Book of Common Prayer

²³ And I call-upon God as witness for my soul that sparing^[a] you I no longer came to Corinth— ²⁴ not that we are lording-over your faith, but we are fellow-workers of ^[b] your joy. For you stand in^[c] your faith^[d].

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

2 For I determined this for myself: not to come to you again^[e] in grief. ² For if I grieve you, who indeed is the one cheering me except the one being grieved by me? ³ And I wrote this very^[f] 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^[g] is the joy of you all.

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

⁴ 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. ⁵ But^[h] if anyone has caused-grief, he has grieved not me, but in part^[i] (that I not be a burden^[j]), you all. ⁶ This^[k] punishment by the majority is sufficient^[l] for such a one, ⁷ so that on-the-contrary^[m], instead you should forgive and comfort him, that such a one should not somehow be swallowed-up by more grief. ⁸ Therefore I urge you to confirm^[n] your love for him.

I Also Wrote To Test Your Obedience To God

⁹ 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^[o] 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^[p] in Christ, and making the aroma of ^[q] the knowledge of Him known through us in every place. ¹⁵ Because we are the fragrance of Christ for^[r] God among the ones being saved, and among the ones perishing— ¹⁶ to the ones an aroma from death to^[s] 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^[t] the word of God. But as from purity, but as from God, we are speaking in Christ before God.

Some Say Do Not Murder. I Say Do Not Get Angry

²¹ “You heard that it was said to^[a] the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder’, and ‘Whoever murders shall be liable^[b] to the judgment’. ²² But I say to you that everyone being angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca’^[c], shall be liable to the Sanhedrin. And whoever says, ‘Fool’^[d], shall be liable to the Gehenna^[e] of ^[f] fire. ²³ Therefore if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, ²⁴ leave your gift there in front of the altar, and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then, having come, be offering your gift. ²⁵ Be settling with your adversary quickly— until^[g] you are with him on the way [to court]— that your adversary might not perhaps hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. ²⁶ Truly I say to you, you will by no means come out from there until you pay the last quadrans^[h].