2 Corinthians 2

1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

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

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, 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 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—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 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.

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 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge 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 Sufficient to such a man [is] this punishment, which [was inflicted] of many.

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

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, 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 beseech you that ye would confirm [your] love toward him.

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

9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye 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 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;

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 get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

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

12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to [preach] Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto 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 found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence 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 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.

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 we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that 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 savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto 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 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.

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.