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2 Corinthians 2:1

New American Bible - revised edition

For I decided not to come to you again in painful circumstances.

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So the disciples determined that, according to ability, each should send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.

Because there arose no little dissension and debate by Paul and Barnabas with them, it was decided that Paul, Barnabas, and some of the others should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and presbyters about this question.

Barnabas wanted to take with them also John, who was called Mark,

For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a gentle spirit?

I, for my part, although absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as if present, pronounced judgment on the one who has committed this deed,

But I call upon God as witness, on my life, that it is to spare you that I have not yet gone to Corinth.

I am writing this while I am away, so that when I come I may not have to be severe in virtue of the authority that the Lord has given me to build up and not to tear down.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you might be pained but that you might know the abundant love I have for you. The Offender.

When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, try to join me at Nicopolis, where I have decided to spend the winter.




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