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 \v 18 We have sent with him the brother who is praised among all of the churches for his work in proclaiming the gospel.
-\v 19 Not only this, but he also was selected by the churches to be our traveling companion with this act of grace, which is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord himself and our good will.
+\v 19 Not only this, but he also was chosen by the churches to be our traveling companion with this act of grace, which is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord himself and our good will.
 
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 \v 20 We are avoiding the possibility that anyone should complain about this act of generosity that we are carrying out.
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 \v 22 We are also sending another brother with them. We have tested him in many ways and found him diligent for many tasks. He is even more eager now because of the great confidence he has in you.
 \v 23 As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are messengers from the churches. They are a glory to Christ.
-\v 24 So show them your love, and show to the churches the reason for our boasting about you.
+\v 24 So show them the proof of your love, and show to the churches the reason for our boasting about you.
 
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 \v 1 I, Paul, myself urge you, by the humility and gentleness of Christ. I am meek when I am in your presence, but I am bold toward you when I am away.
-\v 2 I beg of you that, when I am present with you, I will not need to be bold with self-confidence. But I think I will need to be bold when I oppose those who assume that we are walking according to the flesh.
+\v 2 I beg of you that, when I am present with you, I will not need to be bold with the confidence that I think I will need to be bold when I oppose those who think that we are walking according to the flesh.
 
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-\v 3 For even though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
+\v 3 For even though we walk in the flesh, we do not make war according to the flesh.
 \v 4 For the weapons we fight with are not fleshly. Instead, they have divine power to destroy strongholds. They bring to nothing misleading arguments.
 
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 \v 11 Let such people be aware that what we are in the words of our letters when we are absent is what we will be in our actions when we are there.
-\v 12 We do not go so far as to group ourselves or compare ourselves with those who praise themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with each other, they have no insight.
+\v 12 We are not so bold as to group ourselves or compare ourselves with those who praise themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with each other, they have no insight.
 
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 \v 13 We, however, will not boast beyond limits. Instead, we will do so only within the limits of what God has assigned to us, limits that reach as far as you.
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 \v 19 For you gladly put up with fools. You are wise yourselves!
 \v 20 For you put up with someone if he enslaves you, if he devours you, if he takes advantage of you, if he exalts himself, or if he slaps you in the face.
-\v 21 I will say to our shame that we were too weak to do that. Yet if anyone boasts—I am speaking like a fool—I too will boast.
+\v 21 I will say to our shame that we were too weak to do that. Yet if anyone is bold—I am speaking like a fool—I too will be bold.
 
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 \v 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
-\v 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as though I were out of my mind.) I am more: in harder labor, in more prisons, in beatings beyond measure, in facing many deadly dangers.
+\v 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as though I were insane.) I am more: in harder labor, in more prisons, in beatings beyond measure, in facing many deadly dangers.
 
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 \v 24 From Jews I received five times the "forty lashes minus one."