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1So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.

1Now I decided not to pay you another painful visit.

2For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?

2After all, if I were to grieve you, who should make me happy but the person I am making sad?

3I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.

3This 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.

4For 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.

4I 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.

5Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.

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.

6The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.

6This punishment by the majority is severe enough for such a man.

7So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

7So forgive and comfort him, or else he will drown in his excessive grief.

8Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

8That's why I'm urging you to assure him of your love.

9My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.

9I had also written to you to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in every way.

10If 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,

10When 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,

11in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

11so that we may not be outsmarted by Satan. After all, we are not unaware of his intentions.

12Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,

12When I went to Troas on behalf of the gospel of the Messiah, the Lord opened a door for me,

13I 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.

13but 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.

14But 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.

14But thanks be to God! He always leads us triumphantly by the Messiah and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of knowing him.

15For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

15To God we are the aroma of the Messiah among those who are being saved and among those who are being lost.

16To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

16To some people we are a deadly fragrance, while to others we are a living fragrance. Who is qualified for this?

17For 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.

17At 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.

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