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For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
So I decided that I would not bring you grief with another painful visit.
For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?
For if I cause you grief, who will make me glad? Certainly not someone I have grieved.
And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
That is why I wrote to you as I did, so that when I do come, I won’t be grieved by the very ones who ought to give me the greatest joy. Surely you all know that my joy comes from your being joyful.
For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
I wrote that letter in great anguish, with a troubled heart and many tears. I didn’t want to grieve you, but I wanted to let you know how much love I have for you.
Forgive the Sinner
Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure — not to put it too severely — to all of you.
Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure — not to put it too severely — to all of you.
Forgiveness for the Sinner
I am not overstating it when I say that the man who caused all the trouble hurt all of you more than he hurt me.
For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough,
Most of you opposed him, and that was punishment enough.
so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
Now, however, it is time to forgive and comfort him. Otherwise he may be overcome by discouragement.
For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
I wrote to you as I did to test you and see if you would fully comply with my instructions.
Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,
When you forgive this man, I forgive him, too. And when I forgive whatever needs to be forgiven, I do so with Christ’s authority for your benefit,
so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
so that Satan will not outsmart us. For we are familiar with his evil schemes.
Triumph in Christ
When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord,
When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord,
When I came to the city of Troas to preach the Good News of Christ, the Lord opened a door of opportunity for me.
my spirit was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.
But I had no peace of mind because my dear brother Titus hadn’t yet arrived with a report from you. So I said good-bye and went on to Macedonia to find him.
But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
Ministers of the New Covenant
But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume.
For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing.
to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom. But to those who are being saved, we are a life-giving perfume. And who is adequate for such a task as this?
For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.