2 Corinthians 2

1 For I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

Besides, I determined this with myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.

2 For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?

For if I should make you sorry, who then is he that could make me glad, unless the same who is made sorry by me?

3 And I wrote this very thing, so that, when I came, I would not have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

Wherefore, I wrote to you this very thing, that, coming, I might not have sorrow from them in whom I ought to rejoice; being firmly persuaded concerning you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

For out of much affliction and distress of heart, I wrote to you with many tears; not that you might be made sorry, but that you might know the love which I have most abundantly toward you.

5 But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

Now, if a certain person has grieved me, he has not grieved me except by a part of you, that I may not lay a load on you all.

6 Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;

Sufficient for such a one is the punishment, which was inflicted by the majority.

7 so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

So that, on the other hand, you ought more willingly to forgive and comfort him, lest such a one should be swallowed up by excessive grief.

8 Therefore I urge you to confirm your love toward him.

Wherefore, I beseech you to confirm your love to him.

9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

For to this end, also, I wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you be obedient in all things.

10 Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

Now, to whom you forgive anything, I also forgive: and even I, if I have now forgiven anything, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes I forgave it, in the person of Christ:

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

that we may not be overreached by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

12 Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,

Moreover, when I came to Troas, in order to declare the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me by the Lord;

13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I did not find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus, my brother: therefore, bidding them farewell, I went away into Macedonia.

14 Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

Now, thanks be to God, who at all times causes us to triumph in Christ; and who, by us, diffuses the odor of the knowledge of him in every place:

15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;

for we are, through God, a fragrant odor of Christ, among the saved and among the destroyed.

16 to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

To these, indeed, we are the odor of death, ending in death; but to the others, the odor of life, ending in life: and who is competent to these things?

17 For we are not, like so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

However, we are not like many who adulterate the word of God: but really from sincerity, yes, really from God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.