Page 2 of 13
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness
(2:1)
For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
(2:2)
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
(2:3)
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
(2:4)
But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all
(2:5)
Sufficient to such a man [is] this punishment, which [was inflicted] of many
(2:6)
So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow
(2:7)
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm [your] love toward him
(2:8)
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things
(2:9)
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;
(2:10)
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices
(2:11)
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to [preach] Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
(2:12)
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
(2:13)
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
(2:14)
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
(2:15)
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?
(2:16)
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
(2:17)
Get Next Chapter