2 Corinthians 2

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

But I determined this with myself, that my next visit to you should not be in sorrow.

2 for if I cause you to grieve, who is he that makes me glad, but he that is made sorry by me?

For if I make you sorrowful, who is there to make me glad but he that is made sorrowful by me?

3 And I wrote to you this very thing, that, on coming to you, I might not have sorrow from those from whom I ought to receive joy; because I have confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

And I wrote about this very matter, that I might not on my coming have sorrow from those who ought to gladden me, having confidence in all of you, that my joy is the joy of you all.

4 For out of much affliction and distress of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not that you might be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have more abundantly for you.

For out of much distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that ye should be made sorrowful, but that ye might know the exceeding love which I have for you.

5 But if any one has caused grief, he has grieved, not me only, but, in some measure―not to speak harshly―all of you.

But if any one hath caused grief, he hath caused it not to me alone, but in a measure, not to be too severe on him, to all of you.

6 Sufficient for such a one is the punishment, which was inflicted by the greater number:

Sufficient for such a one is this punishment, which was inflicted by the many;

7 so that, on the other hand, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest such a one should be swallowed up in too much sorrow.

so that on the contrary ye ought rather to forgive, and console him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

8 Wherefore, I exhort you to give him an assurance of your love.

Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him.

9 For I wrote to you for this purpose also, that I might have a sure proof from you, whether you are obedient in all things.

For to this end also I wrote, that I might know by putting it to the proof, whether ye are obedient in all things.

10 Whom you forgive any thing, I forgive it also: for what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven any thing, I have forgiven for your sake, in the person of Christ,

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

11 lest an advantage should be taken of us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

that Satan might not gain an advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

12 And when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of the Christ, and a door was opened to me in the Lord,

Now when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, and a door had been opened to me by the Lord,

13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but I took leave of them, and went into Macedonia.

I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

14 Now, thanks be to God, who always causes us to triumph in the Christ, and sheds in every place, by us, the fragrance of the knowledge of himself.

But thanks be to God, who always exhibiteth us in triumph in Christ, and manifesteth through us the odor of the knowledge of him in every place.

15 For, through God, we are a sweet odor of Christ, among the saved, and among the lost:

For we are to God a sweet odor of Christ among those who are being saved, and those who are perishing;

16 to the one, we are the odor of death ending in death; to the other, the odor of life ending in life: and who is sufficient for these things?

to the latter we are the odor of death, producing death; and to the former the odor of life, producing life. And who is sufficient for these things?

17 For we do not, as the many, adulterate the word of God; but, as from sincerity, but, as from God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

For we are not as the many, who adulterate the word of God; but as from sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.