2 Corinthians 2

1 For I have determined, unto myself, this—not, again, in grief, to come unto you.

And I decided this to myself, not to come again to you in sorrow,

2 For, if, I, grieve you, who then is he that is to gladden me, —save he who is being grieved through me;

for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?

3 And I wrote this very thing—lest, if I came, I should have, grief, from those over whom I had need to rejoice, —having confidence in you all, that, my joy, is the joy, of you all.

And I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it was necessary [for] me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,

4 For, out of much tribulation and anguish of heart, wrote I unto you, through many tears, —not that ye might be grieved, but that, the love, ye might know, which I have very abundantly unto you.

for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that you might be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.

5 Now, if anyone hath caused grief, not unto me hath he caused grief, but—that I may not bear too heavily—unto you all.

And if anyone has caused sorrow, he has not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;

6 Sufficient, unto such a one, the punishment itself which [was inflicted] by the many;

sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that [is] by the greater part,

7 So that, on the contrary, ye should forgive and encourage, lest, by any means, by his excessive grief, such a one should be swallowed up.

so that, on the contrary, [it is] rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;

8 Wherefore, I beseech you, assure him, of love;

for this reason, I call on you to confirm love to him,

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

for this also I wrote, that I might know your proof, whether you are obedient in regard to all things.

10 Now, to whom ye forgive anything, I, also; for, I also, what I have forgiven, if, anything, I have forgiven, for your sake, in the person of Christ, [have I forgiven it].

And to whom you forgive anything—I also; for I also, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I have forgiven [it], because of you—in the person of Christ—[I forgive it, ]

11 Lest we should be overreached by Satan, for, of his thoughts, we are not ignorant.

that we may not be over-reached by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

12 Moreover, although I came unto Troas for the glad-message of the Christ, and a door for me had been opened in the Lord,

And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door having been opened to me in the LORD,

13 I had no relief in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but, taking my leave of them, I came away into Macedonia.

I have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding my brother Titus, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to Macedonia;

14 But, unto God, be thanks, who, ever, leadeth us in triumph in the Christ, and, the fragrance of the knowledge of him, maketh manifest, through us, in every place,

and to God [is] thanks, who at all times is leading us in triumph in the Christ, and the fragrance of His knowledge He is revealing through us in every place;

15 That, of Christ, a grateful odour, are we, unto God, —in them who are being saved, and in them who are being lost:

we are a refreshing fragrance to God because of Christ, in those being saved, and in those being lost;

16 In these, indeed, a fragrance out of death into death, but, in those, a fragrance out of life into life. And, for these things, who is sufficient?

to one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and who is sufficient for these things?

17 For we are not, as the many, driving a petty trade with the word of God; but, as of sincerity, but, as of God, before God, in Christ, we speak.

For we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity—but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we speak.