1But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.studyinterlinear
2For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?studyinterlinear
3And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.studyinterlinear
4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.studyinterlinear
5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.studyinterlinear
6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.studyinterlinear
7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.studyinterlinear
8Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.studyinterlinear
9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.studyinterlinear
10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;studyinterlinear
11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.studyinterlinear
12Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,studyinterlinear
13I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.studyinterlinear
14Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.studyinterlinear
15For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:studyinterlinear
16To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?studyinterlinear
17For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.studyinterlinear