3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them 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 unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you. |
5 But if any have caused grief, he hath 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 of many. |
7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. |
8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. |
9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. |
10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; |
11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. |
12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto 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 thence into Macedonia. |
14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. |
15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: |
