Now he who makes our faith strong together with you, in Christ, and has given us of his grace, is God;

So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there the heart is free.

Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.

(For he says, I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: see, now is the good time; now is the day of salvation):

Now to give me back payment of the same sort (I am talking as to my children), let your hearts be wide open to me.

For though my letter gave you pain, I have no regret for it now, though I had before; for I see that the letter gave you pain, but only for a time.

Now I am glad, not that you had sorrow, but that your sorrow was the cause of a change of heart; for yours was a holy sorrow so that you might undergo no loss by us in anything.

And now we give you news, brothers, about the grace of God which has been given to the churches of Macedonia;

And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.

Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:

What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.

This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.

Now our prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that it may be put to our credit, but so that you may do what is right, whatever we may seem.