2 Corinthians 2

1 And I decided this to myself, not to come again to you in sorrow,

BUT I prescribed to myself this rule, not to come again to you with 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 sorry, who is he that maketh me glad, but he that is made sorrowful by 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 unto you for this very purpose, that I might not, when I come to you, have sorrow from those in whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy 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 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 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;

Now if any person hath given cause for grief, he hath not grieved me merely, but partly all of you; that I may add no farther burden.

6 sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that [is] by the greater part,

Sufficient for such person is that chastisement which hath been inflicted by the majority of you.

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;

Wherefore, on the contrary, ye rather ought to forgive and comfort him, lest such a one be swallowed up with excess of sorrow.

8 for this reason, I call on you to confirm love to him,

Wherefore I exhort you to confirm your love towards him.

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 have I written, that I may know by this proof of you if ye 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, ]

But to whomsoever ye forgive any thing, so do I; and if I forgive any thing, to whom I forgive, for your sakes I do it, in the person of Jesus Christ,

11 that we may not be over-reached by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

that no advantage be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

12 And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door having been opened to me in the LORD,

But when I came to Troas to preach the Gospel of Christ, though a door was opened unto me by 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 test in my spirit on my not finding there Titus my brother: so taking my leave of them I went forth unto 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 causeth us always to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by 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 those who are saved, and in those who 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 we are the odour of death unto death, to the other the odour of 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 are not as the many, adulterating the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.