2 Corinthians 2

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

But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again 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 grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve 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 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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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, 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 beseech you, assure him, of love;

Therefore I beg you to confirm your love towards 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 to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in 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].

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 Messiah,

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

that no advantage may be gained over us 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,

Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Messiah, and when a door was 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 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.

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,

Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Messiah, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge 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:

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

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 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 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 so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Messiah.