< 2 Corinthians 2 >
1 And I decided this to myself, not to come again to you in sorrow,
But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief.
2 for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?
For if I grieve you, who also [is] it that gladdens me, if not he that is grieved through me?
3 And I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it was necessary [for] me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,
And I have written this very [letter] [to you], that coming I may not have grief from those from whom I ought to have joy; trusting in you all that my joy is [that] of you all.
4 for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that you might be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.
For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.
5 And if anyone has caused sorrow, he has not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;
But if any one has grieved, he has grieved, not me, but in part (that I may not overcharge [you]) all of you.
6 sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that [is] by the greater part,
Sufficient to such a one [is] this rebuke which [has been inflicted] by the many;
7 so that, on the contrary, [it is] rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;
so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.
8 for this reason, I call on you to confirm love to him,
Wherefore I exhort you to assure him of [your] love.
9 for this also I wrote, that I might know your proof, whether you are obedient in regard to all things.
For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient.
10 And to whom you forgive anything—I also; for I also, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I have forgiven [it], because of you—in the person of Christ—[I forgive it, ]
But to whom ye forgive anything, I also; for I also, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, [it is] for your sakes in [the] person of Christ;
11 that we may not be over-reached by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
that we might not have Satan get an advantage against us, for we are not ignorant of his thoughts.
12 And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door having been opened to me in the LORD,
Now when I came to Troas for the [publication of the] glad tidings of the Christ, a door also being opened to me in [the] Lord,
13 I have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding my brother Titus, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to Macedonia;
I had no rest in my spirit at not finding Titus my brother; but bidding them adieu, I came away to Macedonia.
14 and to God [is] thanks, who at all times is leading us in triumph in the Christ, and the fragrance of His knowledge He is revealing through us in every place;
But thanks [be] to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place.
15 we are a refreshing fragrance to God because of Christ, in those being saved, and in those being lost;
For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God, in the saved and in those that perish:
16 to one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and who is sufficient for these things?
to the one an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who [is] sufficient for these things?
17 For we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity—but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we speak.
For we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ.