New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Corinthians 2

Reaffirm Your Love

1But I determined this 1for my own sake, that I 2would not come to you in sorrow again. 2For if I 3cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful? 3This is the very thing I 4wrote you, so that 5when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having 6confidence in you all that my joy would be the joy of you all. 4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I 7wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

5But 8if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in some degree--9in order not to say too much--to all of you. 6Sufficient for such a one is 10this punishment which was inflicted by the majority, 7so that on the contrary you should rather 11forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a one might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8Wherefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. 9For to this end also 12I wrote, so that I might 13 14put you to the test, whether you are 15obedient in all things. 10But one whom you forgive anything, I forgive also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes 16in the presence of Christ, 11so that no advantage would be taken of us by 17Satan, for 18we are not ignorant of his schemes.

12Now when I came to 19Troas for the 20gospel of Christ and when a 21door was opened for me in the Lord, 13I 22had no rest for my spirit, not finding 23Titus my brother; but 24taking my leave of them, I went on to 25Macedonia.

14 26But thanks be to God, who always 27leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the 28sweet aroma of the 29knowledge of Him in every place. 15For we are a 30fragrance of Christ to God among 31those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; 16 32to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is 33adequate for these things? 17For we are not like many, 34 35peddling the word of God, but 36as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ 37in the sight of God.

Notes

1. 2 Corinthians 2:1 Or as far as I am concerned ↩
2. 2 Corinthians 2:1 1 Cor 4:21; 2 Cor 12:21 ↩
3. 2 Corinthians 2:2 2 Cor 7:8 ↩
4. 2 Corinthians 2:3 2 Cor 2:9; 7:8, 12 ↩
5. 2 Corinthians 2:3 1 Cor 4:21; 2 Cor 12:21 ↩
6. 2 Corinthians 2:3 Gal 5:10; 2 Thess 3:4; Philem 21 ↩
7. 2 Corinthians 2:4 2 Cor 2:9; 7:8, 12 ↩
8. 2 Corinthians 2:5 1 Cor 5:1f ↩
9. 2 Corinthians 2:5 Lit so that I not be burdensome ↩
10. 2 Corinthians 2:6 1 Cor 5:4f; 2 Cor 7:11 ↩
11. 2 Corinthians 2:7 Gal 6:1; Eph 4:32 ↩
12. 2 Corinthians 2:9 2 Cor 2:3f ↩
13. 2 Corinthians 2:9 Lit know the proof of you ↩
14. 2 Corinthians 2:9 2 Cor 8:2; Phil 2:22 ↩
15. 2 Corinthians 2:9 2 Cor 7:15; 10:6 ↩
16. 2 Corinthians 2:10 1 Cor 5:4; 2 Cor 4:6 ↩
17. 2 Corinthians 2:11 Matt 4:10 ↩
18. 2 Corinthians 2:11 Luke 22:31; 2 Cor 4:4; 1 Pet 5:8 ↩
19. 2 Corinthians 2:12 Acts 16:8 ↩
20. 2 Corinthians 2:12 Rom 1:1; 2 Cor 4:3, 4; 8:18; 9:13; 10:14; 11:4, 7; 1 Thess 3:2 ↩
21. 2 Corinthians 2:12 Acts 14:27 ↩
22. 2 Corinthians 2:13 2 Cor 7:5 ↩
23. 2 Corinthians 2:13 2 Cor 7:6, 13f; 8:6, 16, 23; 12:18; Gal 2:1, 3; 2 Tim 4:10; Titus 1:4 ↩
24. 2 Corinthians 2:13 Mark 6:46 ↩
25. 2 Corinthians 2:13 Rom 15:26 ↩
26. 2 Corinthians 2:14 Rom 1:8; 6:17; 1 Cor 15:57; 2 Cor 8:16; 9:15 ↩
27. 2 Corinthians 2:14 Col 2:15 ↩
28. 2 Corinthians 2:14 Song 1:3; Ezek 20:41; Eph 5:2; Phil 4:18 ↩
29. 2 Corinthians 2:14 1 Cor 12:8 ↩
30. 2 Corinthians 2:15 Song 1:3; Ezek 20:41; Eph 5:2; Phil 4:18 ↩
31. 2 Corinthians 2:15 1 Cor 1:18 ↩
32. 2 Corinthians 2:16 Luke 2:34; John 9:39; 1 Pet 2:7f ↩
33. 2 Corinthians 2:16 2 Cor 3:5f ↩
34. 2 Corinthians 2:17 Or corrupting ↩
35. 2 Corinthians 2:17 2 Cor 4:2; Gal 1:6-9 ↩
36. 2 Corinthians 2:17 1 Cor 5:8; 2 Cor 1:12; 1 Thess 2:4; 1 Pet 4:11 ↩
37. 2 Corinthians 2:17 2 Cor 12:19 ↩

Reaffirm Your Love

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