2 Corinthians 2
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
1Statui autem hoc ipsum apud me, ne iterum in tristitia venirem ad vos.
2For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?
2Si enim ego contristo vos: et quis est, qui me lætificet, nisi qui contristatur ex 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.
3Et hoc ipsum scripsi vobis, ut non cum venero, tristitiam super tristitiam habeam, de quibus oportuerat me gaudere: confidens in omnibus vobis, quia meum gaudium, omnium vestrum est.
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.
4Nam ex multa tribulatione et angustia cordis scripsi vobis per multas lacrimas: non ut contristemini, sed ut sciatis, quam caritatem habeam abundantius in vobis.
5Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
5Si quis autem contristavit, non me contristavit: sed ex parte, ut non onerem omnes vos.
6The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.
6Sufficit illi, qui ejusmodi est, objurgatio hæc, quæ fit a pluribus:
7So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
7ita ut e contrario magis donetis, et consolemini, ne forte abundantiori tristitia absorbeatur qui ejusmodi est.
8Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
8Propter quod obsecro vos, ut confirmetis in illum caritatem.
9My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
9Ideo enim et scripsi, ut cognoscam experimentum vestrum, an in omnibus obedientes sitis.
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,
10Cui autem aliquid donastis, et ego: nam et ego quod donavi, si quid donavi, propter vos in persona Christi,
11in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
11ut non circumveniamur a Satana: non enim ignoramus cogitationes ejus.
12Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
12Cum venissem autem Troadem propter Evangelium Christi, et ostium mihi apertum esset in Domino,
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.
13non habui requiem spiritui meo, eo quod non invenerim Titum fratrem meum, sed valefaciens eis, profectus sum in Macedoniam.
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.
14Deo autem gratias, qui semper triumphat nos in Christo Jesu, et odorem notitiæ suæ manifestat per nos in omni loco:
15For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
15quia Christi bonus odor sumus Deo in iis qui salvi fiunt, et in iis qui pereunt:
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?
16aliis quidem odor mortis in mortem: aliis autem odor vitæ in vitam. Et ad hæc quis tam idoneus?
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.
17non enim sumus sicut plurimi, adulterantes verbum Dei, sed ex sinceritate, sed sicut ex Deo, coram Deo, in Christo loquimur.
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