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

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

2 F or if I grieve you, who also it that gladdens me, if not he that is grieved through me?

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

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

And 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.

4 F or 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.

For 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.

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

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

6 S ufficient to such a one this rebuke which by the many;

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

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

so 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.

8 W herefore I exhort you to assure him of love.

Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him.

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

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

10 B ut to whom ye forgive anything, I also; for I also, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes in person of Christ;

But 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;

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

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

12 N ow when I came to Troas for the glad tidings of the Christ, a door also being opened to me in Lord,

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

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

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.

14 B ut thanks to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place.

But 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.

15 F or we are a sweet odour of Christ to God, in the saved and in those that perish:

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

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

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

17 F or we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ.

For 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.