2 Corinthians 2

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

Bvt I determined thus in my selfe, that I would not come againe to you in heauinesse.

2 for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?

For if I make you sorie, who is he then that shoulde make me glad, but ye same which is made sorie by me?

3 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,

And I wrote this same thing vnto you, lest when I came, I should take heauines of them, of whom I ought to reioyce: this confidence haue I in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.

4 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.

For in great affliction, and anguish of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that yee should be made sorie, but that ye might perceiue the loue which I haue, specially vnto you.

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

And if any hath caused sorowe, the same hath not made mee sorie, but partly (lest I should more charge him) you all.

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

It is sufficient vnto the same man, that hee was rebuked of many.

7 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;

So that nowe contrariwise yee ought rather to forgiue him, and comfort him, lest the same shoulde bee swalowed vp with ouermuch heauinesse.

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

Wherefore, I pray you, that you woulde confirme your loue towards him.

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

For this cause also did I write, that I might knowe the proofe of you, whether yee would be obedient in all things.

10 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, ]

To whome yee forgiue any thing, I forgiue also: for verely if I forgaue any thing, to whome I forgaue it, for your sakes forgaue I it in the sight of Christ,

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

Lest Satan should circumuent vs: for we are not ignorant of his enterprises.

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

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christs Gospell, and a doore was opened vnto me of the Lord,

13 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;

I had no rest in my spirit, because I founde not Titus my brother, but tooke my leaue of them, and went away into Macedonia.

14 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,

Now thankes be vnto God, which alwaies maketh vs to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euery place.

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

For wee are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them which perish.

16 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?

To the one we are the sauour of death, vnto death, and to the other the sauour of life, vnto life: and who is sufficient for these things?

17 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.

For wee are not as many, which make marchandise of the woorde of God: but as of sinceritie, but as of God in ye sight of God speake we in Christ.