1But[G1161] I determined[G2919]this[G5124] with myself[G1683], that I would[G2064]not[G3361]come[G2064]again[G3825]to[G4314]you[G5209]in[G1722]heaviness[G3077].
2For[G1063]if[G1487]I[G1473]make[G3076]you[G5209]sorry[G3076], who[G5101] is he[G2076]then[G2532] that maketh[G2165]me[G3165]glad[G2165], but[G1508] the same which is made sorry[G3076]by[G1537]me?[G1700]
3And[G2532]I[G3165]wrote[G1125]this[G5124]same[G846] unto you[G5213], lest[G3363], when I[G3165]came[G2064], I[G3165] should have[G2192]sorrow[G3077]from[G575] them of whom[G3739]I[G3165]ought[G1163] to rejoice[G5463]; having confidence[G3982]in[G1909]you[G5209]all[G3956], that[G3754]my[G1699]joy[G5479]is[G2076] the joy[G5479] of you[G5216]all[G3956].
4For[G1063] out of[G1537]much[G4183]affliction[G2347]and[G2532]anguish[G4928]of[G1537]heart[G2588] I wrote[G1125]unto[G1519]you[G5213]with[G1223]many[G4183]tears[G1144]; not[G3756]that[G2443] ye should be grieved[G3076], but[G235]that[G2443] ye might know[G1097] the love[G26]which[G3739] I have[G2192] more abundantly[G4056]unto[G1519]you[G5209].
5But[G1161] if any[G1536] have caused grief[G3076], he hath[G3076]not[G3756]grieved[G3076]me[G1691], but[G235]in[G575]part[G3313]: that[G3363] I may[G1912]not[G3363]overcharge[G1912]you[G5209]all[G3956].
6Sufficient[G2425] to such a man[G5108] is this[G3778]punishment[G2009], which[G3588] was inflicted of[G5259]many[G4119].
7So[G5620] that contrariwise[G5121]ye[G5209] ought rather[G3123] to forgive[G5483] him, and[G2532]comfort[G3870] him, lest[G3381]perhaps[G4458] such a one[G5108] should be swallowed up[G2666] with overmuch[G4055]sorrow[G3077].
8Wherefore[G1352] I beseech[G3870]you[G5209] that ye would confirm[G2964] your love[G26]toward[G1519]him[G846].
9For[G1063]to[G1519] this end[G5124]also[G2532] did I write[G1125], that[G2443] I might know[G1097] the proof[G1382] of you[G5216], whether[G1487] ye be[G2075]obedient[G5255]in[G1519] all things[G3956].
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To whom[G3739] ye forgive[G5483] any thing[G5100], I[G1473]forgive[G5483]also[G2532]: for[G2532] if I[G1473]forgave[G5483] any thing[G1536], to whom[G3739]I[G1473]forgave[G5483] it, for[G1063] your sakes[G1223]forgave[G5483]I[G1473] it in[G1722] the person[G4383] of Christ[G5547];
11Lest[G3363]Satan[G5259] should get an advantage of us[G4122]: for[G1063] we are not[G3756]ignorant[G50] of his[G846]devices[G3540].
12Furthermore[G1161], when I came[G2064]to[G1519]Troas[G5174]to[G1519] preach Christ's gospel[G2098], and[G2532] a door[G2374] was opened[G455] unto me[G3427]of[G1722] the Lord[G2962],
13I[G3165]had[G2192]no[G3756]rest[G425] in my[G3450]spirit[G4151], because I[G3165]found[G2147]not[G3361]Titus[G5103]my[G3450]brother[G80]: but[G235] taking my[G3450]leave[G657] of them[G846], I[G3165] went from thence[G1831]into[G1519]Macedonia[G3109].
14Now[G1161]thanks[G5485] be unto God[G2316], which always[G3842]causeth[G2358]us[G2248] to triumph[G2358]in[G1722]Christ[G5547], and[G2532] maketh manifest[G5319] the savour[G3744] of his[G846]knowledge[G1108]by[G1223]us[G2257]in[G1722]every[G3956]place[G5117].
15For[G3754] we are[G2070] unto God[G2316] a sweet savour[G2175] of Christ[G5547], in[G1722] them that are[G2070]saved[G4982], and[G2532]in[G1722] them that perish[G622]:
16To[G3739] the one[G3303] we are the savour[G3744] of death[G2288]unto[G1519]death[G2288]; and[G1161]to[G3739] the other[G3739] the savour[G3744] of life[G2222]unto[G1519]life[G2222]. And[G2532]who[G5101] is sufficient[G2425]for[G4314] these things?[G5023]
17For[G1063]we[G2980]are[G2070]not[G3756]as[G5613]many[G4183], which corrupt[G2585] the word[G3056]of[G1537]God[G2316]: but[G235]as[G5613]of[G1537]sincerity[G1505], but[G235]as[G5613]of[G1537]God[G2316], in[G1722] the sight[G2714]of[G1537]God[G2316] speak we[G2980]in[G1722]Christ[G5547].