2 Corinthians 2

1 So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.

2 For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?

3 I wrote to you as I did so that on my arrival I would not be grieved by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.

4 For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.

5 Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.

6 The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.

7 So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

9 My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.

10 If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,

11 in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

12 Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,

13 I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

15 For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

16 To the one we are an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

17 For we are not like others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 ¶ 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 rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

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

16 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 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.

1 But I thought such things of myself, that I should not come again unto you in sadness.

2 For if I make you sad, who is he that maketh me glad, without he that is made sad by me?

3 And these things have I written unto you, lest, when I came, I should be sorrowful, whereof I should rejoice; for I promise this unto you all, that my joy shall be the joy of you all.

4 For I wrote unto you in great affliction and anguish of heart with many tears, not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have especially unto you.

5 But if any man hath caused any affliction, he hath not afflicted me without in part, lest I should afflict you all.

6 But it is enough that he is thus punished of many.

7 That ye henceforth more abundantly pardon and comfort him, lest he sink into too great sorrow.

8 Wherefore I exhort you to shew love toward him.

9 For this cause also have I written unto you, to know whether ye are righteous to be obedient in all things.

10 But whosoever ye forgive, I forgive him also. For I also, if I forgive any thing, forgive it for your sakes in Christ's stead,

11 That we be not taken in hand by Satan: for we are not ignorant of what he hath in mind.

12 And when I was come to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, a door was opened unto me in the Lord,

13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but I made my departure with them, and went out into Macedonia.

14 But thanks be to God, which always giveth us the victory in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

15 For we are unto God the good savour of Christ, both of them that are saved, and of them that are lost:

16 To these a smell of death unto death, and to those a smell of life unto life. And who is able to do this?

17 For we are not as some many, which pervert the word of God: but as of sincerity, and as of God, before God, speak we in Christ.