2 Corinthians 2

1 But I determined this within myself, not to return again to you in sorrow.

But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

2 For if I make you sorrowful, then who is it that can make me glad, except the one who is made sorrowful by me?

For if I make you sorry, who is he then that makes me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

3 And so, I wrote this same thing to you, so that I might not, when I arrive, add sorrow to sorrow for those with whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you in all things, so that my joy may be entirely yours.

And I wrote this same to you, 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 with much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not so that you would be sorrowful, but so that you might know the charity that I have more abundantly toward you.

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

5 But if anyone has brought sorrow, he has not sorrowed me. Yet, for my part, this is so that I might not burden all of you.

But if any have caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

6 Let this rebuke be sufficient for someone like this, for it has been brought by many.

Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

7 So then, to the contrary, you should be more forgiving and consoling, lest perhaps someone like this may be overwhelmed with excessive sorrow.

So that contrariwise you ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

8 Because of this, I beg you to confirm your charity toward him.

Why I beseech you that you would confirm your love toward him.

9 It was for this reason, also, that I wrote, so that I might know, by testing you, whether you would be obedient in all things.

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

10 But anyone whom you have forgiven of anything, I also forgive. And then, too, anyone I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it was done in the person of Christ for your sakes,

To whom 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;

11 so that we would not be circumvented by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his intentions.

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

12 And when I had arrived at Troas, because of the Gospel of Christ, and a door had opened to me in the Lord,

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened to me of the Lord,

13 I had no rest within my spirit, because I was not able to find Titus, my brother. So, saying goodbye to them, I set out for Macedonia.

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

14 But thanks be to God, who always brings triumph to us in Christ Jesus, and who manifests the fragrance of his knowledge through us in every place.

Now thanks be to God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the aroma of his knowledge by us in every place.

15 For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ for God, both with those who are being saved and with those who are perishing.

For we are to God a sweet smell of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

16 To the one, certainly, the fragrance is of death unto death. But to the other, the fragrance is of life unto life. And concerning these things, who is so suitable?

To the one we are the smell of death to death; and to the other the smell of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

17 For we are not like many others, adulterating the Word of God. But instead, we speak with sincerity: from God, before God, and in Christ.

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.