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2 Corinthians 2

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

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

3And 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.

4For 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.

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

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

7so 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.

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

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

10But 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;

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

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

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

14But 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.

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

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

17For 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.

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Parallel translations · 2 Corinthians 2:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

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

KJV · King James Version (1611)

But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

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

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

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

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

But I determined this with myself, to come to you again in sorrow.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief.

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate 2 Corinthians 2:1.

  • 2 Corinthians 7:5

    For even when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, butwe wereafflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

  • Acts 15:2

    And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brethren appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:3

    For I verily, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already as though I were present judged him that hath so wrought this thing,

  • 2 Corinthians 12:20

    For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means there should be strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

  • Titus 3:12

    When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, give diligence to come unto me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter.

  • 2 Corinthians 13:10

    For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.

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