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Certainly I have not takenadvantage of you throughany of those whom I have sent to you, have I?
mhv PRT tina X-ASM wJ'n R-GPM ajpevstalka V-RAI-1S pro;? PREP uJma'?, P-2AP dij PREP aujtou' P-GSM ejpleonevkthsa V-AAI-1S uJma'?; P-2AP
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I urgedTitus to go, and I sent the brother with him. Titus did not takeanyadvantage of you, did he? Did we not conductourselves in the samespirit and walk in the samesteps?
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Allthistime you have been thinking that we are defending ourselves to you. Actually, it is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ; and all for your upbuilding, beloved.
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For I amafraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angrytempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;
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I am afraid that when I comeagain my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, immorality and sensualitywhich they have practiced.