2 Corinthians 2
1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
And I determined this with myself, that I would not again come to you in sadness.
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 should make you sad, who would make me joyful, unless he whom I had made sad?
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 that very thing to you, lest when I came, those persons whom I ought to make joyful, should make me sad. For I have confidence concerning you, 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.
And in much affliction, and in anguish of heart, I wrote those things to you, with many tears; not that ye might have sorrow, but that ye might know the exceeding love I have for you.
5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
And if one hath caused grief, he hath not grieved me only, but, -that the declaration may not bear too hard on you-in a measure, all of you.
6 Sufficient to such a man [is] this punishment, which [was inflicted] of many.
And sufficient for him, is this rebuke proceeding from 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 other hand, ye ought to forgive him and console him; lest he who is such a man, should be swallowed up with excessive grief.
8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm [your] love toward him.
I therefore beseech you, that ye confirm to him your 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 it was for this also that I wrote to you, that I might learn by a trial, whether ye would be obedient in every thing.
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;
And whom ye forgive, I also forgive: for that which I forgave to any one, for your sakes I forgave it, in the presence of the Messiah;
11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
lest Satan should overreach us; for we know his devices.
12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to [preach] Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
Moreover, when I came to Troas in announcing the Messiah, and a door was opened to me by 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.
there was no quietude in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: and I took leave of them, and went 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 thanks be to God, who always procureth us a triumph in the Messiah, and manifesteth by us the odor 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:
For, through the Messiah, we are unto God a sweet odor, in them that live and in them that perish:
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, an odor of death unto death; and to those, an odor of life unto life. And who is adequate to these 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.
For we are not like others, who dilute the words of God; but as of the truth, and as of God, we speak in the Messiah before God.
