7. so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.
8. Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
9. For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.
10. If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him – for indeed what I have forgiven (if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,
11. so that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).
12. Now when I arrived in Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me,
13. I had no relief in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said good-bye to them and set out for Macedonia.
14. But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.