2 Corinthians 2

1 Bvt I determined thus in my selfe, that I would not come againe to you in heauinesse.

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

2 For if I make you sorie, who is he then that shoulde make me glad, but ye same which is made sorie by me?

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

3 And I wrote this same thing vnto you, lest when I came, I should take heauines of them, of whom I ought to reioyce: this confidence haue I in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.

And I wrote this very thing, 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.

4 For in great affliction, and anguish of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that yee should be made sorie, but that ye might perceiue the loue which I haue, specially vnto you.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

5 And if any hath caused sorowe, the same hath not made mee sorie, but partly (lest I should more charge him) you all.

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 It is sufficient vnto the same man, that hee was rebuked of many.

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

7 So that nowe contrariwise yee ought rather to forgiue him, and comfort him, lest the same shoulde bee swalowed vp with ouermuch heauinesse.

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 Wherefore, I pray you, that you woulde confirme your loue towards him.

Therefore I urge you to confirm your love toward him.

9 For this cause also did I write, that I might knowe the proofe of you, whether yee would be obedient in all things.

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

10 To whome yee forgiue any thing, I forgiue also: for verely if I forgaue any thing, to whome I forgaue it, for your sakes forgaue I it in the sight 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 Christ,

11 Lest Satan should circumuent vs: for we are not ignorant of his enterprises.

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

12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christs Gospell, and a doore was opened vnto me of the Lord,

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

13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I founde not Titus my brother, but tooke my leaue of them, and went away into Macedonia.

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.

14 Now thankes be vnto God, which alwaies maketh vs to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euery place.

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.

15 For wee are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them which perish.

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

16 To the one we are the sauour of death, vnto death, and to the other the sauour of life, vnto life: and who is sufficient for these things?

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 For wee are not as many, which make marchandise of the woorde of God: but as of sinceritie, but as of God in ye sight of God speake we in Christ.

For we are not, like so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.