2 Corinthians 2
1 And I decided this to myself, not to come again to you in sorrow,
BUT I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
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 then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry 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 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.
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 unto 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 have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
6 sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that [is] by the greater part,
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of 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 contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
8 for this reason, I call on you to confirm love to him,
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward 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 did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be 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, ]
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;
11 that we may not be over-reached by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: 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,
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of 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, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence 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 unto God, which always causeth us 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 unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them 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 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?
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 many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
