2 Corinthians 2
1 Bvt I determined thus in my selfe, that I would not come againe to you in heauinesse.
But I determined with myself, not to come to you again in grief:
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 is it that maketh me glad, but he that is grieved by 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 to you, that when I come I may not have grief from those of whom I ought to receive joy, being persuaded concerning all of you, 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 through much affliction and distress of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that ye might be grieved, but that ye might know the love with which I abound towards 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.
And if any one hath caused grief, it hath grieved me only as to part of you, (that I may not overcharge you
6 It is sufficient vnto the same man, that hee was rebuked of many.
all) though sufficient to such a one is the censure passed on him by 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 ought rather to forgive and comfort him, least such a one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.
8 Wherefore, I pray you, that you woulde confirme your loue towards him.
Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love to him.
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 also did I write, that I might have proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.
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,
And to whom ye forgive any thing, I also forgive it: for if I have forgiven any thing, I forgave it him, to whom I did forgive it, for your sakes, in the person of Christ; that we might not be foiled by Satan:
11 Lest Satan should circumuent vs: for we are not ignorant of his enterprises.
for we are not ignorant of his devices.
12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christs Gospell, and a doore was opened vnto me of the Lord,
So that when I came to Troas on account of the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me 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.
yet I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother there; but taking my leave of them, I went 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 thanks be to God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and spreadeth the odor of his knowledge by 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.
For we are the sweet odor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, yea and in them that perish:
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?
to these indeed we are an odor of death to death; to those an odor of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
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 like many who adulterate the word of God: but as with sincerity, but as from God, and in the sight of God, we speak concerning Christ.
