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

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

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

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

3 A nd I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

And 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.

4 F or out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly 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 the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

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

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

6 T his punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;

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

7 s o that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

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

8 T herefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

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

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

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

10 N ow I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one 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 forgave I it in the person of Christ;

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

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

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

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

13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

I 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.

14 N ow thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

Now 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.

15 F or we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;

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

16 t o the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient 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 as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

For 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.