2 Corinthians 2
1 And I decided this to myself, not to come again to you in sorrow,
Actually, I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow.
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 make you sorrowful, then who will make me glad, besides the one whom I made sorrowful?
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 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 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.
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 And if anyone has caused sorrow, he has not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden 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 one is this punishment, that [is] by the greater part,
This punishment that was inflicted by the majority is sufficient to such a one,
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 now, on the other side, you should forgive and comfort him, so that he not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
8 for this reason, I call on you to confirm love to him,
Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him.
9 for this also I wrote, that I might know your proof, whether you are obedient in regard to 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 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, ]
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 that we may not be over-reached by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
so that we not be exploited by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his intentions.
12 And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door having been opened to me in the LORD,
Also, upon arriving in Troas for the Gospel of Christ, a door having been opened to me by Sovereign,
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, because I did not find Titus my brother; so taking leave of them I went on into 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;
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 we are a refreshing fragrance to God because of Christ, in those being saved, and in those being lost;
Because we are the aroma of Christ for God, among those who are being saved and among those who are being wasted—
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 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 the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity—but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we speak.
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.
