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2 Corinthians 2 (AMP)

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¹ BUT I definitely made up my mind not to grieve you with another painful and distressing visit. ² For if I cause you pain , who is there to provide me enjoyment but the one whom I have grieved and made sad? ³ And I wrote the same to you so that when I came, I might not be myself pained by those who are the ones who ought to make me glad, for I trusted in you all and felt confident that my joy would be shared by all of you. ⁴ For I wrote you out of great sorrow and deep distress of heart, with many tears, not to cause you pain but in order to make you realize the overflowing love that I continue increasingly to have for you. ⁵ But if someone has caused grief and pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure, not to put it too severely, all of you. ⁶ For such a one this censure by the majority sufficient . ⁷ So you should rather turn and forgive and comfort and encourage , to keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive sorrow and despair. ⁸ I therefore beg you to reinstate him in your affections and assure him of your love for him; ⁹ For this was my purpose in writing you, to test your attitude and see if you would stand the test, whether you are obedient and altogether agreeable in everything. ¹⁰ If you forgive anyone anything, I too forgive that one; and what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sakes in the presence of Christ (the Messiah), ¹¹ To keep Satan from getting the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his wiles and intentions. ¹² Now when I arrived at Troas the good news (the Gospel) of Christ, a door of opportunity was opened for me in the Lord, ¹³ Yet my spirit could not rest (relax, get relief) because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave from them and departed for Macedonia. ¹⁴ But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph and through us spreads and makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere, ¹⁵ For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ unto God, among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing: ¹⁶ To the latter it is an aroma from death to death ; to the former it is an aroma from life to life . And who is qualified (fit and sufficient) for these things? ¹⁷ For we are not, like so many, peddling God's Word ; but like of sincerity and the purest motive, as by God, we speak in Christ (the Messiah), in the sight and presence of God.