2 Corinthians 2 ~ 2 Corinthians 2

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

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

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

For if I make you grieve, who is he then that shall make me glad, but the same who is grieved by me?

3 T his 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.

And I wrote this same unto you, lest when I came, I should have grief from those 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 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.

For 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 how much more charity I have towards you.

5 B ut 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.

¶ But if any have caused me grief, he has not grieved me, but in part, that I may not put a burden on you all.

6 S ufficient for such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the majority,

Sufficient to such a one is this reprehension, which was inflicted of many.

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

So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with too much grief.

8 W herefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

Therefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your charity toward him.

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

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

10 B ut 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,

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

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

lest Satan should deceive us, for we do not ignore his devices.

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

¶ Having come to Troas for the gospel of the Christ, even though a door was opened unto me in the Lord,

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

I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find Titus my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went from there into Macedonia.

14 B ut 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.

Now thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in the Christ and makes manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

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

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

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

to 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?

17 F or 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.

For we are not as many, false merchandisers of the word of God, but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.