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1In fact, I made up my mind about this: I would not come to you on another painful visit.[#Lit I decided this for myself; #Lit not again in sorrow to come to you]
2For if I cause you pain, then who will cheer me other than the one being hurt by me?[#Lit the one pained]
3I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn’t have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident about all of you that my joy will also be yours.[#Php 1:25]
4For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart — not that you should be hurt, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.
5If anyone has caused pain, he has caused pain not so much to me but to some degree — not to exaggerate — to all of you.[#2Th 3:8]
6The punishment inflicted by the majority is sufficient for that person.
7As a result, you should instead forgive and comfort him. Otherwise, this one may be overwhelmed by excessive grief.[#Mt 6:12]
8Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him.
9I wrote for this purpose: to test your character to see if you are obedient in everything.[#Rm 5:4; #Php 2:8]
10If you forgive anyone, I do too. For what I have forgiven — if I have forgiven anything — it is for you in the presence of Christ.
11I have done this so that we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.[#2Co 12:17]
12When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, the Lord opened a door for me.[#Ac 16:8; #Col 4:3]
13I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus, but I said good-bye to them and left for Macedonia.[#2Th 1:7; #Ti 1:4; #Ac 16:9]
14But thanks be to God, who always puts us on display in Christ and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.[#1Co 15:57; #Or always leads us in a triumphal procession, or always causes us to triumph; #Lit in the Christ, or in the Messiah ; 1Co 15:22; Eph 1:10,12,20; 3:11; #Jn 17:3; 1Jn 4:8]
15For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.[#Eph 5:2; Php 4:18; #Mt 9:22; Ac 16:30; Eph 2:8; #Jn 6:27]
16To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. And who is competent for this?[#Mt 10:21; Jn 8:51; Php 3:10; #1Jn 5:12]
17For we are not like the many who market God’s message for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.[#Other mss read the rest; #Mt 12:36; Mk 4:14; Lk 6:47; 8:21; Jn 1:1; 2:22; 18:32; Ac 17:11; 2Tm 2:15; Heb 4:12]