| | 1 | 我自己定了主意，再到你们那里去，必须大家没有忧愁。
So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you.
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| | 2 | 倘若我叫你们忧愁，除了我叫那忧愁的人以外，谁能叫我快乐呢？
For if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved?
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| | 3 | 我曾把这事写给你们，恐怕我到的时候，应该叫我快乐的那些人，反倒叫我忧愁。我也深信，你们众人都以我的快乐为自己的快乐。
I wrote as I did so that when I came I should not be distressed by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would all share my joy.
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| | 4 | 我先前心里难过痛苦，多多地流泪，写信给你们。不是叫你们忧愁，乃是叫你们知道我格外的疼爱你们。
For I wrote you 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.
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| | 5 | 若有叫人忧愁的，他不但叫我忧愁，也是叫你们众人有几分忧愁，我说几分，恐怕说得太重。
If anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you, to some extent--not to put it too severely.
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| | 6 | 这样的人，受了众人的责罚，也就够了。
The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient for him.
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| | 7 | 倒不如赦免他，安慰他，免得他忧愁太过，甚至沉沦了。
Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
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| | 8 | 所以我劝你们，要向他显出坚定不移的爱心来。
I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him.
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| | 9 | 为此我先前也写信给你们，要试验你们，看你们凡事顺从不顺从。
The reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
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| | 10 | 你们赦免谁，我也赦免谁，我若有所赦免的，是在基督面前为你们赦免的。
If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven--if there was anything to forgive--I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake,
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| | 11 | 免得撒但趁着机会胜过我们。因我们并非不晓得他的诡计。
in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
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| | 12 | 我从前为基督的福音到了特罗亚，主也给我开了门。
Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me,
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| | 13 | 那时因为没有遇见兄弟提多，我心里不安，便辞别那里的人往马其顿去了。
I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said good-by to them and went on to Macedonia.
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| | 14 | 感谢神，常帅领我们在基督里夸胜，并借着我们在各处显扬那因认识基督而有的香气。
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.
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| | 15 | 因为我们在神面前，无论在得救的人身上，或灭亡的人身上，都有基督馨香之气。
For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
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| | 16 | 在这等人，就作了死的香气叫他死。在那等人，就作了活的香气叫他活。这事谁能当得起呢？
To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task?
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| | 17 | 我们不像那许多人，为利混乱神的道。乃是由于诚实，由于神，在神面前凭着基督讲道。
Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God.
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