2 Corinthians 2

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.	1 For I decided not to come to you again in painful circumstances.
2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?	2 For if I inflict pain upon you, then who is there to cheer me except the one pained 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.	3 And I wrote as I did so that when I came I might not be pained by those in whom I should have rejoiced, confident about all of you that my joy is that of all of you.
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.	4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you might be pained but that you might know the abundant love I have for you.
5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.	5 If anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure (not to exaggerate) to all of you.
6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.	6 This punishment by the majority is enough for such a person,
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.	7 so that on the contrary you should forgive and encourage him instead, or else the person may be overwhelmed by excessive pain.
8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.	8 Therefore, I urge you to reaffirm your love for 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.	9 For this is why I wrote, to know your proven character, whether you were obedient in everything.
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;	10 Whomever you forgive anything, so do I. For indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for you in the presence of Christ,
11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.	11 so that we might not be taken advantage of by Satan, for we are not unaware of his purposes.
12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,	12 When I went to Troas for the gospel of Christ, although a door was opened for me in 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.	13 I had no relief in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus. So I took leave of them and went on to 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.	14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ and manifests through us the odor of the knowledge of him in every place.
15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:	15 For we are the aroma of Christ for God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
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?	16 to the latter an odor of death that leads to death, to the former an odor of life that leads to life. Who is qualified for this?
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.	17 For we are not like the many who trade on the word of God; but as out of sincerity, indeed as from God and in the presence of God, we speak in Christ.