Dual Panel1Therefore <3767>, since we have <2192> these <3778> promises <1860>, dear friends <27>, let us cleanse <2511> ourselves <1438> from <575> everything <3956> that could defile <3436> the body <4561> and <2532> the spirit <4151>, and thus accomplish <2005> holiness <42> out of reverence <5401> for God <2316>.
2Make <5562> room for us <2248> in your hearts; we have wronged <91> no one <3762>, we have ruined <5351> no one <3762>, we have exploited <4122> no one <3762>.
3I do <3004> not <3756> say <3004> this to condemn <2633> you, for <1063> I told <4280> you before <4280> that <3754> you are <1510> in <1722> our <2257> hearts <2588> so that <1519> we die together <4880> and <2532> live together <4800> with you.
4I <3427> have great <4183> confidence <3954> in <4314> you <5209>; I take great <4183> pride <2746> on <5228> your <5216> behalf <5228>. I am filled <4137> with encouragement <3874>; I am overflowing <5248> with joy <5479> in the midst of all <3956> our <2257> suffering <2347>.
5For <1063> even when <2064> we <2257> came <2064> into <1519> Macedonia <3109>, our <2257> body <4561> had <2192> no <3762> rest <425> at all, but <235> we were troubled <2346> in <1722> every way <3956>– struggles <3163> from the outside <1855>, fears <5401> from within <2081>.
6But <235> God <2316>, who encourages <3870> the downhearted <5011>, encouraged <3870> us <2248> by <1722> the arrival <3952> of Titus <5103>.
7We were encouraged not <3756> only <3440> by <1722> his <846> arrival <3952>, but <235> also <2532> by <1722> the encouragement <3874> you <5213> gave him, as he reported <312> to us <2254> your <5216> longing <1972>, your <5216> mourning <3602>, your <5216> deep concern <2205> for <5228> me <1700>, so that <5620> I <3165> rejoiced <5463> more <3123> than ever.
8For <3754> even if <1487> I made <3076> you <5209> sad <3076> by <1722> my letter <1992>, I do <3338> not <3756> regret <3338> having written it (even though <2532> I did regret <3338> it, for I see <991> that <3754> my letter <1992> made <3076> you <5209> sad <3076>, though only for <4314> a short time <5610>).
9Now <3568> I rejoice <5463>, not <3756> because <3754> you were made sad <3076>, but <235> because <3754> you were made sad <3076> to the point of repentance <3341>. For <1063> you were made sad <3076> as <2596> God <2316> intended, so that <2443> you were <2210> not <3367> harmed <2210> in <1722> any way by <1537> us <2257>.
10For <1063> sadness as intended by God <2316> produces <3077> a repentance <3341> that leads <2038> to <1519> salvation <4991>, leaving no regret <278>, but <1161> worldly <2889> sadness <3077> brings <2716> about death <2288>.
11For <1063> see <2400> what this very thing, this <5124> sadness <3076> as <2596> God <2316> intended, has produced <2716> in you <5213>: what eagerness <4710>, what defense <627> of yourselves, what indignation <24>, what alarm <5401>, what longing <1972>, what deep concern <2205>, what punishment <1557>! In <1722> everything <3956> you have proved <4921> yourselves <1438> to be <1510> innocent <53> in this matter <4229>.
12So then <686>, even <2532> though <1487> I wrote <1125> to you <5213>, it was not <3756> on account <1752> of the one who did wrong <91>, or <3761> on account <1752> of the one who was wronged <91>, but <235> to reveal <5319> to <4314> you <5209> your <5216> eagerness <4710> on <5228> our <2257> behalf <5228> before <1799> God <2316>.
13Therefore <1223> <5124> we have been encouraged <3870>. And <1161> in addition <4056> to our own <2257> encouragement <3874>, we rejoiced <5463> even more <3123> at <1909> the joy <5479> of Titus <5103>, because <3754> all <3956> of you <5216> have refreshed <373> his <846> spirit <4151>.
14For <3754> if <1487> I have boasted <2744> to him <846> about <5228> anything concerning you <5216>, I have <2617> not <3756> been embarrassed <2617> by you, but <235> just as <5613> everything <3956> we said <2980> to you <5213> was true <225>, so <3779> our <2257> boasting <2746> to <1909> Titus <5103> about you has proved <1096> true <225> as well.
15And <2532> his <846> affection <4698> for <1519> you <5209> is <1510> much greater <4056> when <363> he remembers <363> the obedience <5218> of you <5216> all <3956>, how <5613> you welcomed <1209> him <846> with <3326> fear <5401> and <2532> trembling <5156>.
16I rejoice <5463> because <3754> in <1722> everything <3956> I am fully confident <2292> in <1722> you <5213>.