2 Corinthians 2

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

And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you,

2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same 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 same to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them by whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved 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 ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly to you.

for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.

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

And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;

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

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

7 So that on the contrary ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such an one should be swallowed up with too much 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 beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him,

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

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

10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes I forgave it in the person of Christ;

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

that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant.

12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,

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

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

I have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding Titus my brother, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to Macedonia;

14 Now thanks be to God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

and to God [are] thanks, who at all times is leading us in triumph in the Christ, and the fragrance of His knowledge He is manifesting through us in every place,

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

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

16 To the one we are the savour of death to death; and to the other the savour of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient?

17 For we are not as many, who corrupt the word of God: but as from sincerity, but as from 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 do speak.