2 Corinthians Chapter 2

¹ I was determined not to come again with sadness. ² If I make you feel bad, who’s going to make me feel good except the ones I made feel bad? ³ I’ve written this so when I come, I won’t be saddened by the ones I need to make me happy. I’m confident that my joy would mean your joy. ⁴ Out of hardship and anxiety, I wrote to you through many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know how much I care about you.                                                  

2 Cor 1:23-2:4

Forgiving the Offender in Corinth

            ⁵ If somebody has caused sadness, he hasn’t caused it just to me—I’m not exaggerating—but to all of you. ⁶ That discipline by the majority is enough for someone like him. ⁷ Now you need to forgive him and comfort him so grief doesn’t overwhelm him. ⁸ So show him how much you care about him. ⁹ That’s another reason I’ve written: to know if you obey in everything. ¹⁰ If you’ve forgiven anybody of anything, I have too. What I’ve forgiven I’ve forgiven for your sake in the presence of Christ ¹¹ so Satan can’t get the better of us. We know how he works.

2 Cor 2:5-11

Paul’s Push to Get to Corinth

            ¹² When I got to Troas to present the good news about Christ, a door opened up for me in the Lord. ¹³ But I didn’t find any peace of mind because I didn’t find my brother Titus. So I left and went on over to Macedonia.                                                                                            

¹⁴ Thanks to God, who always leads us in victorious procession in Christ, and reveals through us everywhere the sweet aroma that arises from knowing him. ¹⁵ We’re the scent of Christ arising to God among the saved and the perishing. ¹⁶ To the one we’re the stench that leads to death; to the other we’re the aroma that leads to life. Who’s good enough for that? ¹⁷ We’re not like many that peddle God’s message for money. In Christ we speak sincerely from God in his sight.                                                                            2 Cor 2:12-17