2 Corinthians 2 - Interlinear Bible
Reaffirm Your Love
1
But I
determined this for my
own sake, that I would not
come to you in
sorrow again.
2
For
if I
cause you
sorrow,
who then makes me
glad but the one whom I
made sorrowful ?
3
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.
4
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.
5
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.
6
Sufficient for
such a
one is
this punishment which was inflicted by the
majority,
8
Wherefore I
urge you to
reaffirm your
love for him.
9
For to
this end
also I
wrote,
so that I might
put you to the
test,
whether you are
obedient in
all things.
10
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,
11
so that
no advantage would be
taken of us by
Satan, for we are not
ignorant of his
schemes.
12
Now when I
came to
Troas for the
gospel of
Christ and when a
door was
opened for me in the
Lord,
15
For we are a
fragrance of
Christ to
God among those who are being
saved and
among those who are
perishing ;
16
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 ?
17
For we are not
like many,
peddling the
word of
God, but as from
sincerity, but as from
God, we
speak in
Christ in the
sight of
God.
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