2 Corinthians 2

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

And I determined this with myself, that I would not again come to you in sadness.

2 For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?

For if I should make you sad, who would make me joyful, unless he whom I had made sad?

3 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be shared by all of you.

And I wrote that very thing to you, lest when I came, those persons whom I ought to make joyful, should make me sad. For I have confidence concerning you, that my joy is the joy of you all.

4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

And in much affliction, and in anguish of heart, I wrote those things to you, with many tears; not that ye might have sorrow, but that ye might know the exceeding love I have for you.

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

And if one hath caused grief, he hath not grieved me only, but, -that the declaration may not bear too hard on you-in a measure, all of you.

6 This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;

And sufficient for him, is this rebuke proceeding from many:

7 so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

so that, on the other hand, ye ought to forgive him and console him; lest he who is such a man, should be swallowed up with excessive grief.

8 Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

I therefore beseech you, that ye confirm to him your love.

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

For it was for this also that I wrote to you, that I might learn by a trial, whether ye would be obedient in every thing.

10 Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

And whom ye forgive, I also forgive: for that which I forgave to any one, for your sakes I forgave it, in the presence of the Messiah;

11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

lest Satan should overreach us; for we know his devices.

12 Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,

Moreover, when I came to Troas in announcing the Messiah, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,

13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

there was no quietude in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: and I took leave of them, and went into Macedonia.

14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

But thanks be to God, who always procureth us a triumph in the Messiah, and manifesteth by us the odor of the knowledge of him in every place.

15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God in those who are saved and in those who perish:

For, through the Messiah, we are unto God a sweet odor, in them that live and in them that perish:

16 to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

to these, an odor of death unto death; and to those, an odor of life unto life. And who is adequate to these things!

17 For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

For we are not like others, who dilute the words of God; but as of the truth, and as of God, we speak in the Messiah before God.