1But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. 2For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? 3And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. 4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you. 5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. 6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. 7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. 8Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. 9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. 10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; 11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 12Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, 13I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. 14Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 15For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: 16To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? 17For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
12:1 2Kor 1:23; 12:20, 21; 13:10Hivyo nilikusudia moyoni mwangu nisifanye ziara nyingine yenye kuwaumiza ninyi. 22:2 2Kor 7:8Kwa kuwa kama nikiwahuzunisha ninyi, ni nani aliyebaki wa kunifurahisha isipokuwa ninyi ambao nimewahuzunisha? 32:3 2Kor 7:8-12; 12:21; 7:16; 8:22; Gal 5:10; 2The 3:4Niliandika hivyo kama nilivyofanya, ili nikija nisihuzunishwe na wale watu ambao wangenifanya nifurahi. Nina uhakika na ninyi nyote, kwamba wote mngeshiriki furaha yangu. 42:4 2Kor 7:8-12; 12:20, 21; 13:10Kwa maana niliwaandikia kutokana na dhiki kubwa na kutaabika sana kwa moyo wangu tena kwa machozi mengi, shabaha yangu si ili niwasababishe mhuzunike bali kuwaonyesha kina cha upendo wangu kwenu.
Msamaha Kwa Mwenye Dhambi
52:5 1Kor 5:1-2; Gal 4:12; 1Kor 5:1Lakini ikiwa mtu yeyote amesababisha huzuni, kwa kiasi fulani hakunihuzunisha mimi kama vile alivyowahuzunisha ninyi nyote, ili nisiwe mkali kupita kiasi. 62:6 1Kor 5:4-5; 2Kor 7:11Adhabu hii aliyopewa na wengi inamtosha. 72:7 Gal 6:1; Efe 4:32; Kol 3:13Basi sasa badala yake, inawapasa kumsamehe na kumfariji, ili asigubikwe na huzuni kupita kiasi. 8Kwa hiyo, nawasihi, mpate kuuthibitisha tena upendo wenu kwa ajili yake. 92:9 2Kor 7:8-12; 7:15; 10:6Sababu ya kuwaandikia ni kuona kama mngeweza kushinda hilo jaribio na kutii katika kila jambo. 102:10 Lk 10:16Kama ninyi mkimsamehe mtu yeyote, mimi pia nimemsamehe. Kile nilichosamehe, kama kulikuwa na kitu chochote cha kusamehe, nimekwisha kusamehe mbele ya Kristo kwa ajili yenu, 112:11 Mt 4:10; Lk 22:31; 2Kor 4:4; 1Pet 5:8ili Shetani asitushinde. Kwa maana hatuachi kuzijua hila zake.
Wasiwasi Wa Paulo Huko Troa
122:12 Rum 1:1; 2Kor 4:3-4; 8:18; 9:13; 1The 3:2; Mdo 14:21Basi nilipofika Troa kuhubiri Injili ya Kristo na kukuta kwamba Bwana alikuwa amenifungulia mlango, 132:13 2Kor 7:5; 7:6-13; 8:6-23; 12:18; Gal 2:1-3; Tit 1:4; Mdo 16:9bado nilikuwa sina utulivu akilini mwangu kwa sababu sikumkuta ndugu yangu Tito huko. Hivyo niliagana nao nikaenda Makedonia.
142:14 Rum 6:17; 7:25; 1Kor 15:57; 2Kor 9:15; Eze 20:41; Efe 5:2; Flp 4:18; 2Kor 8:7Lakini Mungu ashukuriwe, yeye ambaye siku zote hutufanya tuandamane kwa ushindi tukiwa ndani ya Kristo. Naye kupitia kwetu hueneza kila mahali harufu nzuri ya kumjua yeye. 152:15 Mwa 8:21; Kut 29:18Kwa maana sisi kwa Mungu ni harufu nzuri ya manukato ya Kristo miongoni mwa wale wanaookolewa na kwa wale wanaopotea. 162:16 Lk 2:34; Yn 3:36; 2Kor 3:5-6Kwa wale wanaopotea, sisi ni harufu ya mauti iletayo mauti; lakini kwa wale wanaookolewa, sisi ni harufu nzuri iletayo uzima. Ni nani awezaye mambo hayo? 172:17 Mdo 20:33; 2Kor 4:2; 1The 2:5; 1Kor 5:8; 2Kor 1:12; 12:19Tofauti na watu wengine wengi, sisi hatufanyi biashara na Neno la Mungu kwa ajili ya kupata faida. Kinyume chake, katika Kristo tunalisema Neno la Mungu kwa unyoofu, kama watu tuliotumwa kutoka kwa Mungu.
