Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
So
I made
up
my
mind
not to
make
another
painful
visit
to you.
But
I determined
this
with
myself,
that
I
would
not come
again
to you in
heaviness
.
For if I grieve
you, who is left
to
cheer
me but those
whom
I
have
grieved
?
For if I make
you sorry
, who is he
then
that
maketh
me glad,
but the
same
which
is
made
sorry
by
me
?
I wrote as
I did
so
that
on
my
arrival
I would
not
be
saddened
by
those
who
ought to make
me
rejoice .
I
had
confidence in all
of
you, that you
would
share
my joy.
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
.
For through
many
tears
I
wrote
you
out of great
distress
and anguish of heart ,
not
to
grieve
you but to
let
you
know how
much
I
love you.
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.
Now
if anyone
has
caused grief, he has
not grieved me but
all
of
you—to
some
degree
, not to
overstate
it
.
But
if any
have
caused grief, he hath
not grieved me, but
in
part:
that
I
may
not overcharge
you
all
.
The
punishment
imposed
on
him
by
the
majority
is
sufficient for
him
.
Sufficient to
such
a
man
is
this
punishment,
which
was
inflicted
of
many
.
So instead,
you
ought to forgive and comfort him, so
that
he
will
not
be overwhelmed
by
excessive
sorrow.
So that
contrariwise
ye
ought rather
to forgive him,
and comfort him, lest
perhaps
such
a
one
should
be swallowed
up
with
overmuch
sorrow.
Therefore
I urge
you to
reaffirm
your love for
him.
Wherefore
I beseech
you that
ye
would
confirm
your love toward
him.
My
purpose
in
writing
you
was
to see
if
you
would
stand
the test
and
be obedient in everything
.
For
to this
end
also
did
I
write,
that
I
might
know
the proof
of
you,
whether
ye
be obedient in all
things
.
If
you
forgive anyone
, I also
forgive him.
And
if I have
forgiven
anything
, I have
forgiven
it in the presence
of Christ for
your
sake,
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 ;
in
order
that
Satan should not
outwit
us .
For we are not unaware
of his schemes
.
Lest
Satan should get
an
advantage
of
us :
for we are not ignorant
of his devices
.
Now
when I went
to Troas to preach the
gospel of
Christ
and a door stood
open
for
me in
the Lord,
Furthermore,
when I came
to Troas to preach Christ's
gospel ,
and a door was
opened
unto
me of
the Lord,
I had no peace
in my spirit, because I did
not find
my brother Titus
there.
So
I
said
goodbye
to
them and
went on
to
Macedonia.
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.
But
thanks be to
God, who
always leads
us triumphantly
as
captives
in Christ and through
us
spreads
everywhere
the fragrance
of the
knowledge of
Him
.
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
.
For we are to
God the
sweet aroma
of Christ among
those
who
are being
saved and those
who
are
perishing.
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 an
odor
of death and
demise
; to the other ,
a
fragrance
that
brings
life. And who is qualified
for such
a
task
?
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 like
so
many others
, who
peddle
the word of God for
profit.
On
the
contrary,
in
Christ
we
speak
before
God
with
sincerity, as men
sent
from
God.
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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