2 Corinthians

1亲爱的弟兄啊，我们既有这等应许，就当洁净自己，除去身体、灵魂一切的污秽，敬畏 神，得以成圣。

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2你们要心地宽大收纳我们。我们未曾亏负谁，未曾败坏谁，未曾占谁的便宜。

3我说这话，不是要定你们的罪。我已经说过，你们常在我们心里，情愿与你们同生同死。

4我大大地放胆，向你们说话；我因你们多多夸口，满得安慰；我们在一切患难中分外的快乐。

5我们从前就是到了马其顿的时候，身体也不得安宁，周围遭患难，外有争战，内有惧怕。

6但那安慰丧气之人的 神借着提多来安慰了我们；

7不但借着他来，也借着他从你们所得的安慰，安慰了我们；因他把你们的想念、哀恸，和向我的热心，都告诉了我，叫我更加欢喜。

8我先前写信叫你们忧愁，我后来虽然懊悔，如今却不懊悔；因我知道，那信叫你们忧愁不过是暂时的。

9如今我欢喜，不是因你们忧愁，是因你们从忧愁中生出懊悔来。你们依着 神的意思忧愁，凡事就不至于因我们受亏损了。

10因为依着 神的意思忧愁，就生出没有后悔的懊悔来，以致得救；但世俗的忧愁是叫人死。

11你看，你们依着 神的意思忧愁，从此就生出何等的殷勤、自诉、自恨、恐惧、想念、热心、责罚。在这一切事上，你们都表明自己是洁净的。

12我虽然从前写信给你们，却不是为那亏负人的，也不是为那受人亏负的，乃要在 神面前把你们顾念我们的热心表明出来。

13故此，我们得了安慰。 并且在安慰之中，因你们众人使提多心里畅快欢喜，我们就更加欢喜了。

14我若对提多夸奖了你们什么，也觉得没有惭愧；因我对提多夸奖你们的话成了真的，正如我对你们所说的话也都是真的。

15并且提多想起你们众人的顺服，是怎样恐惧战兢地接待他，他爱你们的心肠就越发热了。

16我如今欢喜，能在凡事上为你们放心。

1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting sactification in the fear of God.

2Receive us. We have injured no man, we have corrupted no man, we have overreached no man.

3I speak not this to your condemnation. For we have said before, that you are in our hearts, to die together, and to live together.

4Great is my confidence for you, great is my glorying for you. I am filled with comfort: I exceedingly abound with joy in all our tribulation.

5For also when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we suffered all tribulation; combats without, fears within.

6But God, who comforteth the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus.

7And not by his coming only, but also by the consolation, wherewith he was comforted in you, relating to us your desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced the more.

8For although I made you sorrowful by my epistle, I do not repent; and if I did repent, seeing that the same epistle (although but for a time) did make you sorrowful;

9Now I am glad: not because you were made sorrowful; but because you were made sorrowful unto penance. For you were made sorrowful according to God, that you might suffer damage by us in nothing.

10For the sorrow that is according to God worketh penance, steadfast unto salvation; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

11For behold this selfsame thing, that you were made sorrowful according to God, how great carefulness it worketh in you; yea defence, yea indignation, yea fear, yea desire, yea zeal, yea revenge: in all things you have shewed yourselves to be undefiled in the matter.

12Wherefore although I wrote to you, it was not for his sake that I did the wrong, nor for him that suffered it; but to manifest our carefulness that we have for you

13Before God: therefore we were comforted. But in our consolation, we did the more abundantly rejoice for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

14And if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I have not been put to shame; but as we have spoken all things to you in truth, so also our boasting that was made to Titus is found a truth.

15And his bowels are more abundantly towards you; remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you have received him.

16I rejoice that in all things I have confidence in you.