2 Corinthians 2

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

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

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

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

3 And I wrote this very thing, 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.

And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came, I wouldn’t 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.

4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

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

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

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.

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

This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;

7 so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.

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.

8 Wherefore I beseech you to confirm [your] love toward him.

Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

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

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

10 But to whom ye forgive anything, I [forgive] also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes [have I forgiven it] in the person of Christ;

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,

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

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

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

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

13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

14 But thanks be unto God, which always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savour of his knowledge in every place.

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.

15 For we are a sweet savour of Christ unto God, in them that are being saved, and in them that are perishing;

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

16 to the one a savour from death unto death; to the other a savour from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

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?

17 For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.

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