2 Corinthians 2

1 For I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

2 For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?

For if I make you sorry, who is he then that makes me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

3 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.

And I wrote this same to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; 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 sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have more abundantly to you.

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 have caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

6 Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;

Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

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 that contrariwise you ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

8 Therefore I urge you to confirm your love toward him.

Why I beseech you that you would confirm your love toward 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 to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether you be 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,

To whom you forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

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

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: 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,

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened to me of the Lord,

13 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.

I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from there 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.

Now thanks be to God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the aroma of his knowledge by 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;

For we are to God a sweet smell of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that 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?

To the one we are the smell of death to death; and to the other the smell of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

17 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.

For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.