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Sapagkat[a] ipinasya kong huwag na munang pumunta riyan upang hindi kayo muling madulutan ng kalungkutan. Dahil kung dudulutan ko kayo ng kalungkutan, sino pa ang aaliw sa akin? Hindi ba't kayo rin? Kaya sumulat muna ako sa inyo noon upang sa pagpunta ko riyan ay hindi ako mabigyan ng lungkot ng mga taong dapat sana ay magpasaya sa akin. Sapagkat natitiyak kong ang aking kagalakan ay kagalakan din ninyong lahat. Ang puso ko'y puno ng kalungkutan at pag-aalala nang sulatan ko kayo, at maraming luha ang tumulo habang sinusulat ko iyon. Sumulat ako sa inyo hindi upang kayo'y dulutan ng kalungkutan kundi upang ipadama kung gaano kalaki ang aking pagmamahal sa inyo.

Patawarin ang Nagkasala

Kung may nagdulot ng kalungkutan kaninuman, hindi ito sa akin idinulot; hindi sa pinalalaki ko ang bagay na ito, pero ang totoo, kayong lahat ang dinulutan niya ng kalungkutan. Sapat na ang parusang iginawad sa kanya ng nakararami sa inyo. Dapat na ninyo siyang patawarin at aliwin upang hindi naman siya tuluyang masiraan ng loob dahil sa matinding lungkot. Kaya nakikiusap akong ipadama ninyo sa kanya na siya'y mahal pa rin ninyo.

Ang isa pang dahilan ng pagsulat ko sa inyo noon ay upang subukin kayo at alamin kung sinusunod ninyo ang lahat ng ipinangaral ko sa inyo. 10 Ang sinumang pinatawad ninyo ay pinatawad ko na rin. Ang pinatawad ko, kung mayroon man akong dapat patawarin, ay pinatawad ko na sa harapan ni Cristo alang-alang sa inyo, 11 upang hindi tayo malamangan ni Satanas, sapagkat hindi lingid sa atin ang kanyang mga pamamaraan.

Hindi Mapanatag si Pablo sa Troas

12 Nang(A) dumating ako sa Troas upang mangaral ng Magandang Balita tungkol kay Cristo, nagbukas ang Panginoon ng pintuan upang maisagawa iyon. 13 Ngunit hindi rin ako mapanatag sapagkat hindi ko natagpuan doon si Tito na ating kapatid. Kaya ako'y nagpaalam sa mga tagaroon at nagtuloy sa Macedonia.

Nagtagumpay Dahil kay Cristo

14 Ngunit salamat sa Diyos at lagi niya kaming isinasama sa parada ng tagumpay ni Cristo, dahil sa aming pakikipag-isa sa kanya. At sa pamamagitan namin ay pinalalaganap ng Diyos sa lahat ng dako ang mabangong halimuyak ng pagkakilala sa kanya. 15 Para kaming mabangong samyo ng insensong inihahandog ni Cristo sa Diyos at nalalanghap naman ng mga naliligtas at ng mga napapahamak. 16 Sa mga napapahamak, ito'y parang alingasaw na nakamamatay, ngunit sa mga naliligtas, ito'y halimuyak na nagdudulot ng buhay. Sino ang may sapat na kakayahang gumawa ng mga bagay na ito? 17 Hindi kami katulad ng marami na kinakalakal ang salita ng Diyos. Sa halip, bilang sugo ng Diyos, sa kanyang harapan at sa aming pakikipag-isa kay Cristo ay buong katapatan kaming nangangaral.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinto 2:1 Sapagkat: Sa ibang manuskrito'y Subalit .

For I Did Not Want My Coming To Cause You Grief, So I Wrote To You Instead

For I determined this for myself: not to come to you again[a] in grief. For if I grieve you, who indeed is the one cheering me except the one being grieved by me? And I wrote this very[b] thing in order that having come, I should not have grief from the ones of whom I ought-to-have rejoicing— having confidence in you all that my joy[c] is the joy of you all.

I Wrote To You In Anguish Not To Grieve You, But Out of Love For You

For I wrote to you through many tears, out of much affliction and anguish of heart— not that you might be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you. But[d] if anyone has caused-grief, he has grieved not me, but in part[e] (that I not be a burden[f]), you all. This[g] punishment by the majority is sufficient[h] for such a one, so that on-the-contrary[i], instead you should forgive and comfort him, that such a one should not somehow be swallowed-up by more grief. Therefore I urge you to confirm[j] your love for him.

I Also Wrote To Test Your Obedience To God

For I also wrote for this purpose: that I might know your approvedness, whether you are obedient in all things. 10 And to whom you are forgiving anything, I also. For indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, is for your sakes in the presence of Christ, 11 in order that we may not be exploited by Satan. For we are not unaware as to his schemes.

So Instead I Went To Macedonia First To Find Titus

12 Now[k] having come to Troas for the good-news of Christ, and a door having been opened for me by the Lord, 13 I had no rest in my spirit at my not finding Titus my brother. But having said-goodbye to them, I went forth to Macedonia.

I Praise God That He Is Always Spreading The Aroma of Christ Through Us Everywhere

14 But thanks be to God, the One always leading us in triumph[l] in Christ, and making the aroma of [m] the knowledge of Him known through us in every place. 15 Because we are the fragrance of Christ for[n] God among the ones being saved, and among the ones perishing— 16 to the ones an aroma from death to[o] death, but to the others an aroma from life to life. And who is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not like the many peddling[p] the word of God. But as from purity, but as from God, we are speaking in Christ before God.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 2:1 That is, come again; or, in grief again, implying a previous sorrowful interaction (whether in person, or by the letter mentioned in 2:4; 7:8).
  2. 2 Corinthians 2:3 That is, this change of plans; or, my grief-causing letter.
  3. 2 Corinthians 2:3 That is, obedience to Christ.
  4. 2 Corinthians 2:5 Paul pauses to comment on the case about which he wrote them in order to avoid coming to them and causing more grief.
  5. 2 Corinthians 2:5 That is, partially (as to some of you, or some of the grief); or, to some degree.
  6. 2 Corinthians 2:5 Or, weigh-heavily. That is, exaggerate the extent of the grief; or, burden him (by blaming him for everything); or, burden you (by detailing the matter).
  7. 2 Corinthians 2:6 That is, this grief-causing punishment; or, this punishment about which Titus informed me upon his arrival, 7:6-13.
  8. 2 Corinthians 2:6 Or, adequate, enough. That is, because it led to repentance.
  9. 2 Corinthians 2:7 That is, contrary to punishing him further or more harshly.
  10. 2 Corinthians 2:8 That is, publicly affirm.
  11. 2 Corinthians 2:12 Moving on from his aborted plans, Paul summarizes his travels before he met Titus returning from Corinth, with which he resumes in 7:4 after the lengthy reflection on his ministry in 2:14-7:4.
  12. 2 Corinthians 2:14 That is, in a triumphal procession.
  13. 2 Corinthians 2:14 That is, consisting of.
  14. 2 Corinthians 2:15 Or, to.
  15. 2 Corinthians 2:16 That is, originating in death and resulting in death; or, from Christ’s death to their death.
  16. 2 Corinthians 2:17 That is, selling it for personal gain.