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-\v 1 God gave us this responsibility to carry out, and he also had mercy on us. So we are not downhearted.
+\v 1 God gave us this responsibility to carry out, and he also had mercy on us. So we are not discouraged.
 \v 2 We are careful not to do anything we would be ashamed of doing, and we have nothing to hide from anyone. We do not promise something that God will not give, and we do not twist God's message to make it say what we want. We proclaim only the truth. In this way, we present ourselves for you to judge us as we stand before God.
 
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 \v 3 If the good news is hidden with a veil, it is hidden from those who are dying apart from God.
-\v 4 For them, the god of this world has made them blind to the truth because they do not trust the good news about the wonderful honor of Christ—for it is Christ who shows us what God is like.
+\v 4 For them, the god of this world has made them blind to the truth, because they do not trust the good news about the wonderful honor of Christ—for it is Christ who shows us what God is like.
 
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 \v 5 We do not proclaim ourselves to you as people who can rescue you from any evil. Instead, we proclaim Christ Jesus as our Master, and we are your servants because we are joined to Jesus.
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-\v 7 Now we carry these precious gifts from God in our bodies, which are fragile, like clay pots. There can be no mistake about where our strength comes from: It comes only from God.
+\v 7 Now we carry these precious gifts from God in our bodies, which are fragile like clay pots. There can be no mistake about where our strength comes from: It comes only from God.
 \v 8 We have suffered many different kinds of trouble, but they have not destroyed us. We may be confused about what we should do, but we never give up.
 \v 9 Some people try to harm us, but we are never alone; it is as if some people knocked us down, but we always get up again.
 \v 10 We are often in danger of dying, as Jesus died, but our bodies will live again, because Jesus is alive.
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 \v 13 We trust in God, just as the scriptures say: "I trust in God; this is why I speak." We also trust in God, and we also speak about what he has done for us.
-\v 14 We know that God, who raised up the Lord Jesus from the dead, will also raise us up from the dead with him, and that Jesus will take us along with you, and take us to be where God is.
+\v 14 We know that God, who raised up the Lord Jesus from the dead, will also raise us up from the dead with him, and that Jesus will take us along with you and take us to be where God is.
 \v 15 All that I have suffered is to help you, so that more and more people can know how God loves them freely, and so that they may praise him more and more.
 
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-\v 16 We are not discouraged. When our bodies are dying a little each day outwardly, God is making us new every day on in the inside.
+\v 16 We are not discouraged. When our bodies are dying a little each day outwardly, God is making us new every day on the inside.
 \v 17 For these short, easy times of suffering are getting us ready for the day when God will make us wonderful forever, wonderful in ways that no one can measure or explain.
-\v 18 For we are not waiting for things that we can see, but for the things we cannot see. The things that we can now see are temporary, but the things we cannot see last forever.
+\v 18 For we are not waiting for things that we can see but for the things we cannot see. The things that we can now see are temporary, but the things we cannot see last forever.
 
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-\v 4 For we live in these bodies that one day will die, and we long for the day when we lay aside these bodies. Not that we are eager to die, but we are eager to be clothed with our eternal bodies, because we want to leave these bodies that will die and change them for bodies that will never die.
+\v 4 For we live in these bodies that one day will die, and we long for the day when we lay aside these bodies. Not that we are eager to die, but we are eager to be clothed with our eternal bodies, because we want to leave these bodies that will die and exchange them for bodies that will never die.
 \v 5 God himself prepares our new bodies for us, and he guarantees that we will receive them by giving us his Spirit.
 
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 \v 11 Therefore we know what it is to honor the Lord, so we make sure to tell people what kind of God he is. God knows what kind of people we are, and I expect that you also understand whether we are doing good or evil.
-\v 12 We are not trying to prove again that we are genuine servants of God. We only want you to know what kind of people we are, and to give you a reason to be proud of us. We do this so that you can answer those who praise their own actions but do not care about what they really are in their inner being.
+\v 12 We are not trying to prove again that we are genuine servants of God. We only want you to know what kind of people we are and to give you a reason to be proud of us. We do this so that you can answer those who praise their own actions but do not care about what they really are in their inner being.
 
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 \v 13 If people think we are crazy, well, we are serving God. But if we are in our right minds, it is to help you.
 \v 14 Our love for Christ drives us on. We are sure of this: Christ died for all, and therefore we all have died with him.
-\v 15 Christ died for all, so that those who live should not live for themselves, but should live for Christ, who died for their sins; and he is the one whom God raised from the dead.
+\v 15 Christ died for all, so that those who live should not live for themselves but should live for Christ who died for their sins, and he is the one whom God raised from the dead.
 
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 \v 20 So God has appointed us to represent Christ. God pleads with you through us. So we plead with you on Christ's behalf: Through Christ, let him make peace with you and bring you to himself.
-\v 21 God made Christ—the one who never sinned—the offering for sin so that when we trust in Christ and believe in him, God makes us right with himself.
+\v 21 God made Christ—the one who never sinned—the offering for sin, so that when we trust in Christ and believe in him, God makes us right with himself.
 
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 \q And when I completed the work of my salvation, I helped you."
 \m Look, this is the day when God is having mercy on you; this is the day that he is rescuing you.
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-\v 3 We certainly do not want to give anyone reason to do wrong, because we want no one to accuse us of preaching the good news in order to encourage evil doing.
+\v 3 We certainly do not want to give anyone reason to do wrong, because we want no one to accuse us of preaching the good news in order to encourage evildoing.
 
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 \v 4 We have proved again and again that we are God's true servants. We endure great suffering, we face with courage people who hurt us, and we live through hard times.
 \v 5 People have beaten us very badly, people have locked us up in prisons, we were the cause for people to riot, we have done hard physical labor, we have endured many long nights without sleep, and many times we have had only a little food to eat. 
 \v 6 But in all this our lives are pure, our knowledge is deep, and we are able to wait until God ends our suffering. We know how kind Christ is to us, we are filled with the Holy Spirit, and we love others.
-\v 7 We live according to God's true Word, and we have God's power. By means of Christ, God has put us right with himself. This is the truth that we continuously believe; it is like armor that a soldier wears, and like weapons for both of his hands.
+\v 7 We live according to God's true Word, and we have God's power. By means of Christ, God has put us right with himself. This is the truth that we continuously believe; it is like armor that a soldier wears and like weapons for both of his hands.
 
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 \v 8 Sometimes people honor us; at other times, they dishonor us. Sometimes they say many evil things about us; at other times, they praise us. They accuse us of lying, even though we tell the truth.
 \v 9 We live like persons whom nobody knows, but some people know us very well. Some try to kill us for announcing the message about Christ, even though no one legally ever condemns us to death.
-\v 10 We live with great sorrow but we always rejoice. We live as some of the poorest people, but we have the treasure of the good news that makes many rich. You can see that we own nothing, but the truth is that all things belong to us.
+\v 10 We live with great sorrow, but we always rejoice. We live as some of the poorest people, but we have the treasure of the good news that makes many rich. You can see that we own nothing, but the truth is that all things belong to us.
 
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 \v 17 The scriptures therefore say:
 \q "Come out from among the unbelievers
-\q1 and be separate from them," says the Lord,
+\q1 and be separate from them," says the Lord;
 \q "Do not handle anything that makes you filthy and unable to worship me,
 \q1 and I will open my arms and welcome you,
 \v 18 and I will be your Father,
-\q1 and you will be my sons and daughters."
+\q1 and you will be my sons and daughters,"
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