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2 Corinthians 2:1

So I
I
For I

made up my mind

not
not to

come to you another painful

visit.
visit to you.

2 Corinthians 2:2

for if I
For if I
If I
After all, if I

make
cause

you
you,

sad, who
pain, who

is
would be

there to
left to

make me glad but the one whom I

have
made

sad.
sad?
pained?
sorrowful by me?
grieved.
grieved?

2 Corinthians 2:3

And I
I

wrote this very

thing to
thing

so that when
you, so that when
you, so that, when

I

came
came,
came to

I
you I

would

not
n’t

have sorrow from those who ought to make me

rejoice,
rejoice;

having confidence in

you all, that
you all that

my joy would be the joy of

you.
you all,
you all.

2 Corinthians 2:4

I
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I
For I
For out of great distress and anguish of heart I

wrote to
wrote

you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to

cause
make

you

pain but to
pain, but to

let you

know how
know the

abundant
overwhelming

love
love that
love which

I

have for
have especially for

you.

2 Corinthians 2:5

But if anyone
If anyone

has caused

sorrow,
pain,
grief,

he has caused

it
sorrow,
sorrow

not to

me, but in some
me but to some
me, but to some

extent—
degree—in order
measure—

not to say too much—to all of

you.
you all.

2 Corinthians 2:6

This punishment by the
The punishment that

majority is

enough for him,
enough for him.
enough for such a person.
enough for such a person;
enough for such a person,

2 Corinthians 2:7

Now
But now
Now, however,

you should forgive him and

comfort
encourage

him. This will keep him from having too much sadness and giving up completely.

2 Corinthians 2:8

So I
Therefore, I
Therefore I
I
wherefore, I
Wherefore I
That is why I

urge
beg

you to

reaffirm
confirm
show
show that
assure

your
him that you

love for
love to
love
love toward

him,
him.

2 Corinthians 2:9

I
This is why I
For this is why I
The reason I
For to this end I

wrote to
wrote
wrote for this

you. I wanted to test

you and
you to
you and to

see if
know whether

you

are obedient in
are obedient in all
obey in

everything.
things.

2 Corinthians 2:10

If you
When you

forgive

anyone,
anyone for anything,
anything,

I also

forgive.
forgive

Indeed, what
him. And what

Ihave

forgiven, if
forgiven (if
forgiven—if

I had anything to forgive—I forgave it for you, and Christ was with me.

2 Corinthians 2:11

so that
in order that
I did this so that

we
Satan

may
would
might

not
be

be taken advantage of by
be outwitted by
win anything from
gained over us by
be exploited by

Satan, for
Satan: for
Satan. For
Satan; for
us. For
us; for
Satan (for

we are not

ignorant of
unaware of

his

schemes.
devices.
schemes).

2 Corinthians 2:12

When I
Now when I
I

came to
went to
arrived in

Troas for the
Troas to

gospel of
Good News of

Christ and a
Christ, and when a
Christ and when a

door was

opened for
opened to

me in the
me by the

Lord,
Lord;

2 Corinthians 2:13

I had no relief in my

spirit because
spirit, because

I

did
could

not
n’t

find
finding

my
our

brother Titus. So I

said
took

goodbye to
good-bye to
farewell to
leave of
leave of the
good-bye to the
goodbye to the

them and
them,
people there and
people there, and

went on to
I departed for
went to
set out for

Macedonia
Macedonia.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But, thanks
But thanks
Now thanks

be to

God, who
God who

always leads us in victory through Christ. God uses us to spread his knowledge everywhere like a sweet-smelling perfume.

2 Corinthians 2:15

For we
We
To God we

are the

aroma of
fragrance of

Christ to God among those who are being

saved and among those who
saved and to those who
saved and those who

are
are being
are on the

perishing
perishing.
perishing—
perishing;
perishing,
lost.
dying.

2 Corinthians 2:16

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2 Corinthians 2:17

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