Paul starts chapter 2 explaining that he decided not to visit Corinth again while things were difficult and "painful". His previous letter had been written with "great distress, anguish of heart and many tears", not to "grieve them", but because he deeply loved them and wanted them to recognize the seriousness of their situation. Paul then goes on to say that a person in the church "had grieved all of you... and had been disciplined ("punishment inflicted")... sufficiently and should now be comforted and forgiven... so that he doesn't get too upset... and says that forgiveness is important to that Satan doesn't take advantage of the situation". Paul then says that he had gone to Troas but didn't have peace of mind because Titus wasn't there. But, he says, "thank God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ... and we are the aroma of Christ... so to the perishing we are the smell of death but to those being saved we are the fragrance of life... so we speak like men sent from God with sincerity".
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