{"id":23457,"date":"2017-09-30T15:18:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T21:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/30\/2-corinthians-21-17-bible-in-basic-english\/"},"modified":"2017-09-30T15:18:02","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T21:18:02","slug":"2-corinthians-21-17-bible-in-basic-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/?p=23457","title":{"rendered":"2 Corinthians 2:1-17 (Bible in Basic English)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-4647651612525789\"; \/* access2God_horiz_4_link_single_post *\/ google_ad_slot = \"7824248799\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>1<\/strong> But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow. <\/br><strong>2<\/strong> For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me? <\/br><strong>3<\/strong> And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all. <\/br><strong>4<\/strong> For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you. <\/br><strong>5<\/strong> But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you). <\/br><strong>6<\/strong> Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him; <\/br><strong>7<\/strong> So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great. <\/br><strong>8<\/strong> For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts. <\/br><strong>9<\/strong> And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things. <\/br><strong>10<\/strong> But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ; <\/br><strong>11<\/strong> So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs. <\/br><strong>12<\/strong> Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord, <\/br><strong>13<\/strong> I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia. <\/br><strong>14<\/strong> But praise be to God who makes us strong to overcome in Christ, and makes clear through us in every place the value of the knowledge of him. <\/br><strong>15<\/strong> For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction; <\/br><strong>16<\/strong> To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things? <\/br><strong>17<\/strong> For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ. <\/br><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-4647651612525789\";\n    google_ad_slot = \"6844414800\";\n    google_ad_width = 320;\n    google_ad_height = 100;\n<\/script><br \/>\n<!-- a2g_320x100_more_for_mobile --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- a2g_responsive_link_ads --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4647651612525789\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2949445208\"\n     data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>If you know someone that needs to give their heart to Jesus, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/26\/bill-winstons-prayer-of-salvation-the-sinners-prayer\/\" title=\"great video of the Salvation Prayer\" target=\"_blank\">here&#8217;s a great video of the Salvation Prayer (Sinner&#8217;s Prayer).<\/a><\/strong><\/br><\/br>If you (or anyone you know) needs prayer, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/index.php\/24-hour-toll-free-prayer-lines\/\" target=\"_blank\">here&#8217;s a list of toll free 24 hour prayer lines.<\/a><\/strong> <\/br><br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/index.php\/salvation\/faqs-about-salvation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s a list of frequently asked questions about Salvation.<\/a><\/strong> <br \/><\/br>To access different versions of the Bible, click the following links: <br \/> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/?s=king+james+version\" target=\"_blank\">King James Version (KJV), <\/a><\/strong> 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