2 Corinthians 1:23-24; 2 Corinthians 2:1-11

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2 Corinthians 1:23-24

23 But I call God to witness against me--it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth.

24 Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.

Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

2 Corinthians 2:1-11

1 For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit.

2 For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?

3 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.

4 For I wrote 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.

5 But if any one has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure--not to put it too severely--to you all.

6 For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough;

7 so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

8 So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him.

9 For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.

10 Any one whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,

11 to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs.

2 Corinthians 1:23-24; 2 Corinthians 2:1-11

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2 Corinthians 1:23-24

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