2 Corinthians 2
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
1But I determined this with myself, not to come to you again in sorrow.
2For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?
2For if I make you sorrowful, who is he then that can make me glad, but the same who is made sorrowful by me?
3I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
3And I wrote this same to you; that I may not, when I come, have sorrow upon sorrow, from them of whom I ought to rejoice: having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
4For 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.
4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not that you should be made sorrowful: but that you might know the charity I have more abundantly towards you.
5Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
5And if any one have caused grief, he hath not grieved me; but in part, that I may not burden you all.
6The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.
6To him who is such a one, this rebuke is sufficient, which is given by many:
7So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
7So that on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
8Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
8Wherefore, I beseech you, that you would confirm your charity towards him.
9My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
9For to this end also did I write, that I may know the experiment of you, whether you be obedient in all things.
10If 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,
10And to whom you have pardoned any thing, I also. For, what I have pardoned, if I have pardoned any thing, for your sakes have I done it in the person of Christ.
11in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
11That we be not overreached by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his devices.
12Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
12And when I was come to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened unto me in the Lord,
13I 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.
13I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but bidding them farewell, I went into Macedonia.
14But 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.
14Now thanks be to God, who always maketh us to triumph in Christ Jesus, and manifesteth the odour of his knowledge by us in every place.
15For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
15For we are the good odour of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish.
16To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
16To the one indeed the odour of death unto death: but to the others the odour of life unto life. And for these things who is so sufficient?
17For we are not like so many 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.
17For we are not as many, adulterating the word of God; but with sincerity, but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak.
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