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Reaffirm Your Love
But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief.
But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief.
Paul Urges Forgiveness
But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow.
But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow.
For if *I* grieve you, who also [is] it that gladdens me, if not he that is grieved through me?
For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?
And I have written this very [letter] [to you], that coming I may not have grief from those from whom I ought to have joy; trusting in you all that my joy is [that] of you all.
Forgive the Offender
And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.
And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.
For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.
But if any one has grieved, he has grieved, not me, but in part (that I may not overcharge [you]) all of you.
But if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but all of you to some extent — not to be too severe.
Sufficient to such a one [is] this rebuke which [has been inflicted] by the many;
This punishment which was inflicted by the majority is sufficient for such a man,
so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.
so that, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with too much sorrow.
Wherefore I exhort you to assure him of [your] love.
Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him.
For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient.
For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.
But to whom ye forgive anything, *I* also; for I also, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, [it is] for your sakes in [the] person of Christ;
that we might not have Satan get an advantage against us, for we are not ignorant of *his* thoughts.
lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Triumph in Christ
Now when I came to Troas for the [publication of the] glad tidings of the Christ, a door also being opened to me in [the] Lord,
Now when I came to Troas for the [publication of the] glad tidings of the Christ, a door also being opened to me in [the] Lord,
I had no rest in my spirit at not finding Titus my brother; but bidding them adieu, I came away to Macedonia.
I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I departed for Macedonia.
But thanks [be] to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place.
For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God, in the saved and in those that perish:
For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
to the one an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who [is] sufficient for these things?
To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things?