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“1 ¶ But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to
you in heaviness. 2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh
me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? 3 And I wrote this same
unto you, 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. 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote
unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye
might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.”
“5 ¶ But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part:
that I may not overcharge you all. 6 Sufficient to such a man [is] this
punishment, which [was inflicted] of many. 7 So that contrariwise ye
[ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a
one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. 8 Wherefore I beseech
you that ye would confirm [your] love toward him. 9 For to this end also
did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient
in all things. 10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I [forgive] also: for if
I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your sakes [forgave I
it] in the person of Christ; 11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of
us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.”
“12 ¶ Furthermore, when I came to Troas to [preach] Christ’s gospel, and
a door was opened unto me of the Lord, 13 I had no rest in my spirit,
because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I
went from thence into Macedonia. 14 Now thanks [be] unto God, which
always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour
of his knowledge by us in every place. 15 For we are unto God a sweet
savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: 16 To
the one [we are] the savour of death unto death; and to the other the
savour of life unto life. And who [is] sufficient for these things? 17
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of
sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.” (2
Corinthians 2:1-17 AV)
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