2 Corinthians 2

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

But I determined with myself, not to come to you again in grief:

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

for if I grieve you, who is it that maketh me glad, but he that is grieved by me?

3 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.

And I wrote this to you, that when I come I may not have grief from those of whom I ought to receive joy, being persuaded concerning all of you, that my joy is the joy of you all.

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.

For through much affliction and distress of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that ye might be grieved, but that ye might know the love with which I abound towards you.

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.

And if any one hath caused grief, it hath grieved me only as to part of you, (that I may not overcharge you

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

all) though sufficient to such a one is the censure passed on him by many.

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.

So that on the contrary, ye ought rather to forgive and comfort him, least such a one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.

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

Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love to him.

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

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

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,

And to whom ye forgive any thing, I also forgive it: for if I have forgiven any thing, I forgave it him, to whom I did forgive it, for your sakes, in the person of Christ; that we might not be foiled by Satan:

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

for we are not ignorant of his devices.

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

So that when I came to Troas on account of the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me in the Lord,

13 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.

yet I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother there; but taking my leave of them, I went away into Macedonia.

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.

But thanks be to God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and spreadeth the odor of his knowledge by us in every place.

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

For we are the sweet odor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, yea and in them that perish:

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?

to these indeed we are an odor of death to death; to those an odor of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

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.

For we are not like many who adulterate the word of God: but as with sincerity, but as from God, and in the sight of God, we speak concerning Christ.