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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
So
I made
up
my
mind
not to
make
another
painful
visit
to you.
But
I determined
this
for
myself,
that
I
would
not come
to you again
in
sorrow
.
For if I grieve
you, who is
left
to
cheer
me but those
whom
I
have
grieved
?
For if I make
you sorry
, then
who will
make
me glad
but he
who
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
very
thing
to
you,
so that ,
when
I came,
I
wouldn't
have
sorrow
from
them
of
whom
I
ought to rejoice ;
having
confidence in you all
, that my joy would
be
shared
by
all
of
you
.
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
to
you
with
many
tears
, not that
you should
be
made
sorry,
but that
you might
know the
love that
I
have
so
abundantly
for
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
has caused sorrow
, he has caused
sorrow,
not to me
, but
in
part
(that
I
not press
too
heavily)
to you
all
.
The
punishment imposed
on
him
by the majority
is
sufficient
for
him.
Sufficient
to
such
a
one
is
this
punishment which
was
inflicted
by the many;
So instead,
you ought
to
forgive and comfort him, so
that
he
will
not
be
overwhelmed
by excessive sorrow.
so that
on
the
contrary
you should
rather
forgive him
and comfort him, lest
by any
means
such
a
one
should
be
swallowed
up
with
his
excessive sorrow.
Therefore I urge
you to reaffirm
your love for
him.
Therefore I beg
you to 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
I
also
wrote,
that
I
might
know
the proof
of
you,
whether
you
are
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
,
Now
I also forgive whomever
you
forgive
anything
. For
if indeed
I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that
one
for
your
sakes
in the presence of Christ,
in
order
that Satan
should
not
outwit
us .
For we are not unaware
of his schemes.
that no
advantage
may
be
gained
over
us by
Satan;
for we are not ignorant
of his schemes.
Now when I went
to Troas to
preach
the gospel of Christ and a door stood
open
for
me in the Lord,
Now when I came
to Troas for
the Gospel of Christ ,
and when
a door was
opened
to
me in 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 relief
for
my spirit, because I didn't
find Titus,
my brother ,
but
taking
my
leave
of
them ,
I
went out
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 to God, who always leads us in triumph
in
Christ ,
and reveals
through us the sweet
aroma
of his
knowledge 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 a
sweet aroma of Christ to
God,
in
those who are saved ,
and in
those who 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 a
stench
from
death to
death
; to the other a sweet
aroma
from
life to
life
. 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
so many, peddling
the word of God. But
as
of
sincerity, but
as of
God ,
in
the
sight
of
God,
we
speak
in
Christ
.
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