2 Corinthians 2

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

BUT I prescribed to myself this rule, not to come again to you with sorrow.

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 sorry, who is he that maketh me glad, but he that is made sorrowful 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 have written unto you for this very purpose, that I might not, when I come to you, have sorrow from those in whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy 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 out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears, not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly towards 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;

Now if any person hath given cause for grief, he hath not grieved me merely, but partly all of you; that I may add no farther burden.

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

Sufficient for such person is that chastisement which hath been inflicted by the majority of you.

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;

Wherefore, on the contrary, ye rather ought to forgive and comfort him, lest such a one be swallowed up with excess of sorrow.

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

Wherefore I exhort you to confirm your love 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 to this end also have I written, that I may know by this proof of you if ye are 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, ]

But to whomsoever ye forgive any thing, so do I; and if I forgive any thing, to whom I forgive, for your sakes I do it, in the person of Jesus Christ,

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

that no advantage be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

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

But when I came to Troas to preach the Gospel of Christ, though a door was opened unto me by 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 test in my spirit on my not finding there Titus my brother: so taking my leave of them I went forth unto 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,

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

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

For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God in those who are saved, and in those who 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 odour of death unto death, to the other the odour of life unto 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 we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.