2Now I decided not to pay you another painful visit.G1161G2919G5124G1683G2064G3361G2064G3825G4314G5209G1722G30772After all, if I were to grieve you, who should make me happy but the person I am making sad -G1063G1487G1473G3076G5209G3076G5101G2076G2532G2165G3165G2165G1508G3076G1537G17003This is the very reason I wrote you, so that when I did come I might not be made sad by those who should have made me happy. For I had confidence that all of you would share the joy that I have.G2532G1125G5124G846G5213G3363G2064G2192G3077G575G3739G3165G1163G5463G3982G1909G5209G3956G3754G1699G5479G2076G5216G39564I wrote to you out of great sorrow and anguish of heart - along with many tears - not to make you sad but to let you know how much love I have for you.2G1063G1537G4183G2347G2532G4928G2588G1125G5213G1223G4183G1144G3756G2443G3076G235G2443G1097G26G3739G2192G4056G1519G5209
Forgive the Person who Sinned
5But if anyone has caused grief, he didn't cause me any grief. To some extent - I don't want to emphasize this too much - it has affected all of you.G1161G1536G3076G3076G3756G3076G1691G235G575G3313G3363G1912G3363G1912G5209G39566This punishment by the majority is severe enough for such a man.G2425G5108G3778G2009G3588G5259G41197So forgive and comfort him, or else he will drown in his excessive grief.G5620G5121G5209G3123G5483G2532G3870G3381G4458G5108G2666G4055G30778That's why I'm urging you to assure him of your love.G1352G3870G5209G2964G26G1519G8469I had also written to you to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in every way.G1063G1519G5124G2532G1125G2443G1097G1382G5216G1487G2075G5255G1519G395610When you forgive someone, I do, too. Indeed, what I have forgiven - if there was anything to forgive - I did in the presence of the Messiah for your benefit,G1161G3739G5483G5100G1473G2532G2532G1063G1473G5483G1536G3739G5483G1223G5209G1722G4383G554711so that we may not be outsmarted by Satan. After all, we are not unaware of his intentions.G3363G5259G4567G4122G1063G3756G50G846G3540
Paul’s Anxiety and Relief
12When I went to Troas on behalf of the gospel of the Messiah, the Lord opened a door for me,G1161G2064G1519G5174G1519G5547G2098G2532G2374G455G3427G1722G296213but my spirit could not find any relief, because I couldn't find Titus, my brother. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.2G2192G3756G425G3450G4151G3165G2147G3361G5103G3450G80G235G657G846G1831G1519G310914But thanks be to God! He always leads us triumphantly by the Messiah and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of knowing him.G1161G5485G2316G3842G2358G2248G2358G1722G5547G2532G5319G3744G846G1108G1223G2257G1722G3956G511715To God we are the aroma of the Messiah among those who are being saved and among those who are being lost.G3754G2070G2316G2175G5547G1722G4982G2532G1722G62216To some people we are a deadly fragrance, while to others we are a living fragrance. Who is qualified for this -G3739G3303G3744G2288G1519G2288G1161G3739G3744G2222G1519G2222G2532G5101G2425G4314G502317At least we are not commercializing God's word like so many others. Instead, we speak with sincerity in the Messiah's name, like people who are sent from God and are accountable to God.G1063G2070G3756G5613G4183G2585G3056G2316G235G5613G1537G1505G235G5613G1537G2316G2714G2316G2980G1722G5547
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