2 Corinthians 2

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

Ἔκρινα γὰρ ἐμαυτῷ τοῦτο, τὸ μὴ πάλιν ἐν λύπῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐλθεῖν.

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

Εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼ λυπῶ ὑμᾶς, καὶ τίς ὁ εὐφραίνων με, εἰ μὴ ὁ λυπούμενος ἐξ ἐμοῦ;

3 And I wrote this very thing to you, 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.

Καὶ ἔγραψα τοῦτο αὐτὸ, ἵνα μὴ ἐλθὼν, λύπην σχῶ ἀφʼ ὧν ἔδει με χαίρειν, πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ πάντας ὑμᾶς ὅτι ἡ ἐμὴ χαρὰ πάντων ὑμῶν ἐστιν.

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.

Ἐκ γὰρ πολλῆς θλίψεως καὶ συνοχῆς καρδίας, ἔγραψα ὑμῖν διὰ πολλῶν δακρύων, οὐχ ἵνα λυπηθῆτε, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἀγάπην ἵνα γνῶτε ἣν ἔχω περισσοτέρως εἰς ὑμᾶς.

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.

Εἰ δέ τις λελύπηκεν, οὐκ ἐμὲ λελύπηκεν, ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ μέρους, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιβαρῶ πάντας ὑμᾶς.

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

Ἱκανὸν τῷ τοιούτῳ ἡ ἐπιτιμία αὕτη, ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν πλειόνων,

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.

ὥστε τοὐναντίον μᾶλλον ὑμᾶς χαρίσασθαι καὶ παρακαλέσαι, μή πως τῇ περισσοτέρᾳ λύπῃ, καταποθῇ ὁ τοιοῦτος.

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

Διὸ παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς, κυρῶσαι εἰς αὐτὸν ἀγάπην.

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

Εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ἔγραψα, ἵνα γνῶ τὴν δοκιμὴν ὑμῶν, εἰ εἰς πάντα ὑπήκοοί ἐστε.

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,

ὯΙ δέ τι χαρίζεσθε, κἀγώ· καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ ὃ κεχάρισμαι, εἴ τι κεχάρισμαι, διʼ ὑμᾶς ἐν προσώπῳ ˚Χριστοῦ,

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

ἵνα μὴ πλεονεκτηθῶμεν ὑπὸ τοῦ Σατανᾶ, οὐ γὰρ αὐτοῦ τὰ νοήματα ἀγνοοῦμεν.

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

Ἐλθὼν δὲ εἰς τὴν Τρῳάδα εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ, καὶ θύρας μοι ἀνεῳγμένης ἐν ˚Κυρίῳ,

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.

οὐκ ἔσχηκα ἄνεσιν τῷ πνεύματί μου, τῷ μὴ εὑρεῖν με Τίτον τὸν ἀδελφόν μου, ἀλλὰ ἀποταξάμενος αὐτοῖς, ἐξῆλθον εἰς Μακεδονίαν.

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.

Τῷ δὲ ˚Θεῷ χάρις, τῷ πάντοτε θριαμβεύοντι ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ ˚Χριστῷ, καὶ τὴν ὀσμὴν τῆς γνώσεως αὐτοῦ, φανεροῦντι διʼ ἡμῶν ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ.

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

Ὅτι ˚Χριστοῦ εὐωδία ἐσμὲν τῷ ˚Θεῷ, ἐν τοῖς σῳζομένοις καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀπολλυμένοις,

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?

οἷς μὲν ὀσμὴ ἐκ θανάτου εἰς θάνατον, οἷς δὲ ὀσμὴ ἐκ ζωῆς εἰς ζωήν. Καὶ πρὸς ταῦτα τίς ἱκανός;

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.

Οὐ γάρ ἐσμεν ὡς οἱ πολλοὶ καπηλεύοντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐξ εἰλικρινείας, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐκ ˚Θεοῦ, κατέναντι ˚Θεοῦ ἐν ˚Χριστῷ λαλοῦμεν.