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| 2:1 | But I determined this with my selfe, that I would not come againe to you in heauinesse. |
| 2:2 | For if I make you sorie, who is hee then that maketh mee glad, but the same which is made sorie by me. |
| 2:3 | And I wrote this same vnto you, least when I came, I should haue sorrow from them of whome I ought to reioyce, hauing confidence in you all, that my ioy is the ioy of you all. |
| 2:4 | For out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote vnto you with many teares, not that you should bee grieued, but that yee might knowe the loue which I haue more abundantly vnto you. |
| 2:5 | But if any haue caused griefe, hee hath not grieued mee, but in part: that I may not ouercharge you all. |
| 2:6 | Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. |
| 2:7 | So that contrarywise, yee ought rather to forgiue him, and comfort him, lest perhaps, such a one should be swallowed vp with ouermuch sorrow. |
| 2:8 | Wherefore I beseech you, that you would confirme your loue towards him. |
| 2:9 | For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proofe of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. |
| 2:10 | To whom yee forgiue any thing, I forgiue also: for if I forgaue any thing, to whom I forgaue it, for your sakes forgaue I it, in the person of Christ, |
| 2:11 | Lest Satan should get an aduantage of vs: for wee are not ignorant of his deuices. |
| 2:12 | Furthermore when I came to Troas, to preach Christs Gospel, and a doore was opened vnto mee of the Lord, |
| 2:13 | I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother, but taking my leaue of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. |
| 2:14 | Now thankes bee vnto God, which alwayes causeth vs to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euery place. |
| 2:15 | For wee are vnto God, a sweet sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them that perish. |
| 2:16 | To the one wee are the sauour of death vnto death; and to the other, the sauour of life vnto life: and who is sufficient for these things? |
| 2:17 | For wee are not as many which corrupt the word of God: but as of sinceritie, but as of God, in the sight of God speake we in Christ. |
| 2:1 | But I determyned this wt my selfe, that I wolde not come agayne to you in heuynes. |
| 2:2 | For yf I make you sory, who is it that shal make me glad, but the same which is made sory by me? |
| 2:3 | And the same haue I wrytten vnto you, lest wha I come, I shulde take heuynes of them, of whom I oughte to reioyse: for somoch as I haue this confidence in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all. |
| 2:4 | For in greate trouble and anguysh of hert wrote I vnto you with many teares: not yt ye shulde be sory, but that ye mighte perceaue the loue, which I haue most specially vnto you. |
| 2:5 | But yf eny man haue caused sorowe, the same hath not made me sory, but partely, lest I shulde greue you all. |
| 2:6 | It is sufficient, that the same man is so rebuked of many, |
| 2:7 | so that from hence forth ye oughte the more to forgeue him and to comforte him, lest he be swalowed vp in ouer moch heuynesse. |
| 2:8 | Wherfore I exhorte you, that ye shewe loue vpo him. |
| 2:9 | For therfore dyd I wryte vnto you also, that I mighte knowe the profe of you, whether ye were obediet in all thinges. |
| 2:10 | But loke vnto who ye forgeue eny thinge, I forgeue hi also. For I also, yf I forgeue ought vnto eny ma, that forgeue I for youre sakes in the rowme of Christ, |
| 2:11 | lest we shulde be preuented of Sathan. For his thoughtes are not vnknowne vnto vs. |
| 2:12 | But wha I came to Troada to preach ye Gospell of Christ (and a dore was opened vnto me in ye LODRE) |
| 2:13 | I had no rest in my sprete, because I founde not Titus my brother: but I toke my leue of them, and wente awaye in to Macedonia. |
| 2:14 | Yet thankes be vnto God, which all waye geueth vs the victory in Christ, and openeth ye fauoure of his knowlege by vs in euery place. |
| 2:15 | For we are vnto God the good fauoure of Christ, both amonge the yt are saued, & amonge them yt perishe. |
| 2:16 | To these, ye sauoure of death vnto death: but vnto ye other, the sauoure of life vnto life. And who is mete therto? |
| 2:17 | For we are not as many are, which choppe & chaunge wt the worde of God, but eue out of purenesse, and out of God, in ye sighte of God, so speake we in Christ. |
| 2:1 | And Y ordeynede this ilke thing at me, that Y schulde not come eftsoone in heuynes to you. |
| 2:2 | For if Y make you sori, who is he that gladith me, but he that is soreuful of me? |
| 2:3 | And this same thing Y wroot to you, that whanne Y come, Y haue not sorewe on sorewe, of the whiche it behofte me to haue ioie. And Y triste in you alle, that my ioye is of alle you. |
| 2:4 | For of myche tribulacioun and angwisch of herte Y wroot to you by many teeris, not that ye be sori, but that ye wite what charite Y haue more plenteuously in you. |
| 2:5 | For if ony man hath maad me soreuful, he hath not maad me sorewful but a parti, that Y charge not you alle. |
| 2:6 | This blamyng that ys maad of manye, suffisith to hym, that is sich oon; |
| 2:7 | so that ayenward ye rathir foryyuen and coumfort, lest perauenture he that is suche a maner man, be sopun vp bi more grete heuynesse. |
| 2:8 | For which thing Y biseche you, that ye conferme charite in to hym. |
| 2:9 | For whi therfor Y wroot this, that Y knowe youre preuyng, whether in alle thingis ye ben obedient. |
| 2:10 | For to whom ye han foryyuen ony thing, also Y haue foryyue. For Y that that Y foryaf, yif Y foryaf ony thing, haue youun for you in the persone of Crist, |
| 2:11 | that we be not disseyued of Sathanas; for we knowen hise thouytis. |
| 2:12 | But whanne Y was comun to Troade for the gospel of Crist, and a dore was opened to me in the Lord, |
| 2:13 | Y hadde not rest to my spirit, for Y foond not my brother Tite, but Y seide to hem farewel, and Y passide in to Macedonye. |
| 2:14 | And Y do thankyngis to God, that euere more makith vs to haue victorie in Crist Jhesu, and schewith bi vs the odour of his knowing in ech place; |
| 2:15 | for we ben the good odour of Crist to God, among these that ben maad saaf, and among these that perischen. |
| 2:16 | To othere sotheli odour of deth in to deth, but to othere we ben odour of lijf in to lijf. And to these thingis who is so able? |
| 2:17 | For we ben not as many, that don auoutrie bi the word of God, but we speken of clennesse, as of God, bifor God in Crist. |
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