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1. For I decided not to come to you again in painful circumstances.
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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 inflict pain upon you, then who is there to cheer me except the one pained by me?
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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 be pained by those in whom I should have rejoiced, confident about all of you that my joy is that of all of you.
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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 out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you might be pained but that you might know the abundant love 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. If anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure (not to exaggerate) to all of you.
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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. This punishment by the majority is enough for such a person,
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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 that on the contrary you should forgive and encourage him instead, or else the person may be overwhelmed by excessive pain.
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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. Therefore, I urge 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, to know your proven character, whether you were 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. Whomever you forgive anything, so do I. For indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for you 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. so that we might not be taken advantage of by Satan, for we are not unaware of his purposes.
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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 went to Troas for the gospel of Christ, although 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. I had no relief in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus. 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 always leads us in triumph in Christ and manifests through us the odor of the knowledge of him in every place.
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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 for 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 the latter an odor of death that leads to death, to the former an odor of life that leads to life. Who is qualified for this?
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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 the many who trade on the word of God; but as out of sincerity, indeed as from God and in the presence 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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