n id="1" />

Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves<n id="1" /> as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.<n id="2" />p>

For we groan while we are in this tent,<n id="1" /> since we are weighed down,<n id="2" /> because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

When<n id="1" /> I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs.<n id="2" /> I<n id="3" /> kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have<n id="1" /> to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.