2 Corinthians 2
1 But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief.
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
2 For if I grieve you, who also [is] it that gladdens me, if not he that is grieved through me?
For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same who is made sorry by me?
3 And I have written this very [letter] [to you], that coming I may not have grief from those from whom I ought to have joy; trusting in you all that my joy is [that] of you all.
And I wrote this same to you, lest, coming I should have sorrow from them by whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.
4 For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly to you.
5 But if any one has grieved, he has grieved, not me, but in part (that I may not overcharge [you]) all of you.
But if any hath caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
6 Sufficient to such a one [is] this rebuke which [has been inflicted] by the many;
Sufficient to such a man [is] this punishment, which [was inflicted] by many.
7 so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.
So that on the other hand, ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.
8 Wherefore I exhort you to assure him of [your] love.
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm [your] love towards him.
9 For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient.
For to this end also I wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.
10 But to whom ye forgive anything, I also; for I also, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, [it is] for your sakes in [the] person of Christ;
To whom ye forgive any thing, I [forgive] also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your sakes [I forgave it], in the person of Christ;
11 that we might not have Satan get an advantage against us, for we are not ignorant of his thoughts.
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
12 Now when I came to Troas for the [publication of the] glad tidings of the Christ, a door also being opened to me in [the] Lord,
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to [preach] the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,
13 I had no rest in my spirit at not finding Titus my brother; but bidding them adieu, I came away to Macedonia.
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
14 But thanks [be] to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place.
Now thanks [be] to God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place.
15 For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God, in the saved and in those that perish:
For we are to God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
16 to the one an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who [is] sufficient for these things?
To the one [we are] the savor of death to death; and to the other the savor of life to life. And who [is] sufficient for these things?
17 For we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ.
For we are not as many, who corrupt the word of God: but as from sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
