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- If anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you, to some extent--not to put it too severely.
- The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient for him.
- Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
- I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him.
- The reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
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- But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
- Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
- So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
- Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
- 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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- If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven--if there was anything to forgive--I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake,
- in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
- Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me,
- I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said good-by to them and went on to Macedonia.
- But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.
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- 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;
- Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
- Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
- 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.
- 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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- For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
- To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task?
- Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God.
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- For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
- 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?
- 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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