1 GLT For I decided this for myself, not to come to you again in sorrow. BSB BSB: So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
2 GLT For if I myself grieve you, then who{ is} the one cheering me up except the one being grieved by me? BSB BSB: For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?
3 GLT And I wrote this same thing so that, having come, I might not have sorrow from{ those in} whom it is necessary for me to rejoice, having become confident in all of you that my joy is{ the joy} of all of you. BSB BSB: I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be grieved by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
4 GLT For I wrote to you out of much tribulation and anguish of heart, through many tears, not so that you would be grieved, but so that you might know the love that I have more abundantly for you. BSB BSB: 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.
5 GLT But if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved{ only} me, but in part— in order that I might not burden all of you. BSB BSB: Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
6 GLT This punishment on such a{ person} by the majority{ is} sufficient, BSB BSB: The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.
7 GLT so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive and comfort{ him}{ so that} such a{ person} might not be overwhelmed in his excessive sorrow. BSB BSB: So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
8 GLT So I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. BSB BSB: Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
9 GLT Indeed, I also wrote for this reason: so that I might know your proof, whether you are obedient in all things. BSB BSB: My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
10 GLT Now to whomever you forgive anything, I also{ forgive}— for indeed, the one I have forgiven(if I have forgiven anything){ is} for your sake in the presence of Christ BSB BSB: 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,
11 GLT so that we would not be taken advantage of by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes. BSB BSB: in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
12 GLT Now having come to Troas and a door for the gospel of Christ having been opened to me in the Lord, BSB BSB: Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
13 GLT I had no relief in my spirit, as I did not find my brother Titus there. So having said farewell to them, I went on to Macedonia. BSB BSB: 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.
14 GLT But thanks{ be} to God, always leading us in triumphal procession in Christ and making known through us the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place. BSB BSB: 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.
15 GLT For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among the ones being saved and among the ones perishing— BSB BSB: For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
16 GLT to the ones, indeed, an aroma from death to death, but to the{ others}, an aroma from life to life. And for these things, who{ is} sufficient? BSB BSB: To the one we are an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
17 GLT For we are not like the many peddling the word of God; but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the presence of God in Christ. BSB BSB: 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.
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