2 Corinthians 2
1 But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief.
2 For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?
For if I grieve you, who also [is] it that gladdens me, if not he that is grieved through me?
3 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.
And I have written this very [letter] [to you], that coming I may not have grief from those from whom I ought to have joy; trusting in you all that my joy is [that] 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 to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards 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 one has grieved, he has grieved, not me, but in part (that I may not overcharge [you]) all of you.
6 This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;
Sufficient to such a one [is] this rebuke which [has been inflicted] by the 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 on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.
8 Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
Wherefore I exhort you to assure him of [your] love.
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 I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient.
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,
But to whom ye forgive anything, I also; for I also, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, [it is] for your sakes in [the] person of Christ;
11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
that we might not have Satan get an advantage against us, for we are not ignorant of his thoughts.
12 Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
Now when I came to Troas for the [publication of the] glad tidings of the Christ, a door also being opened to me in [the] Lord,
13 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.
I had no rest in my spirit at not finding Titus my brother; but bidding them adieu, I came away to 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.
But thanks [be] to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through 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 a sweet odour of Christ to God, in the saved and in those 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 an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who [is] sufficient for these things?
17 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 Christ.
For we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ.
