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But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
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For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?
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And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
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For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
Pardonner au coupable
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But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
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Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;
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so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
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Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
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For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
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Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
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that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
L'inquiétude de Paul à Troas
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Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
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I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn't find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.
La victoire en Jésus-Christ
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Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
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For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
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to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
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For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
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But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
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For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?
3
And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
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For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
Pardonner au coupable
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But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
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Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;
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so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
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Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
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For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
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Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
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that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
L'inquiétude de Paul à Troas
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Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
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I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn't find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.
La victoire en Jésus-Christ
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Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
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For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
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to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
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For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
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J'avais donc résolu en moi-même de ne point retourner chez vous, dans la tristesse.
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Car si je vous attriste, qui est-ce qui me réjouira, sinon celui que j'aurais moi-même attristé ?
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Et je vous ai écrit cela même, afin que quand je serai arrivé, je ne reçoive pas de la tristesse de ceux qui devraient me donner de la joie ; car j'ai cette confiance en vous tous, que vous faites tous votre joie de la mienne.
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Car je vous écrivis, dans une grande affliction et le coeur serré de douleur, avec beaucoup de larmes ; non pour vous attrister, mais pour vous faire connaître l'affection excessive que j'ai pour vous.
Pardonner au coupable
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Que si quelqu'un a causé de la tristesse, ce n'est pas moi seul qu'il a attristé, mais c'est vous tous en quelque mesure, pour ne pas exagérer.
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Il suffit pour un tel homme, d'avoir été châtié par le plus grand nombre,
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De sorte que vous devez plutôt lui pardonner et le consoler, de peur qu'il ne soit accablé par une trop grande tristesse.
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C'est pourquoi je vous prie de manifester envers lui votre charité.
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Car c'est aussi pour cela que je vous ai écrit, afin de connaître, en vous mettant à l'épreuve, si vous êtes obéissants en toutes choses.
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Celui donc à qui vous pardonnez, je lui pardonne aussi ; (car pour moi ce que j'ai pardonné, si j'ai pardonné, c'est à cause de vous,) en la présence de Christ,
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Afin que Satan n'ait pas le dessus sur nous ; car nous n'ignorons pas ses desseins.
L'inquiétude de Paul à Troas
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Or, quand je vins à Troas pour l'Évangile de Christ, quoique le Seigneur m'y eût ouvert une porte,
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Je n'eus point l'esprit en repos, parce que je n'y trouvai pas Tite, mon frère ; c'est pourquoi, ayant pris congé des frères, je vins en Macédoine.
La victoire en Jésus-Christ
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Or, grâces soient rendues à Dieu qui nous fait toujours triompher en Christ, et qui répand par nous l'odeur de sa connaissance en tous lieux.
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Car nous sommes la bonne odeur de Christ devant Dieu, pour ceux qui sont sauvés et pour ceux qui périssent ;
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A ceux-ci, une odeur mortelle, donnant la mort ; et à ceux-là, une odeur vivifiante, donnant la vie. Et qui est suffisant pour ces choses ?
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Car nous ne falsifions point la parole de Dieu, comme beaucoup le font ; mais nous parlons avec sincérité, comme de la part de Dieu, devant Dieu, en Christ.
- Après avoir écrit sa première lettre, l'apôtre alla à Troas, où il eut l'occasion d'annoncer l'Evangile ; mais n'y ayant point trouvé Tite, qu'il attendait de Corinthe avec des nouvelles de l'Eglise et de l'effet produit par son épître, (2Corinthiens 7.5-7) il ne put goûter aucun repos, et il passa en Macédoine, afin de se rapprocher de Corinthe, et sans doute d'en recevoir des nouvelles.
Quel ardent amour des âmes et de leurs intérêts éternels ! Celui qui l'éprouvait avait le droit d'écrire les instructions qui suivent sur le ministère de la Parole.