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1 But I determined this in myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. 2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that makes me glad, but the same one who is made sorry by me? 3 And I wrote this thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from those of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all. 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the [agape] love that I have more abundantly towards you. 5 But if any have caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. 6 Sufficient to such a man [is] this punishment, which [was inflicted] by many. 7 So that on the contrary you [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. 8 Therefore I ask you that you would confirm [your] [agape] love toward him. 9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof [dokimazo] of you, whether you be obedient in all things. 10 To whom you forgive any thing, I [forgive] also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your sakes [I forgave it] in the person of Christ; 11 That Satan should not take advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of what he has in mind. 12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to [preach] Christ's gospel, and a door was opened to me of the Lord, 13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from there into Macedonia. 14 Now thanks [be] to God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and manifests the aroma of his knowledge through us on every occasion. 15 For we are to God a sweet fragrance of Christ, with those that are being saved, and with those that are destroying themselves: 16 To the one [we are] the odor of death pointing to death; and to the other the odor of [zoe] life pointing to [zoe] life. And who [is] capable regarding these things? 17 For we are not like many, who sell the word of God: but with sincerity, and just like God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.