ASV_Strong : 2 Corinthians 2
1. But[G1161] I determined[G2919] this[G5124] for myself[G1683], that I would[G2064] not[G3361] come[G2064] again[G3825] to[G4314] you[G5209] with[G1722] sorrow[G3077].
2. For[G1063] if[G1487] I[G1473] make[G3076] you[G5209] sorry[G3076], who[G5101] then[G2532] is[G2076] he[G3588] that maketh[G2165] me[G3165] glad[G2165] but[G1487, 3361] he that[G3588] is made sorry[G3076] by[G1537] me[G1700]?
3. And[G2532] I wrote[G1125] this[G5124] very thing[G846], [G5213] lest[G3361], 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].
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 made sorry[G3076], but[G235] that[G2443] ye might know[G1097] the love[G26] that[G3739] I have[G2192] more abundantly[G4056] unto[G1519] you[G5209].
5. But[G1161] if[G1487] any[G5100] hath caused sorrow[G3076], he hath[G3076] caused sorrow[G3076], not[G3756] to me[G1691], but[G235] in[G575] part[G3313] (that[G2443] I press[G1912] not[G3361] too heavily[G1912]) to you[G5209] all[G3956].
6. Sufficient[G2425] to such a one[G5108] is this[G3778] punishment[G2009] which[G3588] was inflicted by[G5259] the many[G4119];
7. so that[G5620] contrariwise[G5121] ye[G5209] should rather[G3123] forgive[G5483] him and[G2532] comfort[G3870] him[G3381], lest by any means such a one[G5108] should be swallowed up[G2666] with his overmuch[G4053] sorrow[G3077].
8. Wherefore[G1352] I beseech[G3870] you[G5209] to confirm[G2964] your love[G26] toward[G1519] him[G846].
9. For[G1063] to[G1519] this end[G5124] also[G2532] did I write[G1125], that[G2443] I might know[G1097] the proof[G1382] of you[G5216], whether[G1487] ye are[G2075] obedient[G5255] in[G1519] all things[G3956].
10. But[G1161] to whom[G3739] ye forgive[G5483] anything[G5100], I[G1473] forgive also[G2532]: for[G2532, Genesis63] what I[G1473] also have forgiven[G5483], if I have forgiven[G5483] anything[G1536], for your sakes[G1223, Romans9] have I[G5209] forgiven it in[G1722] the presence[G4383] of Christ[G5547];
11. that[G2443] no[G3361] advantage[G4122] may be gained over[G5259] us by Satan[G4567]: for[G1063] we are[G50] not[G3756] ignorant[G50] of his[G846] devices[G3540].
12. Now[G1161] when I came[G2064] to[G1519] Troas[G5174] for[G1519] the gospel[G2098] of Christ[G5547], and[G2532] when a door[G2374] was opened[G455] unto me[G3427] in[G1722] the Lord[G2962],
13. I had[G2192] no[G3756] relief[G425] for my[G3450] spirit[G4151], because I[G3165] found[G2147] not[G3361] Titus[G5103] my[G3450] brother[G80]: but[G235] taking my[G3450] leave[G657] of them[G846], I went forth[G1831] into[G1519] Macedonia[G3109].
14. But[G1161] thanks[G5485] be unto God[G2316], who always[G3842] leadeth[G2358] us[G2248] in triumph in[G1722] Christ[G5547], and[G2532] maketh manifest[G5319] through[G1223] us[G2257] the savor[G3744] of his[G846] knowledge[G1108] in[G1722] every[G3956] place[G5117].
15. For[G3754] we are[G2070] a sweet savor[G2175] of Christ[G5547] unto God[G2316], in[G1722] them that[G3588] are saved[G4982], and[G2532] in[G1722] them that[G3588] perish[G622];
16. to the one[G3739, Ezekiel3] a savor[G3744] from death[G2288] unto[G1519] death[G2288]; [G1161] to the other[G3739] a savor[G3744] from life[G2222] unto[G1519] life[G2222]. And[G2532] who[G5101] is sufficient[G2425] for[G4314] these things[G5023]?
17. For[G1063] we are[G2070] not[G3756] as[G5613] the many[G4183], corrupting[G2585] the word[G3056] 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 we[G2980] in[G1722] Christ[G5547].
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