'For2I made up1my3mind1not6to make12another7painful89visit12to10you.11 For2if1I3cause4you5pain,14who7is thereto make9me10glad9but1112the one13whom I have pained?141516 And1I wrote2as I did,4so that5when I came7I might9not6suffer9pain8from10those who11should12have made14me13rejoice,14for Ifelt sure15of16all17ofyou,18that19my21joy22[would] be25the joyof you24all.23 For2I wrote8to you9out of1much3affliction4and5anguish6of heart7andwith10many11tears,12not13to cause you pain1415but16to let you know1920the17abundant23love18that21I have22for24you.25 Now2if1anyone3has caused pain,4he has caused it7not5to me,6but8in9some measure10— not12to put it too severely —1113to all14of you.15 For such a one,3this6punishment5by8the9majority10isenough,1 so1you4shouldrather3turn2to forgive5and6comfort7him,or9he15may be overwhelmed13by excessive11sorrow.12 So1I beg2you3to reaffirm4yourlove7for5him.6 For1this2iswhy3I wrote,5that6I7might test9you10andknow7whether11you are15obedient14in12everything.13 Anyonewhom1you forgive,4I also [forgive].5Indeed,what9I8have forgiven,10if11I have forgiven13anything,12has beenfor14your15sake14in16the presence17of Christ,18 so that1we would3not2be outwitted3by4Satan;6for8we are12not7ignorant of12his9designs.11 When I came1to3Troas5to [preach]6the7gospel8of Christ,10even though11a door12was opened14for me13in15the Lord,16 my6spirit5was2not1at rest3becauseI10did9not8find9my14brother13Titus11there.So15[I] took leave16of them17andwent on18to19Macedonia.20 But2thanks4beto God,3who7in9Christ11always6leads7us8in triumphal procession,7and12through19us20spreads18the13fragrance14of the15knowledge16of him17everywhere.2223 For1we are4the aroma3of Christ2to God6among7those8who are being saved9and10among11those12who are perishing,13 to one1a fragrance3from4death5to6death,7to the other8a fragrance10from11life12to13life.14Who18issufficient19for16these things?17 For2we are3not,1like4so many,6peddlers of7God’s11word,9but12as13menof14sincerity,15as17commissionedby18God,19in the sight of20God21we speak24in22Christ.23