1 For I have decided this for myself, not to come to you again in sorrow.
2 For if I
3 And I wrote this very
4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not so that you may be caused to be sad, but so that you may know the love that I have especially for you.
5 But if anyone has caused sorrow, he has not caused me sorrow, but
6 This punishment by the majority
7 So then, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow this person should be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
8 Therefore I urge you to confirm
9 Because for this
10 Now to whomever you forgive anything, I also
11 in order that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).
12 Now
13 I did not experience rest in my spirit,
14 But thanks
15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
16 to those on the one hand an odor from death to death,
17 For we are not like the majority who peddle the word of God, but as from pure motives—but as from God—we speak before God in Christ.