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2 Corinthians 2
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And I decided this within myself, not to come to you again in sadness.
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For if I make you sad, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sad by me?
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And I wrote to you as I did, so that having come, I might not have sadness over those from whom I should have joy, trusting in you all that my joy is that of you all.
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For out of much pressure and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be sad, but that you might know the love which I so richly have for you.
Forgiveness for the Sinner...
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But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not made me sad, but in some degree you all - not to be too harsh.
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For such a one this punishment, by the many, is sufficient,
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so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive and comfort, lest somehow such a one be swallowed up with too much sadness.
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So I appeal to you to confirm your love to him.
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Besides, I wrote for this purpose also, that I might know the proof of you, if you are obedient in all matters.
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And whom you forgive any matter, I do also. For indeed, if I have forgiven any matter, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the sight of Messiah,
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lest Satan should take advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his thoughts.
Ministers of the New Covenant...
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And when I came to Troas for the Good News of Messiah, and a door was opened to me by the Master,
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I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother. But taking my leave of them, I went on to Makedonia.
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But thanks be to Elohim who always leads us on, to overcome in Messiah, and manifests through us the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
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Because we are to Elohim the fragrance of Messiah among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
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To the one we are the smell of death to death, and to the other the fragrance of life to life. And who is competent for these?
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For we are not, as so many, adulterating the Word of Elohim for gain - but as of sincerity, but as from Elohim, in the sight of Elohim, we speak in Messiah.
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