2 Corinthians 2

1 So I made up my mind that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

But I determined with myself, not to come to you again in grief:

2 For if I make you sorrowful, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have made sorrowful?

for if I grieve you, who is it that maketh me glad, but he that is grieved by me?

3 That is why I wrote to you as I did, so that when I came I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence about you all that my joy would be yours.

And I wrote this to you, that when I come I may not have grief from those of whom I ought to receive joy, being persuaded concerning all of you, that my joy is the joy of you all.

4 For I wrote to you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you sorrow, but to let you know the abundant love I have for you.

For through much affliction and distress of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that ye might be grieved, but that ye might know the love with which I abound towards you.

5 Now if anyone has caused sorrow, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure (not to put it too severely) to all of you.

And if any one hath caused grief, it hath grieved me only as to part of you, (that I may not overcharge you

6 This punishment by the majority is enough for that person.

all) though sufficient to such a one is the censure passed on him by many.

7 So you should forgive and comfort him instead, so that he will not be overwhelmed with excessive sorrow.

So that on the contrary, ye ought rather to forgive and comfort him, least such a one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.

8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love to him.

9 I wrote to you because I wanted to test your character and see if you would be obedient in everything.

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

10 Now if you forgive anyone of anything, I also forgive him. For if I have forgiven anyone of anything, I have done it for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

And to whom ye forgive any thing, I also forgive it: for if I have forgiven any thing, I forgave it him, to whom I did forgive it, for your sakes, in the person of Christ; that we might not be foiled by Satan:

11 so that we might not be exploited by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.

for we are not ignorant of his devices.

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

So that when I came to Troas on account of the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me in the Lord,

13 But I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus. So I took leave of the people there and went on to Macedonia.

yet I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother there; but taking my leave of them, I went away into Macedonia.

14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Christ everywhere.

But thanks be to God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and spreadeth the odor of his knowledge by us in every place.

15 For we are a sweet fragrance of Christ ascending to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;

For we are the sweet odor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, yea and in them that perish:

16 to the latter we are a smell of death leading to death, but to the former we are a fragrance of life leading to life. And who is equal to such a task?

to these indeed we are an odor of death to death; to those an odor of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

17 For we are not like others who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak with sincerity in the presence of God, as men sent from God.

For we are not like many who adulterate the word of God: but as with sincerity, but as from God, and in the sight of God, we speak concerning Christ.