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1. So I decided that my next visit to you would not be another one to make you sad.
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1. But G1161 I determined G2919 this G5124 with myself G1683 , that I would not G3361 come G2064 again G3825 to G4314 you G5209 in G1722 heaviness G3077 .
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2. If I make you sad, who will make me glad? Only you can make me glad -- particularly the person whom I made sad.
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2. For G1063 if G1487 I G1473 make you sorry G3076 G5209 , who G5101 G2532 is G2076 he then that maketh me glad G2165 G3165 , but G1508 the same which is made sorry G3076 by G1537 me G1700 ?
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3. I wrote you a letter for this reason: that when I came to you I would not be made sad by the people who should make me happy. I felt sure of all of you, that you would share my joy.
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3. And G2532 I wrote G1125 this G5124 same G846 unto you G5213 , lest G3363 , when I came G2064 , I should have G2192 sorrow G3077 from G575 them of whom G3739 I G3165 ought G1163 to rejoice G5463 ; having confidence G3982 in G1909 you G5209 all G3956 , that G3754 my G1699 joy G5479 is G2076 the joy of you G5216 all G3956 .
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4. When I wrote to you before, I was very troubled and unhappy in my heart, and I wrote with many tears. I did not write to make you sad, but to let you know how much I love you.
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4. For G1063 out of G1537 much G4183 affliction G2347 and G2532 anguish G4928 of heart G2588 I wrote G1125 unto you G5213 with G1223 many G4183 tears G1144 ; not G3756 that G2443 ye should be grieved G3076 , but G235 that G2443 ye might know G1097 the G3588 love G26 which G3739 I have G2192 more abundantly G4056 unto G1519 you G5209 .
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5. Someone there among you has caused sadness, not to me, but to all of you. I mean he caused sadness to all in some way. (I do not want to make it sound worse than it really is.)
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5. But G1161 if G1487 any G5100 have caused grief G3076 , he hath not G3756 grieved G3076 me G1691 , but G235 in part G575 G3313 : that G2443 I may not G3361 overcharge G1912 you G5209 all G3956 .
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6. The punishment that most of you gave him is enough for him.
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6. Sufficient G2425 to such a man G5108 is this G3778 punishment G2009 , which G3588 was inflicted of G5259 many G4119 .
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7. But now you should forgive him and comfort him to keep him from having too much sadness and giving up completely.
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7. So that G5620 contrariwise G5121 ye G5209 ought rather G3123 to forgive G5483 him, and G2532 comfort G3870 him, lest G3381 perhaps such a one G5108 should be swallowed up G2666 with overmuch G4055 sorrow G3077 .
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8. So I beg you to show that you love him.
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8. Wherefore G1352 I beseech G3870 you G5209 that ye would confirm G2964 your love G26 toward G1519 him G846 .
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9. I wrote you to test you and to see if you obey in everything.
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9. For G1063 to G1519 this end G5124 also G2532 did I write G1125 , that G2443 I might know G1097 the G3588 proof G1382 of you G5216 , whether G1487 ye be G2075 obedient G5255 in G1519 all things G3956 .
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10. If you forgive someone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven -- if I had anything to forgive -- I forgave it for you, as if Christ were with me.
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10. G1161 To whom G3739 ye forgive G5483 any thing G5100 , I G1473 forgive also G2532 : for G1063 if I forgave any thing G1536 G2532 , to whom G3739 I forgave G5483 it, for your sakes G1223 G5209 forgave I it in G1722 the person G4383 of Christ G5547 ;
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11. I did this so that Satan would not win anything from us, because we know very well what Satan's plans are.
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11. Lest G3363 Satan G4567 should get an advantage G4122 of us: for G1063 we are not ignorant G50 G3756 of his G846 devices G3540 .
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12. When I came to Troas to preach the Good News of Christ, the Lord gave me a good opportunity there.
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12. Furthermore , when I came G2064 to G1519 Troas G5174 to G1519 preach Christ G5547 's gospel G2098 , and G2532 a door G2374 was opened G455 unto me G3427 of G1722 the Lord G2962 ,
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13. But I had no peace, because I did not find my brother Titus. So I said good-bye to them at Troas and went to Macedonia.
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13. I had G2192 no G3756 rest G425 in my G3450 spirit G4151 , because I G3165 found G2147 not G3361 Titus G5103 my G3450 brother G80 : but G235 taking my leave G657 of them G846 , I went from thence G1831 into G1519 Macedonia G3109 .
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14. But thanks be to God, who always leads us in victory through Christ. God uses us to spread his knowledge everywhere like a sweet-smelling perfume.
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14. Now G1161 thanks G5485 be unto God G2316 , which always causeth us to triumph G2358 G3842 G2248 in G1722 Christ G5547 , and G2532 maketh manifest G5319 the G3588 savor G3744 of his G848 knowledge G1108 by G1223 us G2257 in G1722 every G3956 place G5117 .
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15. Our offering to God is this: We are the sweet smell of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are being lost.
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15. For G3754 we are G2070 unto God G2316 a sweet savor G2175 of Christ G5547 , in G1722 them that are saved G4982 , and G2532 in G1722 them that perish G622 :
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16. To those who are lost, we are the smell of death that brings death, but to those who are being saved, we are the smell of life that brings life. So who is able to do this work?
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16. To the one G3739 G3303 we are the savor G3744 of death G2288 unto G1519 death G2288 ; and G1161 to the other G3739 the savor G3744 of life G2222 unto G1519 life G2222 . And G2532 who G5101 is sufficient G2425 for G4314 these things G5023 ?
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17. We do not sell the word of God for a profit as many other people do. But in Christ we speak the truth before God, as messengers of God.
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17. For G1063 we are G2070 not G3756 as G5613 many G4183 , which corrupt G2585 the G3588 word G3588 of God G2316 : but G235 as G5613 of G1537 sincerity G1505 , but G235 as G5613 of G1537 God G2316 , in the sight G2714 of God G2316 speak G2980 we in G1722 Christ G5547 .
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