2 Corinthians 2
1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
Actually, I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow.
2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
For if I make you sorrowful, then who will make me glad, besides the one whom I made sorrowful?
3 And I wrote this same unto 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.
And I wrote this very thing to you so as not to have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice, when I come, having confidence in you all that my joy is also yours.
4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
Now I wrote to you out of great distress and anguish of heart, with many tears, not that you should be made sorrowful, but that you might know the greatness of my love for you.
5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
So, if anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has all of you, to some extent—not to be too ‘heavy’.
6 Sufficient to such a man [is] this punishment, which [was inflicted] of many.
This punishment that was inflicted by the majority is sufficient to such a one,
7 So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
so that now, on the other side, you should forgive and comfort him, so that he not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm [your] love toward him.
Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him.
9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
Now I also wrote to this end: to put you to the test, to see whether you are obedient in all things.
10 To whom ye 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;
If you forgive anyone, I do too; further, if indeed I have forgiven anything to someone, I have done so for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
so that we not be exploited by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his intentions.
12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to [preach] Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
Also, upon arriving in Troas for the Gospel of Christ, a door having been opened to me by Sovereign,
13 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.
I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; so taking leave of them I went on into Macedonia.
14 Now thanks [be] unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Now thanks be to the God who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Him in every place.
15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
Because we are the aroma of Christ for God, among those who are being saved and among those who are being wasted—
16 To the one [we are] the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who [is] sufficient for these things?
to these a smell of death into death, while to those a fragrance of life into life—and who is adequate for such things?
17 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.
However, we are not like the rest who retail the word of God; rather, we speak in Christ, out of sincerity, as of God in His very presence.
