The Holy Bible
King James Bible 2016
| 2:1 | But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow. |
| 2:2 | Because, if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me? |
| 2:3 | And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from those of whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all. |
| 2:4 | Because, out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you. |
| 2:5 | But if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me, except partially; so that I may not be harsh to you all. |
| 2:6 | This punishment which was inflicted by many is sufficient for such a man, |
| 2:7 | so that, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with too much sorrow. |
| 2:8 | Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him. |
| 2:9 | Because, this is why I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things. |
| 2:10 | To whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. Because, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I forgive it, I have forgiven it for your sakes in the person of Christ, |
| 2:11 | lest Satan should get a favorable position over us; because we are not ignorant of his devices. |
| 2:12 | Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord, |
| 2:13 | I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I departed from there into Macedonia. |
| 2:14 | Now thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the fragrance of His knowledge in every place through us. |
| 2:15 | Because, we are to God the sweet fragrance of Christ among those who are saved and among those who are perishing. |
| 2:16 | To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things? |
| 2:17 | Because, we are not, like so many, who corrupt the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ. |
