2 Corinthians 2

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

Besides, I determined this with myself, 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 should make you sorry, who then is he that could make me glad, unless the same who is made sorry 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,

Wherefore, I wrote to you this very thing, that, coming, I might not have sorrow from them in whom I ought to rejoice; being firmly persuaded concerning 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 distress of heart, I wrote to you with many tears; not that you might be made sorry, but that you might know the love which I have most abundantly toward 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 a certain person has grieved me, he has not grieved me except by a part of you, that I may not lay a load on you all.

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

Sufficient for such a one is the punishment, which was inflicted by the majority.

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, on the other hand, you ought more willingly to forgive and comfort him, lest such a one should be swallowed up by excessive grief.

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

Wherefore, I beseech you to confirm your love to 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, I wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you 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, ]

Now, to whom you forgive anything, I also forgive: and even I, if I have now forgiven anything, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes I forgave it, in the person of Christ:

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

that we may not be overreached 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,

Moreover, when I came to Troas, in order to declare the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to 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 rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus, my brother: therefore, bidding them farewell, I 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, thanks be to God, who at all times causes us to triumph in Christ; and who, by us, diffuses the odor of the knowledge of him 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, through God, a fragrant odor of Christ, among the saved and among the destroyed.

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 these, indeed, we are the odor of death, ending in death; but to the others, the odor of life, ending in life: and who is competent to 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.

However, we are not like many who adulterate the word of God: but really from sincerity, yes, really from God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.