2 Coríntios 2

1 In fact, I made up my mind about this: I would not come to you on another painful visit.  * 2:1 Lit not again in sorrow to come to you2 For if I cause you pain, then who will cheer me other than the one being hurt by me?  * 2:2 Lit the one pained3 I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn’t have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident  * 2:3 Php 1:25 about all of you that my joy will also be yours. 4 For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart — not to cause you pain, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.

A Sinner Forgiven

5 If anyone has caused pain, he has caused pain not so much to me but to some degree — not to exaggerate  * 2:5 2Th 3:8  — to all of you. 6 This punishment by the majority is sufficient for that person. 7 As a result, you should instead forgive  * 2:7 Mt 6:12 and comfort him. Otherwise, he may be overwhelmed by excessive grief. 8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him. 9 I wrote for this purpose: to test your character  * 2:9 Rm 5:4 to see if you are obedient  * 2:9 Php 2:8 in everything. 10 Anyone you forgive, I do too. For what I have forgiven — if I have forgiven anything — it is for your benefit in the presence of Christ, 11 so that we may not be taken advantage  * 2:11 2Co 12:17 of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.

A Trip to Macedonia

12 When I came to Troas  * 2:12 Ac 16:8 to preach the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord opened a door  * 2:12 Col 4:3 for me, 13 I had no rest  * 2:13 2Th 1:7 in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus.  * 2:13 Ti 1:4 Instead, I said good-bye to them and left for Macedonia.  * 2:13 Ac 16:9

A Ministry of Life or Death

14 But thanks be to God,  * 2:14 1Co 15:57 who always leads us in Christ’s triumphal procession and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place.  * 2:14 Jn 17:3; 1Jn 4:815 For to God we are the fragrance  * 2:15 Eph 5:2; Php 4:18 of Christ among those who are being saved  * 2:15 Mt 9:22; Ac 16:30; Eph 2:8 and among those who are perishing.  * 2:15 Jn 6:2716 To some we are an aroma of death  * 2:16 Mt 10:21; Jn 8:51; Php 3:10 leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life  * 2:16 1Jn 5:12 leading to life. Who is adequate for these things? 17 For we do not market the word of God  * 2:17 Mt 12:36; Mk 4:14; Lk 6:47; 8:21; Jn 1:1; 2:22; 18:32; Ac 17:11; 2Tm 2:15; Heb 4:12 for profit like so many.  * 2:17 Other mss read like the rest On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.