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1. For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit.
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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. For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?
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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. And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
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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. For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for 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. But if any one has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure --not to put it too severely -- to you all.
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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. For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough;
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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. so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
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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 reaffirm your love for 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. For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient 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. Any one whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,
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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. to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
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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 gospel of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord;
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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 my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on 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 in Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
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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. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
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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 one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
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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. For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word; but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
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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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