2 Corinthians 2

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But I determined this within myself, ^athat I would not come again to you in sorrow. 2 For if I make you ^asorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?

Forgive the Offender

3 And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, ^aI should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, ^bhaving confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all. 4 For out of much ¹affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, ^anot that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you.
5 But ^aif anyone has caused grief, he has not ^bgrieved me, but all of you to some extent—not to be too severe. 6 This punishment which was inflicted ^aby the majority is sufficient for such a man, 7 ^aso that, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with too much sorrow. 8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him. 9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are ^aobedient in all things. 10 Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For ¹if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, 11 lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Triumph in Christ

12 Furthermore, ^awhen I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and ^ba ¹door was opened to me by the Lord, 13 ^aI had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I departed for Macedonia.
14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us ¹diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. 15 For we are to God the fragrance of Christ ^aamong those who are being saved and ^bamong those who are perishing. 16 ^aTo the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And ^bwho is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not, as ¹so many, ^apeddling² the word of God; but as ^bof sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.

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