{"book":"2 Corinthians","slug":"2-corinthians","ch":2,"genre":"letter","sub":"2 Corinthians","prev":"2-corinthians/1","next":"2-corinthians/3","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[So] I made up my mind not to make another painful {visit} to you.","f":[],"h":"Reaffirm Your Love","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"For if I grieve you, who [is left] to cheer me but those [whom] I have grieved?","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be grieved by [those] who ought {to make} me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you [would share] my joy.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you — to some degree, not to overstate [it].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"The punishment [imposed on him] by the majority [is] sufficient for him.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort [him], so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"Therefore I urge you to reaffirm [your] love for him.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"{My} purpose in writing [you] [was] to see if you would stand the test [and] be obedient in everything.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"If you forgive anyone, I also [forgive him]. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven [it] in [the] presence of Christ for your sake,","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"Now when I went to Troas [to preach] the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in [the] Lord,","f":[],"h":"Triumph in Christ","style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"I had no peace in my spirit, [because] I did not find my brother Titus [there]. [So] I said goodbye to them [and] went on to Macedonia.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"But thanks [be] to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of [the] knowledge of Him.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"For we are to God [the] sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"To [the] one [we are] an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who [is] qualified for such [a task]?","f":["Literally To the one, indeed, an aroma from death to death; but to the other, an aroma from life to life."]},{"v":17,"t":"For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God {for profit}. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}