Reaffirm Your Love 1 RV But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow. BSB BSB: So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
2 RV For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad, but he that is made sorry by me? BSB BSB: For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?
3 RV And I wrote this very thing, 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. 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 RV For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto 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 RV But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all. 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 RV Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many; BSB BSB: The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.
7 RV so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow. BSB BSB: So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
8 RV Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him. BSB BSB: Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
9 RV For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye 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 RV But to whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes have I forgiven it in the person 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 RV that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices. BSB BSB: in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
Triumph in Christ 12 RV Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and when a door was opened unto 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 RV I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into 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 RV But thanks be unto God, which always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savour of his knowledge 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 RV For we are a sweet savour of Christ unto God, in them that are being saved, and in them that are 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 RV to the one a savour from death unto death; to the other a savour from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? 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 RV For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we 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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