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2 Corinthians 2:3

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And so, I wrote this same thing to you, so that I might not, when I arrive, add sorrow to sorrow for those with whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you in all things, so that my joy may be entirely yours.

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What would you prefer? Should I return to you with a rod, or with charity and a spirit of meekness?

And with this confidence, I wanted to come to you sooner, so that you might have a second grace,

But I call God as a witness to my soul, that I was lenient with you, in that I did not return to Corinth:

I have become foolish; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you. For I have been nothing less than those who claim to be above the measure of Apostles, even though I am nothing.

If so, then, when I have arrived, God may again humble me among you. And so, I mourn for the many who sinned beforehand, and did not repent, over the lust and fornication and homosexuality, which they have committed.

Therefore, I write these things while absent, so that, when present, I may not have to act more harshly, according to the authority which the Lord has given to me, for edification and not for destruction.

It was for this reason, also, that I wrote, so that I might know, by testing you, whether you would be obedient in all things.

And so, though I wrote to you, it was not because of him who caused the injury, nor because of him who suffered from it, but so as to manifest our solicitude, which we have for you before God.

I rejoice that in all things I have confidence in you.

But God, who consoles the humble, consoled us by the arrival of Titus,

For though I made you sorrowful by my epistle, I do not repent. And if I did repent, but only for a time, having realized that the same epistle made you sorrowful,

And we have also sent with them our brother, whom we have proven to be frequently solicitous in many matters. But now there is a greater solicitousness, which is greatly entrusted to you;

I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will accept nothing of the kind. However, he who disturbs you shall bear the judgment, whomever he may be.

And we have confidence about you in the Lord, that you are doing, and will continue to do, just as we have instructed.

I have written to you, trusting in your obedience, knowing, too, that you will do even more than what I say.




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