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

But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again.

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

For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful?

3 A nd 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.

This is the very thing I wrote you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be the joy of you all.

4 F or 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 that I have more abundantly unto you.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

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

But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in some degree— in order not to say too much—to all of you.

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

Sufficient for such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the majority,

7 s o 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.

so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a one might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

8 W herefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him.

Wherefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

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

For to this end also I wrote, so that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.

10 B ut 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;

But one whom you forgive anything, I forgive also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

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

so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

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

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

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

I had no rest for my spirit, not finding Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went on to Macedonia.

14 B ut 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.

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.

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

For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;

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

to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?

17 F or 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.

For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.