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我自己定了主意,再到你們那裡去,必須大家沒有憂愁。 倘若我叫你們憂愁,除了我叫那憂愁的人以外,誰能叫我快樂呢? 我曾把這事寫給你們,恐怕我到的時候,應該叫我快樂的那些人反倒叫我憂愁。我也深信,你們眾人都以我的快樂為自己的快樂。 我先前心裡難過痛苦,多多地流淚寫信給你們,不是叫你們憂愁,乃是叫你們知道我格外地疼愛你們。

當赦免受責的人

若有叫人憂愁的,他不但叫我憂愁,也是叫你們眾人有幾分憂愁——我說幾分,恐怕說得太重。 這樣的人,受了眾人的責罰也就夠了, 倒不如赦免他,安慰他,免得他憂愁太過,甚至沉淪了。 所以我勸你們,要向他顯出堅定不移的愛心來。 為此我先前也寫信給你們,要試驗你們,看你們凡事順從不順從。 10 你們赦免誰,我也赦免誰。我若有所赦免的,是在基督面前為你們赦免的, 11 免得撒旦趁著機會勝過我們,因我們並非不曉得他的詭計。

12 我從前為基督的福音到了特羅亞,主也給我開了門, 13 那時因為沒有遇見兄弟提多,我心裡不安,便辭別那裡的人往馬其頓去了。

保羅為基督的香氣

14 感謝神,常率領我們在基督裡誇勝,並藉著我們在各處顯揚那因認識基督而有的香氣。 15 因為我們在神面前,無論在得救的人身上或滅亡的人身上,都有基督馨香之氣。 16 在這等人,就做了死的香氣叫他死;在那等人,就做了活的香氣叫他活。這事誰能當得起呢? 17 我們不像那許多人,為利混亂神的道,乃是由於誠實,由於神,在神面前憑著基督講道。

So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you.(A) For if I grieve you,(B) who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved? I wrote as I did,(C) so that when I came I would not be distressed(D) by those who should have made me rejoice. I had confidence(E) in all of you, that you would all share my joy. For I wrote you(F) out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.

Forgiveness for the Offender

If anyone has caused grief,(G) he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you to some extent—not to put it too severely. The punishment(H) inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient. Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him,(I) so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him. Another reason I wrote you(J) was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.(K) 10 Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, 11 in order that Satan(L) might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.(M)

Ministers of the New Covenant

12 Now when I went to Troas(N) to preach the gospel of Christ(O) and found that the Lord had opened a door(P) for me, 13 I still had no peace of mind,(Q) because I did not find my brother Titus(R) there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.(S)

14 But thanks be to God,(T) who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma(U) of the knowledge(V) of him everywhere. 15 For we are to God the pleasing aroma(W) of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.(X) 16 To the one we are an aroma that brings death;(Y) to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?(Z) 17 Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit.(AA) On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity,(AB) as those sent from God.(AC)

Paul Urges Forgiveness

But I determined this within myself, (A)that I would not come again to you in sorrow. For if I make you (B)sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?

Forgive the Offender

And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, (C)I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, (D)having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all. For out of much [a]affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, (E)not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you.

But (F)if anyone has caused grief, he has not (G)grieved me, but all of you to some extent—not to be too severe. This punishment which was inflicted (H)by the majority is sufficient for such a man, (I)so that, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with too much sorrow. Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him. For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are (J)obedient in all things. 10 Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For [b]if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, 11 lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Triumph in Christ

12 Furthermore, (K)when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and (L)a [c]door was opened to me by the Lord, 13 (M)I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I departed for Macedonia.

14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us [d]diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. 15 For we are to God the fragrance of Christ (N)among those who are being saved and (O)among those who are perishing. 16 (P)To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And (Q)who is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not, as [e]so many, (R)peddling[f] the word of God; but as (S)of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 2:4 tribulation
  2. 2 Corinthians 2:10 NU indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes
  3. 2 Corinthians 2:12 Opportunity
  4. 2 Corinthians 2:14 manifests
  5. 2 Corinthians 2:17 M the rest
  6. 2 Corinthians 2:17 adulterating for gain