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Reaffirm Your Love
But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again.
But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again.
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.
For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful?
For if *I* grieve you, who also [is] it that gladdens me, if not he that is grieved through me?
This is the very thing I wrote you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be the joy of you all.
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.
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.
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 has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in some degree — in order not to say too much — to all of you.
But if any one has grieved, he has grieved, not me, but in part (that I may not overcharge [you]) all of you.
Sufficient for such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the majority,
Sufficient to such a one [is] this rebuke which [has been inflicted] by the many;
so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a one might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.
Wherefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
Wherefore I exhort you to assure him of [your] love.
For to this end also I wrote, so that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.
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.
But one whom you forgive anything, I forgive also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
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;
so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
that we might not have Satan get an advantage against us, for we are not ignorant of *his* thoughts.
Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ and when a door was opened for me in the Lord,
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 for my spirit, not finding Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went on to Macedonia.
I had no rest in my spirit at not finding Titus my brother; but bidding them adieu, I came away to Macedonia.
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.
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 fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;
For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God, in the saved and in those that perish:
to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?
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?