2 Corinthians 2
1 But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
But I determined this to myself, not again to come unto you in sorrow.
2 For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?
For if I grieve you, who indeed is the one giving me joy, except the one being grieved by me?
3 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.
And I wrote this same thing, in order that, having come, I may not have grief over those from whom it behooves me to rejoice; and having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
4 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.
For out of much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you through many tears; not in order that you may be grieved, but that you may know the divine love which I have unto you exceedingly.
5 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.
But if any one has grieved you all, he has not grieved me, but in part, that I may not burden you excessively.
6 This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;
This punishment which for many to such a one is sufficient;
7 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.
so on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one may be swallowed up with excessive grief.
8 Therefore I beg you to confirm your love towards him.
Therefore I exhort you to stir up your divine love for him:
9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
for unto this also I wrote, in order that I may know your approval, if you are obedient in all things.
10 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,
But to whom you forgive anything, I do also: for indeed whatsoever I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is for your sakes in the face of Christ;
11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
in order that we may not be gobbled up by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
12 Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
And having come into Troas, for the gospel of Christ, and there being a door opened unto me in the Lord,
13 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.
and I had no rest to my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus: but having bidden them adieu, I came away into Macedonia.
14 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.
But thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and manifesting the fragrance of his knowledge through us in every place:
15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God in those who are saved and in those who perish:
because we are a sweet savour of Christ unto God, among those who are saved, and among those who perish;
16 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?
unto the latter a savour from death unto death; but unto the former a savour from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
17 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.
For we are not as many, corrupting the word of God: but as of purity, but as from God, we speak in Christ, in the presence of God.
