2 Corinthians 2
1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
For I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
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 will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?
3 And I wrote this same to you, lest, coming 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 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.
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 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.
5 But if any hath caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge 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 man [is] this punishment, which [was inflicted] by many.
Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;
7 So that on the other hand, ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such one should be swallowed up with excessive 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 that ye would confirm [your] love towards him.
Therefore I urge you to confirm your love toward 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 to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
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;
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 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: 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 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to [preach] the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me by 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 rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
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.
14 Now thanks [be] to God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us 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 to God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
16 To the one [we are] the savor of death to death; and to the other the savor of life to 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 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, 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.
