2 Corinthians 2

1 But I determined this with myself, not to come to you again in sorrow.

Bvt I determined thus in my selfe, that I would not come againe to you in heauinesse.

2 For if I make you sorrowful, who is he then that can make me glad, but the same who is made sorrowful by me?

For if I make you sorie, who is he then that shoulde make me glad, but ye same which is made sorie by me?

3 And I wrote this same to you; that I may not, when I come, have sorrow upon sorrow, from them of whom I ought to rejoice: having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

And I wrote this same thing vnto you, lest when I came, I should take heauines of them, of whom I ought to reioyce: this confidence haue I in you all, that my ioye is the ioye 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 sorrowful: but that you might know the charity I have more abundantly towards you.

For in great affliction, and anguish of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that yee should be made sorie, but that ye might perceiue the loue which I haue, specially vnto you.

5 And if any one have caused grief, he hath not grieved me; but in part, that I may not burden you all.

And if any hath caused sorowe, the same hath not made mee sorie, but partly (lest I should more charge him) you all.

6 To him who is such a one, this rebuke is sufficient, which is given by many:

It is sufficient vnto the same man, that hee was rebuked of many.

7 So that on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

So that nowe contrariwise yee ought rather to forgiue him, and comfort him, lest the same shoulde bee swalowed vp with ouermuch heauinesse.

8 Wherefore, I beseech you, that you would confirm your charity towards him.

Wherefore, I pray you, that you woulde confirme your loue towards him.

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

For this cause also did I write, that I might knowe the proofe of you, whether yee would be obedient in all things.

10 And to whom you have pardoned any thing, I also. For, what I have pardoned, if I have pardoned any thing, for your sakes have I done it in the person of Christ.

To whome yee forgiue any thing, I forgiue also: for verely if I forgaue any thing, to whome I forgaue it, for your sakes forgaue I it in the sight of Christ,

11 That we be not overreached by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his devices.

Lest Satan should circumuent vs: for we are not ignorant of his enterprises.

12 And when I was come to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened unto me in the Lord,

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christs Gospell, and a doore was opened vnto me of the Lord,

13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but bidding them farewell, I went into Macedonia.

I had no rest in my spirit, because I founde not Titus my brother, but tooke my leaue of them, and went away into Macedonia.

14 Now thanks be to God, who always maketh us to triumph in Christ Jesus, and manifesteth the odour of his knowledge by us in every place.

Now thankes be vnto God, which alwaies maketh vs to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euery place.

15 For we are the good odour of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish.

For wee are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them which perish.

16 To the one indeed the odour of death unto death: but to the others the odour of life unto life. And for these things who is so sufficient?

To the one we are the sauour of death, vnto death, and to the other the sauour of life, vnto life: and who is sufficient for these things?

17 For we are not as many, adulterating the word of God; but with sincerity, but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak.

For wee are not as many, which make marchandise of the woorde of God: but as of sinceritie, but as of God in ye sight of God speake we in Christ.