2 Corinthians 2

1 For I have determined, unto myself, this—not, again, in grief, to come unto you.

But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

2 For, if, I, grieve you, who then is he that is to gladden me, —save he who is being grieved through me;

For if I make you sorry, who is he then that makes me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

3 And I wrote this very thing—lest, if I came, I should have, grief, from those over whom I had need to rejoice, —having confidence in you all, that, my joy, is the joy, 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 anguish of heart, wrote I unto you, through many tears, —not that ye might be grieved, but that, the love, ye might know, which I have very abundantly unto you.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that all of you should be grieved, but that all of you might know the love (agape) which I have more abundantly unto you.

5 Now, if anyone hath caused grief, not unto me hath he caused grief, but—that I may not bear too heavily—unto you all.

But if any have caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part: that I may not burden you all.

6 Sufficient, unto such a one, the punishment itself which [was inflicted] by the many;

Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

7 So that, on the contrary, ye should forgive and encourage, lest, by any means, by his excessive grief, such a one should be swallowed up.

So that contrariwise all of you ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

8 Wherefore, I beseech you, assure him, of love;

Wherefore I plead to you that all of you would confirm your love (agape) toward him.

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

In order to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether all of you be obedient in all things.

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

To whom all of you 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 Lest we should be overreached by Satan, for, of his thoughts, we are not ignorant.

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

12 Moreover, although I came unto Troas for the glad-message of the Christ, and a door for me had been opened 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 had no relief in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but, taking my leave of them, I came away into Macedonia.

I had no rest in my spirit, (pneuma) because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

14 But, unto God, be thanks, who, ever, leadeth us in triumph in the Christ, and, the fragrance of the knowledge of him, maketh manifest, through us, in every place,

Now thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

15 That, of Christ, a grateful odour, are we, unto God, —in them who are being saved, and in them who are being lost:

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

16 In these, indeed, a fragrance out of death into death, but, in those, a fragrance out of life into life. And, for these things, who is sufficient?

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, driving a petty trade with the word of God; but, as of sincerity, but, as of God, before God, in Christ, we speak.

For we are not as many, which corrupt the word (logos) of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.