CHAPTER 2
1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come
again to you in heaviness. 2 For if I make you sorry, who is he
then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? 3
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from
them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the
joy of you all. 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of
heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that
ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but
in part: that I may not overcharge you all. 6 Sufficient to such a
man is this punishmenta, which was inflicted of many.
7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him,
and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with
overmuch sorrow. 8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your
love toward him. 9 For to this end also did I write, that I might
know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. 10 †
To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any
thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the
personb
of Christ; 11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we
are not ignorant of his devices.
12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach
Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, 13 I
had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my
leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. 14 Now thanks be
unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the
savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 15 For we are unto
God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to
the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these
things? 17 For we are not as many, which corruptc
the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak
we in Christ.
The
Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems,
Inc.
a
punishment: or, censure
†
A Greek word occurs that is not directly translated in the King
James Version.
b
person: or, sight
c
corrupt: or, deal deceitfully with
COMMENTARIES:
A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Bible
Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible
The People’s New Testament
COMMENTARIES:
A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible
The People’s New Testament