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| 2 | 2 Corinthians |
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For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. | |
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For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? | |
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And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. | |
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For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you. | |
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But if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure - not to put it too severely - to you all. | Forgiveness for the Offender 2Cor.2.5-11 |
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For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough; | |
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so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. | |
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So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. | |
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For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything. | |
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Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, | |
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to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs. | |
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When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord; | Paul's Anxiety and Relief 2Cor.2.12-17 |
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but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia. | |
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But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. | |
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For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, | |
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to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? | |
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For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word; but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ. | |
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