2 Corinthians 2
2
1In fact, I made up my mind about this: I would not come to you on another painful visit.#2:1 Lit not again in sorrow to come to you 2For if I cause you pain, then who will cheer me other than the one being hurt by me?#2:2 Lit the one pained 3I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn’t have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident#Php 1:25 about all of you that my joy will also be yours. 4For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart — not to cause you pain, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.
A Sinner Forgiven
5If anyone has caused pain, he has caused pain not so much to me but to some degree — not to exaggerate#2Th 3:8 — to all of you. 6This punishment by the majority is sufficient for that person. 7As a result, you should instead forgive#Mt 6:12 and comfort him. Otherwise, he may be overwhelmed by excessive grief. 8Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him. 9I wrote for this purpose: to test your character#Rm 5:4 to see if you are obedient#Php 2:8 in everything. 10Anyone you forgive, I do too. For what I have forgiven — if I have forgiven anything — it is for your benefit in the presence of Christ, 11so that we may not be taken advantage#2Co 12:17 of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.
A Trip to Macedonia
12When I came to Troas#Ac 16:8 to preach the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord opened a door#Col 4:3 for me, 13I had no rest#2Th 1:7 in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus.#Ti 1:4 Instead, I said good-bye to them and left for Macedonia.#Ac 16:9
A Ministry of Life or Death
14But thanks be to God,#1Co 15:57 who always leads us in Christ’s triumphal procession and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place.#Jn 17:3; 1Jn 4:8 15For to God we are the fragrance#Eph 5:2; Php 4:18 of Christ among those who are being saved#Mt 9:22; Ac 16:30; Eph 2:8 and among those who are perishing.#Jn 6:27 16To some we are an aroma of death#Mt 10:21; Jn 8:51; Php 3:10 leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life#1Jn 5:12 leading to life. Who is adequate for these things? 17For we do not market the word of God#Mt 12:36; Mk 4:14; Lk 6:47; 8:21; Jn 1:1; 2:22; 18:32; Ac 17:11; 2Tm 2:15; Heb 4:12 for profit like so many.#2:17 Other mss read like the rest On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.
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Qorintiyim Bĕt (2 Corinthians) 2
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1And I decided this within myself, not to come to you again in sadness.
2For if I make you sad, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sad by me?
3And I wrote to you as I did, so that having come, I might not have sadness over those from whom I should have joy, trusting in you all that my joy is that of you all.
4For out of much pressure and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be sad, but that you might know the love which I so richly have for you.
5But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not made me sad, but in some degree you all – not to be too harsh.
6For such a one this punishment, by the many, is sufficient,
7so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive and comfort, lest somehow such a one be swallowed up with too much sadness.
8So I appeal to you to confirm your love to him.
9Besides, I wrote for this purpose also, that I might know the proof of you, if you are obedient in all matters.
10And whom you forgive any matter, I do also. For indeed, if I have forgiven any matter, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the sight of Messiah,
11lest Satan should take advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his thoughts.
12And when I came to Troas for the Good News of Messiah, and a door was opened to me by the Master,
13I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titos my brother. But taking my leave of them, I went on to Makedonia.
14But thanks be to Elohim who always leads us on, to overcome in Messiah, and manifests through us the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
15Because we are to Elohim the fragrance of Messiah among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
16To the one we are the smell of death to death, and to the other the fragrance of life to life. And who is competent for these?
17For we are not, as so many, adulterating the Word of Elohim for gain – but as of sincerity, but as from Elohim, in the sight of Elohim, we speak in Messiah.
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