For he says, “I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” ¹  Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!

For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself ¹  is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

because he not only accepted our request, but since he was very eager, ¹  he is coming ²  to you of his own accord. ³ 

I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. ¹  But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

For if someone comes and proclaims ¹  another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, ²  or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, ³  or a different gospel than the one you accepted, ⁴  you put up with it well enough! ⁵ 

I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you! ¹ 

So then whether we are alive ¹  or away, we make it our ambition to please him. ² 

For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.

God ¹  made the one who did not know sin ²  to be sin for us, so that in him ³  we would become the righteousness of God.

Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain. ¹ 

And his affection for you is much greater ¹  when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf ¹  before God.