Reaffirm Your Love
So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you. 2Co 1:232Co 13:102Co 12:20-211Co 4:212Co 2:41Co 2:21Co 5:32Co 1:15-17 For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved? 2Co 7:81Co 12:262Co 1:14Rom 12:152Co 11:29 I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy. Gal 5:102Co 8:22Phm 1:212Th 3:42Co 7:121Co 4:212Co 1:152Co 12:11 For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you. 2Co 7:12Pro 27:5-6Lev 19:17-18Luk 19:41-442Co 11:22Co 7:8-9Php 3:18Psa 119:136
Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it. 1Co 5:12-131Co 5:1-5Gal 4:12Gal 5:10Pro 17:25 The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him. 1Co 5:4-51Ti 5:202Co 13:102Co 7:11 So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. Eph 4:32Gal 6:1-2Col 3:13Isa 28:7Pro 17:221Co 15:541Th 4:132Co 5:4 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. Jud 1:22-23Gal 5:13Gal 6:10Gal 6:1-2
My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything. 2Co 10:6Phm 1:212Co 7:12-15Php 2:222Co 8:242Th 3:14Deu 13:3Deu 8:16 If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake, Jhn 20:232Co 5:201Co 5:4Mat 18:18 in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes. 1Pe 5:8Eph 6:11-122Co 11:32Co 4:4Luk 22:31Rev 12:9-112Co 11:14Mat 4:10
Triumph in Christ
Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord, Act 16:8Act 14:27Col 4:31Co 16:9Rev 3:7-8Act 20:1-6Act 20:8Rom 1:1 I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia. 2Co 12:182Co 7:5-62Co 8:162Co 8:232Co 8:62Ti 4:10Gal 2:1Gal 2:3
But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him. Eph 5:2Rom 8:372Co 2:15-162Co 9:15Rom 6:17Col 2:15Psa 106:47Sng 1:3 For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. Eph 5:21Co 1:18Ezk 20:41Php 4:18Gen 8:212Th 2:10Exo 29:182Co 4:3-4 To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. 1 And who is qualified for such a task? 2Co 3:5-61Pe 2:7-8Jhn 9:39Luk 2:341Co 15:10Act 13:45-47Act 20:26-272Co 12:11
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God. 2Co 4:22Co 1:122Pe 2:1-32Ti 4:3-41Ti 4:1-3Mat 24:241Co 5:8Jer 23:27-32