2 Corinthians 2

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

But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.

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

For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?

3 And I wrote this very thing, 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.

And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

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

For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.

5 But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.

But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you).

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

Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;

7 so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.

So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

8 Wherefore I beseech you to confirm [your] love toward him.

For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.

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

And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

10 But to whom ye forgive anything, I [forgive] also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes [have I forgiven it] in the presence of Christ;

But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;

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

So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.

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

Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,

13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia.

14 But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place.

But praise be to God who makes us strong to overcome in Christ, and makes clear through us in every place the value of the knowledge of him.

15 For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;

For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;

16 to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?

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

For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.