2 Corinthians 2

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

And I decided this to myself, not to come again to you in 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 make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he 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.

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,

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 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.

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.

And if anyone has caused sorrow, he has not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;

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

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

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 contrary, [it is] rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;

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

for this reason, I call on you to confirm 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 this also I wrote, that I might know your proof, whether you are obedient in regard to 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,

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, ]

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

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

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

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

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.

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;

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

we are a refreshing fragrance to God because of Christ, in those being saved, and in those being lost;

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 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?

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.

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.