2 Corinthians 2

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

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

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 make you sorry, who is he that maketh me glad, but he that is made sorrowful by 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 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 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 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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

that no advantage be gained over us by Satan; 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,

But when I came to Troas to preach the Gospel of Christ, though a door was opened unto me by 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 test in my spirit on my not finding there Titus my brother: so taking my leave of them I went forth unto 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 causeth us always to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour 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 a sweet odour of Christ to God in those who are saved, and in those who 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 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 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 the many, adulterating the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.