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

1 Has ergo habentes promissiones, carissimi, mundemus nos ab omni inquinamento carnis et spiritus, perficientes sanctificationem in timore Dei.

2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

2 Capite nos. Neminem læsimus, neminem corrupimus, neminem circumvenimus.

3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are

B ⟨are⟩

in our hearts to die and live with you.

3 Non ad condemnationem vestram dico: prædiximus enim quod in cordibus nostris estis ad commoriendum et ad convivendum.

4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

4 Multa mihi fiducia est apud vos, multa mihi gloriatio pro vobis: repletus sum consolatione; superabundo gaudio in omni tribulatione nostra.

5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

5 Nam et cum venissemus in Macedoniam, nullam requiem habuit caro nostra, sed omnem tribulationem passi sumus: foris pugnæ, intus timores.

6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

6 Sed qui consolatur humiles, consolatus est nos Deus in adventu Titi.

7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

7 Non solum autem in adventu ejus, sed etiam in consolatione, qua consolatus est in vobis, referens nobis vestrum desiderium, vestrum fletum, vestram æmulationem pro me, ita ut magis gauderem.

8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for

B ⟨but though I did repent,⟩

I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

8 ¶ Quoniam etsi contristavi vos in epistola, non me pœnitet: etsi pœniteret, videns quod epistola illa (etsi ad horam) vos contristavit,

9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

9 nunc gaudeo: non quia contristati estis, sed quia contristati estis ad pœnitentiam. Contristati enim estis ad Deum, ut in nullo detrimentum patiamini ex nobis.

10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

10 Quæ enim secundum Deum tristitia est, pœnitentiam in salutem stabilem operatur: sæculi autem tristitia mortem operatur.

11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

11 Ecce enim hoc ipsum, secundum Deum contristari vos, quantam in vobis operatur sollicitudinem: sed defensionem, sed indignationem, sed timorem, sed desiderium, sed æmulationem, sed vindictam: in omnibus exhibuistis vos incontaminatos esse negotio.

12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you

ℵB ⟨your care for us⟩

in the sight of God might appear unto you.

12 Igitur, etsi scripsi vobis, non propter eum qui fecit injuriam, nec propter eum qui passus est: sed ad manifestandam sollicitudinem nostram, quam habemus pro vobis

13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for

ℵB ⟨but in addition to our comfort, we rejoiced very much more at⟩

the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

13 coram Deo: ideo consolati sumus. In consolatione autem nostra, abundantius magis gavisi sumus super gaudio Titi, quia refectus est spiritus ejus ab omnibus vobis:

14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you

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in truth, even so our boasting, which I made

B ⟨your boasting⟩; ℵ ⟨our boasting⟩

before Titus, is found a truth.

14 et si quid apud illum de vobis gloriatus sum, non sum confusus: sed sicut omnia vobis in veritate locuti sumus, ita et gloriatio nostra, quæ fuit ad Titum, veritas facta est,

15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all

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, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

15 et viscera ejus abundantius in vobis sunt, reminiscentis omnium vestrum obedientiam: quomodo cum timore et tremore excepistis illum.

16 I rejoice therefore

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that I have confidence in you in all things.

16 Gaudeo quod in omnibus confido in vobis.