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2:1  In fact, I made up my mind about this: I would not come to you on another painful visit.
2:2  For if I cause you pain, then who will cheer me other than the one being hurt by me?
2:3  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 about all of you that my joy will also be yours.
2:4  For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart--not that you should be hurt, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.
2:5  If anyone has caused pain, he has caused pain not so much to me but to some degree--not to exaggerate--to all of you.
2:6  The punishment inflicted by the majority is sufficient for that person.
2:7  As a result, you should instead forgive and comfort him. Otherwise, this one may be overwhelmed by excessive grief.
2:8  Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him.
2:9  I wrote for this purpose: to test your character to see if you are obedient in everything.
2:10  If you forgive anyone, I do too. For what I have forgiven--if I have forgiven anything--it is for you in the presence of Christ.
2:11  I have done this so that we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.
2:12  When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, the Lord opened a door for me.
2:13  I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus, but I said good-bye to them and left for Macedonia.
2:14  But thanks be to God, who always puts us on display in Christ and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.
2:15  For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
2:16  To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. And who is competent for this?
2:17  For we are not like the many who market God's message for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.