2:5 - But if any have caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part: that I may not burden you all.
Tertullian On Modesty
But if ye shall have forgiven any, so (do) I; for I, too, if I have forgiven ought, have forgiven in the person of Christ, lest we be overreached by Satan, since we are not ignorant of his injections."[126]
2:10 - To whom all of you forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
Cyprian Epistle XII
privilege with God, if they should be seized with any misfortune and peril of sickness, should, without waiting for my presence, before any presbyter who might be present, or if a presbyter should not be found and death begins to be imminent, before even a deacon, be able to make confession of their sin, that, with the imposition of hands upon them for repentance, they should come to the Lord with the peace which the martyrs have desired, by their letters to us, to be granted to them.[3]Cyprian Epistle LIV
Even those things which are committed against God I do not investigate with the full judgment of religion. I almost sin myself, in remitting sins[58]Pseudo-Cyprian Exhortation to Repentance
Also in the same place of this very matter: "But if ye have forgiven anything to any one, I also forgive him; for I also forgave what I have forgiven for your sakes in the person of Christ, that we may not be circumvented by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his wiles."[52]
2:11 - Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VI
The Father, on the other hand, alone, without copulation, has produced (an offspring). She wished to emulate the Father,[67]
2:14 - Now thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II
For we are to God a sweet savour of the Lord, in them that are saved, and them that are lost; to one a savour of death unto death, to the other a savour of life unto life."[160]
2:15 - For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
For the apostle does also say in the Second [Epistle] to the Corinthians: "For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them which are saved, and in them which perish: to the one indeed the savour of death unto death, but to the other the savour of life unto life.[407]Origen Against Celsus Book I
tive power, such as a faculty of vision which can naturally see things that are better than bodies, among which are ranked the cherubim and seraphim; and a faculty of hearing which can perceive voices which have not their being in the air; and a sense of taste which can make use of living bread that has come down from heaven, and that giveth life unto the world; and so also a sense of smelling, which scents such things as leads Paul to say that he is a sweet savour of Christ unto God;[80]The Letter of the Churches of Vienna and Lugdunum
And they breathed at the same time the fragrance of Christ,[21]
2:17 - For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
bearing about the name of Christ in deceit, and "corrupting the word"[35]Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
" In this strain also the Apostle Paul, inasmuch as he had a good conscience, said to the Corinthians: "For we are not as many, who corrupt the Word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ; "[371]