2 Corinthians 2

1 But I determined this in myself, not to come again to you in sadness.

But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.

2 For if I make you sad, who then is he who makes me glad except he who is made sad by me?

For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad, but he that is made sorry by me?

3 And I wrote this same thing to you, so that when I came, I would not have sadness from whom I ought to rejoice, having been confident toward you all, because my joy is of all of you.

And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.

4 For out of much stress and dismay of heart, through many tears, I wrote to you, not that ye would be grieved, but that ye might know the love that I have so much more for you.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

5 But if any man has caused sadness, he has not caused me sadness, but in part (that I may not bear down) you all.

But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.

6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment by the many,

Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was [inflicted] by the many;

7 so that instead, for you rather to forgive and encourage, lest perhaps such a man would be swallowed up with too much sorrow.

so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.

8 Therefore I beseech you to affirm love for him.

Wherefore I beseech you to confirm [your] love toward him.

9 For I also wrote for this, so that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

10 But to whom ye forgive anything, I too. For I also, whom I have forgiven (if anything), I have forgiven because of you in the presence of Christ,

But to whom ye forgive anything, I [forgive] also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes [have I forgiven it] in the person of Christ;

11 so that we may not be exploited by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his methods.

that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

12 Now having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door having been opened to me in the Lord,

Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and when a door was opened unto me in the Lord,

13 I had no rest in my spirit, my not finding Titus my brother. But having departed from them, I went forth into Macedonia.

I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

14 And thanks is to God who always causes us to triumph in the Christ, and who makes manifest the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place, through us.

But thanks be unto God, which always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savour of his knowledge in every place.

15 Because we are a fragrance of Christ to God, in those being saved and in those perishing:

For we are a sweet savour of Christ unto God, in them that are being saved, and in them that are perishing;

16 to the one an odor of death for death, and to the other an aroma of life for life. And who is adequate for these things?

to the one a savour from death unto death; to the other a savour from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

17 For we are not as other men, huckstering the word of God, but as from purity. But we speak in Christ as from God in the sight of God.

For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.