2 Corinthians 2

Forgiveness for the Offender

5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him , and comfort him , lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

8Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

10To 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;

11lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Paul's Anxiety at Troas

12Furthermore, when I came to Tro´as to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,[#Acts 20.1.]

13I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedo´nia.

Triumphant in Christ

14Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place.

15For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

16to the one we are the savor of death unto death; and to the other the savor of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

17For 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.

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