2 Corinthians 2

1 I judged (for *N+kO) within myself this not again in grief to you to come.

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

2 If for I myself grieve you again who (is *k) the [one] gladdening me except not the [one] being grieved by me?

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

3 And I wrote (to you *k) this same thing, so that not having come grief (I may have *N+kO) from [those] of whom it was necessary me to rejoice having trusted in all you that my joy of all of you is.

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.

4 Out of for much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that you may be grieved, but the love that you may know that I have more abundantly toward you.

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.

5 If however anyone has caused grief, not me myself has he grieved but in part — that not I may burden all you.

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.

6 Sufficient to such a one [is] the punishment this which [is] by the majority,

This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;

7 so that on the contrary rather for you to forgive and to comfort [him], lest perhaps by more excessive sorrow may be overwhelmed such a one.

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.

8 Therefore I exhort you to confirm toward him love.

Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

9 For this indeed also did I write, so that I may know the proof of you, whether to everything obedient you are.

For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

10 To whomever now anything you forgive, I also myself; I also myself; and for I myself (to whom *N+kO) I have forgiven, if anything I have forgiven, [it is] for you in [the] presence of Christ,

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 Messiah,

11 so that not we may be outwitted by Satan; not for of his schemes we are ignorant.

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

12 Having come now to Troas for the gospel of Christ also a door to me having been opened in [the] Lord,

Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Messiah, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,

13 not I have had rest in the spirit of mine in the not finding my Titus the brother of mine, instead having taken leave of them I went out to Macedonia.

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.

14 However to God [be] thanks to the [One] always leading in triumph us in Christ and the fragrance of the knowledge of Him making manifest through us in every place,

Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Messiah, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

15 For of Christ a sweet perfume we are to God in those being saved and in those perishing,

For we are a sweet aroma of Messiah to God in those who are saved and in those who perish:

16 to one indeed an odor (from *no) death to death, to one however a fragrance (from *no) life to life. And for these things who [is] sufficient?

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?

17 Not for we are like the (many *NK+O) peddling the word of God, but as of sincerity, but as of God, (before *N+kO) God in Christ we speak.

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 Messiah.