2 Corinthians 2

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

For I have determined, unto myself, this—not, again, in grief, to come unto you.

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

For, if, I, grieve you, who then is he that is to gladden me, —save he who is being grieved through me;

3 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.

And I wrote this very thing—lest, if I came, I should have, grief, from those over whom I had need to rejoice, —having confidence in you all, that, my joy, is the joy, of you all.

4 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.

For, out of much tribulation and anguish of heart, wrote I unto you, through many tears, —not that ye might be grieved, but that, the love, ye might know, which I have very abundantly unto you.

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

Now, if anyone hath caused grief, not unto me hath he caused grief, but—that I may not bear too heavily—unto you all.

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

Sufficient, unto such a one, the punishment itself which [was inflicted] by the many;

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

So that, on the contrary, ye should forgive and encourage, lest, by any means, by his excessive grief, such a one should be swallowed up.

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

Wherefore, I beseech you, assure him, of love;

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

For, to this end, I also wrote, —that I might know the proof of you, whether, in all things, ye are obedient.

10 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,

Now, to whom ye forgive anything, I, also; for, I also, what I have forgiven, if, anything, I have forgiven, for your sake, in the person of Christ, [have I forgiven it].

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

Lest we should be overreached by Satan, for, of his thoughts, we are not ignorant.

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

Moreover, although I came unto Troas for the glad-message of the Christ, and a door for me had been opened in the Lord,

13 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.

I had no relief in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but, taking my leave of them, I came away into Macedonia.

14 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.

But, unto God, be thanks, who, ever, leadeth us in triumph in the Christ, and, the fragrance of the knowledge of him, maketh manifest, through us, in every place,

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

That, of Christ, a grateful odour, are we, unto God, —in them who are being saved, and in them who are being lost:

16 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?

In these, indeed, a fragrance out of death into death, but, in those, a fragrance out of life into life. And, for these things, who is sufficient?

17 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.

For we are not, as the many, driving a petty trade with the word of God; but, as of sincerity, but, as of God, before God, in Christ, we speak.