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1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
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So I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit.
2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
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For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?
3 And 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.
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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 am confident about all of you, that my joy would be the joy of all of you.
4 For 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.
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For I wrote you out of much distress 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 have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
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But if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but to some extent—not to exaggerate it—to all of you.
6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
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This punishment by the majority is enough for such a person;
7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
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so now instead you should forgive and console him, so that he may not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
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So I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
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I wrote for this reason: to test you and to know whether you are obedient in everything.
10 To 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;
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Anyone 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 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
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And we do this so that we may not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
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When I came to Troas to proclaim the good news of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord;
13 I 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.
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but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said farewell to them and went on to Macedonia.
14 Now 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.
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But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him.
15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
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For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;
16 To 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?
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to the one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
17 For 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.
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For we are not peddlers of God's word like so many; but in Christ we speak as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God and standing in his presence.
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