For since you are so wise, you put up with<n id="1" /> fools gladly.

I said before when I was present the second time and now, though absent, I say again to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,<n id="1" />

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>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now I appeal to God as my witness,<n id="1" /> that to spare<n id="2" /> you I did not come again to Corinth.<n id="3" />

For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad<n id="1" /> but the one I caused to be sad?

so that now instead<n id="1" /> you should rather forgive and comfort him.<n id="2" /> This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.<n id="3" />

You yourselves are our letter,<n id="1" /> written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

Not that we are adequate<n id="1" /> in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy<n id="2" /> is from God,

But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing,

We do so<n id="1" /> because we know that the one who raised up Jesus<n id="2" /> will also raise us up with Jesus and will bring us with you into his presence.

For our momentary, light suffering<n id="1" /> is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth<n id="1" /> we are absent from the Lord &#8211;

Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away<n id="1" /> from the body and at home with the Lord.

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea<n id="1" /> through us. We plead with you<n id="2" /> on Christ&#8217;s behalf, &#8220;Be reconciled to God!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.<n id="1" />

Thus<n id="1" /> we urged<n id="2" /> Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work,<n id="3" /> so also he should complete this act of kindness<n id="4" /> for you.

We did this<n id="1" /> as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously<n id="1" /> will also reap generously.

Each one of you should give<n id="1" /> just as he has decided in his heart,<n id="2" /> not reluctantly<n id="3" /> or under compulsion,<n id="4" /> because God loves a cheerful giver.

And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you.<n id="1" />