2 Corinthians 2

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

1But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief.

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

2For if I grieve you, who also [is] it that gladdens me, if not he that is grieved through me?

3And I wrote this same unto you, 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.

3And I have written this very [letter] [to you], that coming I may not have grief from those from whom I ought to have joy; trusting in you all that my joy is [that] of you all.

4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

4For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.

5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

5But if any one has grieved, he has grieved, not me, but in part (that I may not overcharge [you]) all of you.

6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

6Sufficient to such a one [is] this rebuke which [has been inflicted] by the many;

7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

7so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.

8Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

8Wherefore I exhort you to assure him of [your] love.

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

9For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient.

10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

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

11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

11that we might not have Satan get an advantage against us, for we are not ignorant of his thoughts.

12Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

12Now when I came to Troas for the [publication of the] glad tidings of the Christ, a door also being opened to me in [the] Lord,

13I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

13I had no rest in my spirit at not finding Titus my brother; but bidding them adieu, I came away to Macedonia.

14Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

14But thanks [be] toGod, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place.

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

15For we are a sweet odour of Christ toGod, in the saved and in those that perish:

16To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

16to the one an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who [is] sufficient for these things?

17For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

17For we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word ofGod; but as of sincerity, but as ofGod, beforeGod, we speak in Christ.