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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Now I decided not to pay you another painful visit. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2After all, if I were to grieve you, who should make me happy but the person I am making sad? |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3This is the very reason I wrote you, so that when I did come I might not be made sad by those who should have made me happy. For I had confidence that all of you would share the joy that I have. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I wrote to you out of great sorrow and anguish of heart—along with many tears—not to make you sad but to let you know how much love I have for you. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5But if anyone has caused grief, he didn't cause me any grief. To some extent—I don't want to emphasize this too much—it has affected all of you. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6This punishment by the majority is severe enough for such a man. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7So forgive and comfort him, or else he will drown in his excessive grief. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8That's why I'm urging you to assure him of your love. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9I had also written to you to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in every way. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10When you forgive someone, I do, too. Indeed, what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I did in the presence of the Messiah for your benefit, |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11so that we may not be outsmarted by Satan. After all, we are not unaware of his intentions. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12When I went to Troas on behalf of the gospel of the Messiah, the Lord opened a door for me, |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13but my spirit could not find any relief, because I couldn't find Titus, my brother. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14But thanks be to God! He always leads us triumphantly by the Messiah and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of knowing him. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15To God we are the aroma of the Messiah among those who are being saved and among those who are being lost. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16To some people we are a deadly fragrance, while to others we are a living fragrance. Who is qualified for this? |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17At least we are not commercializing God's word like so many others. Instead, we speak with sincerity in the Messiah's name, like people who are sent from God and are accountable to God. |
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