2 Corinthians 2
1 So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
But I have determined this in myself, that I will not with sorrow again come to you.
2 For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?
For if I grieve you, who shall refresh me, but he whom I had grieved?
3 I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
And I have written to you this very, lest when I come they grieve me, they who ought to refresh me. But I confide in you, that my joy is that of all of you.
4 For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.
And from great affliction and anxiety of heart I wrote those things to you with many tears, not that you might grieve, but (also) that you might know the abundant love I have towards you.
5 Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
But if any one hath caused grief, he hath not grieved me (only), but a part of you all: that the word may not weigh upon you.
6 The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.
But sufficient for him was this chastisement, which was from many.
7 So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
And now on the other hand it behoves you to forgive him and console him, lest he who is such an one be swallowed up of excessive grief.
8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
Therefore I entreat of you to confirm to him your love.
9 My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
On this account also I have written, to ascertain by experiment whether in every thing you will obey me.
10 If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
But to whom you forgive, I also. For I, too, what I have forgiven, have on your account forgiven in the presence of the Meshiha:
11 in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
lest Satana get the advantage of you; for we know his devices.
12 Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
WHEN, in preaching the gospel of the Meshiha, I had come to Troas, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,
13 I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
I had no rest in my spirit because I found not Titos my brother. But leaving them, I went forth to Makedunia.
14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
But thanks unto Aloha, who in all time maketh us a triumph in the Meshiha, and maketh manifest by us the perfume of his knowledge in every place.
15 For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
For we are a fragrant perfume in the Meshiha unto Aloha in those who are saved, and in those who perish.
16 To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
To these as a perfume of death unto death, and to those as a perfume of life unto life. And unto these who is equal?
17 For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
For we are not as the rest who commix the word of Aloha; but as in truth, and as from Aloha, before Aloha in the Meshiha do we speak.
