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2 Corinthians 2 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:1 - So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:2 - For if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:3 - I wrote as I did, so that when I came I would not be distressed by those who should have made me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would all share my joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:4 - For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:5 - If anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you to some extent—not to put it too severely.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:6 - The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:7 - Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:8 - I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:9 - Another reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:10 - Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:11 - in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:12 - Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:13 - I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:14 - But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:15 - For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:16 - To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:17 - Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.
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